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 R1 represents a C13-36 alkyl group or the like, R10 and R12 respectively represent a C8-36 alkyl group or the like, R2, R11 and R13 respectively represent a C1-6 alkylene group, R3, R4, and R14 respectively represent a C1-3 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.