AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

                                                                  Exhibit 10.2

                        AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

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         THIS AMENDMENT ("Amendment"), dated as of November 16, 2005 to the

Employment Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2000, as amended as of July 1, 2002

(the "Agreement"), between The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., a Delaware

corporation ("the "Company"), and Leonard A. Lauder, a resident of New York, New

York (the "Executive").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

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         WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company are parties to the Agreement;

and

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend the Agreement to

adjust the compensation as set forth herein;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual

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