EX-24

Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
herebyconstitutes and appoints each of
Paul E. Konney, Spencer G. Smul, Moira A. Pastre,
Nancy M. Louden, Seth E. Herbert and Kerrian Thomas,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (the "Company")
or as a stockholder of the Company or as a trustee of a
stockholder of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;

(2)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

(3)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with, or liabilities
that may arise under, Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required
to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 6 day of January, 2003.


/s/Ronald S. Lauder
Ronald S. Lauder

EX-99

Exhibit 99.1

On November 11, 2004, Ronald S. Lauder ("RSL" or
the "Reporting Person") converted 500,000 shares of
Class B Common Stock to the equivalent number of
shares of Class A Common Stock.  On November 15, 2004 he
sold 150,000 shares of Class A Common Stock in a
number of transactions with an average sale price of $44.7251.
The information regarding shares sold at each
price appears in the two columns below:

Share		Price
12900		44.51
5100 		44.52
4100 		44.53
1900 		44.54
200 		44.55
1300 		44.56
1400 		44.57
1500		44.58
2700 		44.59
16900		44.60
2000 		44.64
22700		44.76
9700 		44.77
7500 		44.78
8800 		44.79
18100		44.80
2500 		44.81
6200 		44.82
600 		44.83
400 		44.84
1700 		44.86
800 		44.87
2000 		44.88
15000		44.89
4000 		44.90


After these sales, the amounts of Class A Common
Stock and Class B Common Stock beneficially owned by
RSL includes:
(i) 407,553 shares of Class A Common Stock and
18,643,019 shares of Class B Common Stock held directly,
(ii) 3,182 shares of Class A Common Stock and 3,182
shares of Class B Common Stock held indirectly as
Trustee of The Descendants of Ronald S. Lauder
1966 Trust, (iii) 15,384 shares of Class A Common Stock and
3,846,154 shares of Class B Common Stock held
indirectly as a general partner of Lauder & Sons L.P.
(RSL is also a trustee of
The 1995 Estee Lauder RSL Trust,
which is also a general
partner of Lauder & Sons L.P.) and (iv) 40,220 shares
of Class B Common Stock held
indirectly as trustee of The Estee Lauder 2002 Trust.
RSL disclaims beneficial ownership of
the shares in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv)
to the extent he does not have
a pecuniary interest in such
securities.