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A gel-state composition useful as, e.g., a composition for perfume cosmetics which is translucent to milk-white, is creamy to solid, has an excellent appearance, gives neither a tacky feeling nor a cooped-up feeling during use, and has excellent spreadability. The gel-state composition is characterized by containing at least one N-acylamino acid (A) represented by the following general formula (1) and at least one oily base (B). R1-CO-X (1) (In the formula, R1 represents a C1-25, linear or branched, saturated hydrocarbon group or an unsaturated hydrocarbon group optionally containing an aromatic ring; and X represents an aliphatic or aromatic &agr;-, ß-, or ϝ-amino acid.)