POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Sara E. Moss,

Spencer G. Smul, Maureen Sladek 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

25th day of February 2013.







/s/Amy DiGeso

Amy DiGeso