A softener composition that can impart a high softening effect to clothes irrespective of the state of rinsing water, which contains (a) a compound of formula (1) below, (b) a compound of formula (3) below, and (c) a specific anionic surfactant, wherein the mole ratios between the components (a), (b) and (c) satisfy the following relationship: [(a)+(b)]/(c)=9/1 to 4/6; and wherein R.sup.1 represents a C.sub.13-36 alkyl group or the like, R.sup.10 and R.sup.12 respectively represent a C.sub.8-36 alkyl group or the like, R.sup.2, R.sup.11 and R.sup.13 respectively represent a C.sub.1-6 alkylene group, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, and R.sup.14 respectively represent a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group or the like, A, D and E respectively represent --COO--, --CONH-- or the like, and "a", "c" and "d" respectively denote 0 or 1. ##STR00001##