Patent ID: 8518384

Claim:
An anhydrous base composition suitable for incorporation in an anhydrous aerosol composition intended for discharge from an aerosol dispenser, said base composition comprising: (i) a particulate astringent antiperspirant salt; (ii) an anhydrous carrier fluid for said particulate salt; and (iii) a humectant, wherein the humectant comprises a low molecular weight polyethylene glycol that is liquid at 20° C., said low molecular weight polyethylene glycol being present in an amount of from 1% to 10% by weight of the base composition and said anhydrous carrier fluid being present in an amount of from 35% to 85% by weight of the base composition, and wherein if a water-miscible monohydric alcohol is present, it is present in an amount less than 3% by weight of the base composition, and wherein the polyethylene glycol has an average molecular weight of up to 520, and wherein the base composition contains not more than 0.3% by volume of particles having a diameter of greater than 125 microns.