The present invention provides a composition containing (A) and (B), which shows a decreased peculiar odor of acylproline and a salt thereof, has a moist feeling and is superior in the stability:(A) acylproline represented by the formula (1) or a salt thereof(wherein an acyl group represented by R1-CO- is an acyl group induced from saturated or unsaturated fatty acid having 3 - 23 carbon atoms)(B) a zinc salt of pyrrolidone carboxylate.