Patent ID: 6858217

Claim:
A personal care composition comprising: a. about 0.000001 to about 10% of an unsaturated terpenoid; b. about 0.000001 to about 10% of a 4-substituted resorcinol derivative of the general formula (I): wherein each R 1 and R 2 independently is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, —CO—R, —COO—R, and CONHR; wherein R represents a C 1 -C 18 hydrocarbon; R 3 represents a C 1 -C 18 hydrocarbon or has a general formula (II): wherein X represents hydrogen; OR 1 , wherein R 1 represents hydrogen, (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl or aryl-(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl; OCOR 2 wherein R 2 represents (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, aryl-(C 1 -C 6 ) alkyl or phenyl; halogen; (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl; aryl-(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, or aryl-(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl; or NHR 1 wherein R 1 is defined as above; n is 0 to 3; and the dashed line indicates an optional double bond; and c. a cosmetically acceptable vehicle.