Patent ID: 7585832

Claim:
A fabric softening composition comprising: (a) from 0.01% to 35%, by weight, of a cationic softener; (b) at least 0.001%, by weight, of a water soluble cross-linked cationic polymer derived from the polymerization of from 5 to 100 mole percent of a cationic vinyl addition monomer, from 0 to 95 mole percent of acrylamide, and from 70 to 300 ppm of a difunctional vinyl addition monomer cross-linking agent; and (c) a perfume, wherein the composition does not contain an alkoxylated ether of the formula: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of H and C 1 -C 30 straight chain or branched chain alkyl, m is an integer from 0 to about 6, R′ is selected from the group consisting of methyl and ethyl, and n is an integer from about 3 to about 30; or an alkoxylated diether of the formula: wherein R″ is selected from the group consisting of methyl and ethyl, p is an integer from about 1 to about 6, and ech q and r are independently selected so that their sum is an integer from about 3 to about 30.