Claims
- 1. A process for augmenting, enhancing or imparting an aroma in or to a consumable material selected from the group consisting of perfume compositions, perfumed articles, colognes and perfume polymers, comprising the step of intimately admixing with a consumable material base an aroma augmenting, enhancing or imparting quantity and concentration of bicyclic lactone having the structure: wherein Z is the moiety: and wherein one of R1 or R3 is methyl and the other is hydrogen; wherein R4, R5, R6, and R7 are hydrogen or nonadjacent C1-C3 alkyl;and completes a C5 cycloalkyl, cycloalkadienyl or cycloalkenyl ring moiety.
- 2. The process of claim 1 wherein the bicyclic lactone has the structure:
- 3. The process of claim 1 wherein the consumable material is a detergent composition or a fabric softener composition.
- 4. The process of claim 2 wherein the consumable material is a detergent composition or a fabric softener composition.
- 5. A perfumed article comprising a perfumed article base and an aroma augmenting, enhancing or imparting quantity and concentration of a bicyclic lactone having the structure: wherein Z is the moiety: and wherein one of R1 or R3 is methyl and the other is hydrogen; wherein R4, R5, R6, and R7 are hydrogen or nonadjacent C1-C3 alkyl; and completes a C5 cycloalkyl, cycloalkadienyl or cycloalkenyl ring moiety.
- 6. A perfume composition comprising a perfume base and intimately admixed therewith an aroma augmenting, enhancing or imparting quantity of a bicyclic lactone having the structure: wherein Z is the moiety: and wherein one of R1 or R3 is methyl and the other is hydrogen; wherein R4, R5, R6, and R7 are hydrogen or nonadjacent C1-C3 alkyl;and completes a C5 cycloalkyl, cycloalkadienyl or cycloalkenyl ring moiety.
- 7. A bicyclic lactone having the structure:
STATUS OF RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional application of U.S. Ser. No. 10/210,386 filed on Aug. 1, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,608,010, which is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 09/709,109 filed on Nov. 10, 2000, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,462,015 on Oct. 8, 2002, the contents hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth in its entirety.
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