PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bath preparation composition capable of preparing hot bath water enabling skin slipperiness touch to be sensed in bathing even without being made alkaline, and enabling hot water surface clearness to be maintained as well.SOLUTION: The bath preparation composition comprises 35-100 mass% of a water-soluble salt of a 3-10C polycarboxylic acid (including a hydroxycarboxylic acid). Normally, this bath preparation composition is to be used with hot bath water at neutral pH levels.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】アルカリ性としなくても、入浴時の肌つるつる感を知覚できる浴湯が調製できるとともに、湯面の清澄感も維持できる浴用剤組成物を提供すること。【解決手段】炭素数3~10の多価カルボン酸(ヒドロキシカルボン酸を含む。)の水溶性塩を35~100質量%含有する。この浴用剤組成物は、通常、浴湯を中性域として使用する。【選択図】なし