A COSMETIC COMPOSITION CONTAINING (A) TRIS(HYDROXYMETHYL) AMINOMETHANE, (B) AT LEAST ONE TYPE OF GERMICIDE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TRICLOSAN, ISOPROPYLMETHYLPHENOL, SILVER-SUPPORTING INORGANIC PARTICLES, LYSOZYME CHLORIDE, BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE, CETYLPYRIDINIUM CHLORIDE, AND 3,4,4’-TRICHLOROCARBANILIDE, (C) AN ANTIOXIDANT, AND (D) A MEDIUM CONTAINING WATER AND ETHANOL AT 99:1 TO 10:90 AS A RATIO BY MASS, THE CONTENT OF COMPONENT (A) BEING AT LEAST 0.01 MASS% BUT NO GREATER THAN 5 MASS%.