An alcoholic foam composition, which can be dispensed as a foam via a
pump-foam system contains a) at least 52 to .ltoreq.99 wt % of an alcohol
or mixture of alcohols, b) a surfactant or a surfactant mixture, c) at
least one polyalkylene glycol, d) optionally, at least one foam
stabilizer, e) optionally, at least one member selected from the group
consisting of cosmetic auxiliaries, adjuvants, active ingredients, and
mixtures thereof, and f) optionally water. The surface tension of
component b) lies in the range of .+-.15 dyn/cm of the surface tension of
component a) or corresponds to the surface tension of component a), and
the sum of components a) to f) is 100 wt % relative to the total quantity
of the foam composition.