UNAUDITED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011
UNAUDITED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA
Net Sales	$ 2,407.4	$ 2,291.8	$ 2,933.0	$ 2,549.5	$ 2,251.2	$ 2,248.2	$ 2,737.5	$ 2,476.7	$ 10,181.7	$ 9,713.6	$ 8,810.0
Gross Profit	1,931.8	1,848.7	2,365.0	2,010.3	1,810.0	1,778.9	2,186.5	1,942.4	8,155.8	7,717.8	6,873.1
Operating Income	145.8	245.1	653.1	482.0	73.2	211.5	597.0	430.0	1,526.0	1,311.7	1,089.4
Net Earnings Attributable to The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.	94.0	178.8	447.5	299.5	51.2	130.4	396.7	278.6	1,019.8	856.9
Net earnings attributable to The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.24	$ 0.46	$ 1.16	$ 0.77	$ 0.13	$ 0.34	$ 1.03	$ 0.71	$ 2.63	$ 2.20	$ 1.78
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.24	$ 0.45	$ 1.13	$ 0.76	$ 0.13	$ 0.33	$ 1.00	$ 0.70	$ 2.58	$ 2.16	$ 1.74
Charges associated with restructuring activities, asset impairment
Charges associated with restructuring activities	(4.5)	1.7	(14.6)	(0.4)	(24.2)	(28.8)	(6.1)	(4.1)	(17.8)	(63.2)	(59.4)
Debt extinguishment charges				(19.1)
Debt extinguishment charges, net of tax				(12.2)
Debt extinguishment charges, net of tax per diluted common share (in dollars per share)				$ (0.03)
Charges associated with restructuring activities, net of tax	(2.8)	1.0	(9.5)		(18.0)	(18.8)	(4.4)	(2.9)
Charges associated with restructuring activities net of tax, per diluted common share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.01)		$ (0.02)		$ (0.04)	$ (0.05)	$ (0.01)	$ (0.01)
Other income			21.3	1.8			10.5		23.1	10.5
Other income, net of tax			13.6	1.2			6.7
Other income, net of tax per diluted common share (in dollars per share)			$ 0.03				$ 0.02
Charges associated with impairment of goodwill and other intangible asset impairment charges	(17.7)				(15.0)		(6.7)		(17.7)	(21.7)	(38.0)
Charges associated with impairment of goodwill and other intangible asset impairment charges, net of tax	(15.0)				(9.6)		(4.3)
Charges associated with impairment of goodwill and other intangible asset net of tax, per diluted common share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.04)				$ (0.02)		$ (0.01)
SAP rollout, accelerated orders recorded as net sales			94				30
SAP rollout, accelerated orders, operating income			78				23
Provision for anticipated returns						16
Out-of-period Adjustments
Net increase (decrease) in earnings before taxes									1,475.2	1,261.1	1,025.5
Net increase (decrease) in net earnings									1,023.8	860.5	703.8
Net increase (decrease) in diluted net earnings per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.24	$ 0.45	$ 1.13	$ 0.76	$ 0.13	$ 0.33	$ 1.00	$ 0.70	$ 2.58	$ 2.16	$ 1.74
Out-of-period adjustments
Net earnings attributable to The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. per common share:
Diluted (in dollars per share)			$ 0.02	$ (0.02)	$ (0.02)				$ 0.00
Out-of-period Adjustments
Net increase (decrease) in earnings before taxes			13.6	(5.9)					7.7
Net increase (decrease) in net earnings			$ 9.1	$ (7.4)	$ (8.6)				$ 1.7
Net increase (decrease) in diluted net earnings per common share (in dollars per share)			$ 0.02	$ (0.02)	$ (0.02)				$ 0.00