Exhibit 23

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Stockholders and Board of Directors of  The Gillette Company

We consent to incorporation by reference in the following registration
statements of The Gillette Company and any amendments thereto (1) No. 333-55790
on Form S-8, (2) No. 333-75517 on Form S-3, (3) No. 33-9495 on Form S-8, (4) No.
2-93230 on Form S-8, (5) Nos. 33-56218 and 33-27916 on Form S-8 which
incorporate by reference therein registration statements on Form S-8 Nos.
2-90276, 2-63951 and 1-50710 and No. 2-41016 on Form S-7, (6) No. 33-54974 on
Form S-3, (7) No. 33-50303 on Form S-3, (8) No. 33-52465 on Form S-8, (9) No.
33-53257 on Form S-8, (10) No. 33-53258 on Form S-8, (11) No. 33-55051 on Form
S-3, (12) No. 33-59125 on Form S-8, (13) No. 33-63707 on Form S-8, (14) No.
333-16735 on Form S-4, (15) No. 333-19133 on Form S-8, (16), No. 333-25533 on
Form S-8 and (17) No. 333-44257 on Form S-3 of our report dated February 12,
2001, relating to the consolidated balance sheet of The Gillette Company and
subsidiary companies as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the consolidated
statements of income, cash flows and stockholders' equity for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, which reports appear in the
December 31, 2000, Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Gillette Company.


KPMG LLP


Boston, Massachusetts
March 15, 2001