Abstract: An antiseptic composition, particularly useful against bromidrosis, is prepared by using a disinfecting surface-active amino acid in water having dispersed therein one or several triglycerides of fatty acids of C.sub.12 to C.sub.20. The composition contains 0.3 to 5% by weight of the above bactericidal and fungicidal surface-active amino acid, a fatty material comprising said triglyceride, water and at least one of the vitamins A and E, and preferably also some sterols. The amino acid has the structure RNH(R.sup.1 NH).sub.n R.sup.2 COOH where R is an aliphatic chain of 8 to 18C, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkylenes, while n is 0 or 1.0 or 2.0. Preferably the composition further contains a pesticide quaternary ammonium derivative.The composition is very effective agaist bromidrosis, particularly that of the feet, without any irritant action on the skin.