Provided is a refreshing composition to be used in foods, drinks, compositions for oral cavity and perfume compositions having a pleasant, refreshing feeling of menthol imparted thereto, said refreshing composition being capable of enhancing the refreshing feeling without increasing the content of menthol, improving the long-lasting properties of the refreshing feeling and having good handling properties when added to products such as chewing gums. A powdery refreshing composition that is prepared by contacting a mixture in an atomized state with a cold gas stream and thus powdering the mixture, said mixture containing a refreshing substance comprising menthol and menthol analogue(s), preferably menthol and one or more kinds of menthol analogues selected from the group consisting of menthyl 3-hydroxybutyrate, menthyl lactate, menthyl glutarate, 3-L-menthoxypropane-1,2-diol, menthyl acetate, isopulegol, N-{(ethoxycarbonyl)methyl}-p-menthane-3-carboxamide and menthone 1,2-glyceryl acetal, together with a stabilizer.
