Abstract: A fabric softening product which is a composition or an article for application to fibrous materials so that a fabric softening component thereof is deposited on the fibrous materials and softens the same, the fabric softening component comprising at least one higher aliphatic acid ester selected from the group consisting of: I) an ester having formula (a) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 may be the same or different and are H, —(—CH2)xOR5 or —(—CH2)yCH3; R5 is H, —OCR6, -|-(—CH2—)—mO-|-nH or -|-(—CH2—)—mO-|-nOCR6 and —OCR6 is a higher fatty acid acyl group having 8 to 24 carbon atoms; x is an integer from 0 to 3, y is an integer from 0 to 4, m is an integer from 1 to 3, and n is an integer from 1 to 10; with the proviso (1) that only two of R1, R2, R3 and R4 may be H or —(—CH2)yCH3 and (2) that there be at least 2 higher fatty acid acyl groups; II) an oligomer of I); and III) an ester having the formula: