Exhibit 99.2


         STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING
           FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS


I, Robert J. Corti, state and attest that:

(4)      To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
         reports of Avon Products, Inc., and, except as corrected or
         supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

         o        no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
                  fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or
                  in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
                  materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

         o        no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary
                  to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
                  circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as
                  of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the
                  case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
                  as of the date on which it was filed).

(5)      I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
         committee.

(6)      In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed
         on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

         o        Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
                  2001 of Avon Products, Inc.;

         o        all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
                  definitive proxy materials of Avon Products, Inc. filed with
                  the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
                  identified above; and

         o        any amendments to any of the foregoing.


      /s/ Robert J. Corti                     Subscribed and sworn to
----------------------------------            before me this 13th day of
Robert J. Corti                               August 2002.
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
Avon Products, Inc.                             /s/ Lorna Laemmie
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                                              Notary Public
August 13, 2002
                                              My commission Expires:
                                                  June 20, 2006
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