Disclosed is a skin or hair cleanser composition having an excellent foaming property and good sense of use lasting from the instance of washing till after drying. Specifically disclosed is a skin or hair cleanser composition comprising (A) 0.2 to 20 wt% of a compound represented by the general formula (1) (B) 5 to 60 wt% of a surfactant different from the component (A) and (C) 0.1 to 10 wt% of at least one member selected from the group consisting of a silicone and a monohydric alcohol having 15 to 28 carbon atoms. RO-(AO)-R (1) wherein R represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 8 to 10 carbon atoms AO represents an alkyleneoxy group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms n represents the number of alkyleneoxy groups and is a number ranging from 0.5 to 3.5 on average and R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
