POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and

appoints each of Sara E. Moss, Spencer G. Smul and Charles E. Reese, II,

signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned?s name and on the undersigned?s

behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?)

a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary

or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to

make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;



(2) 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;



(3) 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 SEC and any stock exchange or similar

authority; and



(4) 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 9th day of December 2011.



/s/ Carl P. Haney

Carl P. Haney