A method for giving warmth to skin, wherein an external composition for skin is provided, which gives good warmth without inducing irritation or pain and whose sustainability of warmth is good. The external composition for skin contains (A) an agent for giving warmth and (B) at least one member selected from the group consisting of fatty acid esters of aliphatic polyhydric alcohols and aromatic carboxylic acid esters of lower alcohols or aliphatic polyhydric alcohols.
