PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a skin external composition excellent in whitening effect and use feeling by suppressing a change in color and odor due to the passage of time of an ascorbic acid glucoside.SOLUTION: There is provided a skin external composition having a pH of 4 to 8 which comprises the following (A) to (C) components: (A) an ascorbic acid glucoside, (B) 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol, and (C) ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid and a salt thereof.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】アスコルビン酸グルコシドの経時による変色、変臭を抑制し、美白効果及び使用感に優れた皮膚外用組成物の提供。【解決手段】下記(A)~(C)成分を含有し、pHが4~8である皮膚外用組成物。(A)アスコルビン酸グルコシド(B)2-アミノ-2-ヒドロキシメチル-1,3-プロパンジオール、(C)エチレンジアミン四酢酸又はその塩【選択図】なし