UNAUDITED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
UNAUDITED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA
Net Sales	$ 3,295	$ 3,370	$ 3,744	$ 3,274	$ 2,894	$ 2,857	$ 3,208	$ 2,865	$ 13,683	$ 11,824	$ 11,262
Gross Profit	2,598	2,687	2,991	2,563	2,281	2,266	2,571	2,269	10,839	9,387	9,081
Operating Income	277	497	710	568	230	427	617	418	2,052	1,692	$ 1,610
Net Earnings Attributable to The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.	$ 186	$ 372	$ 123	$ 427	$ 229	$ 298	$ 428	$ 294	$ 1,108	$ 1,249
Net earnings attributable to The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.51	$ 1.01	$ 0.33	$ 1.16	$ 0.62	$ 0.81	$ 1.17	$ 0.80	$ 3.01	$ 3.40	$ 3.01
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.49	$ 0.99	$ 0.33	$ 1.14	$ 0.61	$ 0.80	$ 1.15	$ 0.79	$ 2.95	$ 3.35	$ 2.96
Charges associated with restructuring activities, asset impairment
Charges associated with restructuring and other activities	$ (50)	$ (100)	$ (69)	$ (38)	$ (78)	$ (62)	$ (41)	$ (31)	$ (231)	$ (195)	$ (133)
Charges associated with restructuring and other activities, net of tax	$ (37)	$ (75)	$ (55)	$ (26)	$ (55)	$ (42)	$ (26)	$ (20)
Charges associated with restructuring and other activities net of tax, per diluted common share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.20)	$ (0.15)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.15)	$ (0.11)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.05)
Impacts and charges resulting from the TCJA	$ (58)	$ 2	$ (394)
Impacts and charges resulting from the TCJA, per diluted common share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.16)		$ (1.05)
Changes in fair value of contingent consideration	$ 37	9			$ 58	$ 3		$ (4)	$ 43	57	$ (8)
Change in fair value of contingent consideration net of tax	$ 29	$ 6			$ 42	$ 5		$ (3)
Change in fair value of contingent consideration net of tax per diluted common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.08	$ 0.02			$ 0.11	$ 0.01		$ (0.01)
Goodwill and other intangible asset impairments					$ (31)					$ (31)
Goodwill and other intangible asset impairments net of tax					$ (23)
Goodwill and other intangible asset impairments net of tax per diluted common share (in dollars per share)					$ (0.06)
China deferred tax asset valuation allowance reversal					$ 75
China deferred tax asset valuation allowance reversal per share diluted (in dollars per share)					$ 0.20