EXHIBIT 24.1

POWER-OF-ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Leonard A. Lauder, William P. Lauder and Richard W. Kunes, and each of them, such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and the other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Signature	Title (s)	Date
/s/ WILLIAM P. LAUDER	President, Chief Executive Officer	September 3, 2004
William P. Lauder	and a Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ LEONARD A. LAUDER	Chairman of the Board of	September 3, 2004
Leonard A. Lauder	Directors
/s/ CHARLENE BARSHEFSKY	Director	September 3, 2004
Charlene Barshefsky
/s/ ROSE MARIE BRAVO	Director	September 3, 2004
Rose Marie Bravo
/s/ IRVINE O. HOCKADAY, JR	Director	September 3, 2004
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
/s/ RONALD S. LAUDER	Director	September 3, 2004
Ronald S. Lauder
/s/ RICHARD D. PARSONS	Director	September 3, 2004
Richard D. Parsons
/s/ MARSHALL ROSE	Director	September 3, 2004
Marshall Rose
/s/ LYNN FORESTER DE ROTHSCHILD	Director	September 3, 2004
Lynn Forester De Rothschild
/s/ BARRY S. STERNLICHT	Director	September 3, 2004
Barry S. Sternlicht
/s/ RICHARD W. KUNES	Senior Vice President and	September 3, 2004
Richard W. Kunes	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)