PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair cosmetic composition which can well suppress the olfactorily complicated reaction smells (residual smells) of contents during and after the treatment of an alkali agent-containing hair cosmetic.SOLUTION: Provided is the hair cosmetic composition comprising (A) one or more &ge12C fatty acids, (B) one or more oily components selected from waxes, hydrocarbons and esters and having an octanol/water distribution coefficient (log Kow) of &ge10, (D) one or more alkali agents, and (C1) a perfume comprising one or more perfume compounds represented by chemical formula 1 or (C2) a perfume comprising one or more perfume compounds represented by chemical formula 2.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】アルカリ剤を含有する毛髪化粧料の処理中及び処理後における、嗅覚的に複雑な内容の反応臭(残臭)を良好に抑制できる毛髪化粧料組成物を提供する。【解決手段】(A)炭素数12以上の脂肪酸の1種以上、(B)オクタノール/水分配係数(logKow)が10以上である、ロウ、炭化水素及びエステルから選ばれる油性成分の1種以上、(D)アルカリ剤の1種以上、及び、(C1)「化1」に示す香料化合物の1種以上を含む香料又は(C2)「化2」に示す香料化合物の1種以上を含む香料、を含有する毛髪化粧料組成物。【選択図】なし