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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

                                 (RULE 13d-102)

                 INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED
                   PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1(b), (c) AND (d) AND
               AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(b)
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                               (Amendment No. 4)*

                         The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

     Class A Common Stock,                                   518439 10 4
   par value $.01 per share
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(Title of class of securities)                              (CUSIP number)

                                December 31, 2001
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             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)


Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

[ ]   Rule 13d-1(b)
[ ]   Rule 13d-1(c)
[X]   Rule 13d-1(d)

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*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but
shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

                          Continued on Following Pages
                                Page 1 of 7 Pages
                         Exhibit Index Appears on Page 6

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CUSIP No.                       518439 10 4                             13G                         Page 2 of 8
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           1              NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS:                Trust f/b/o Aerin Lauder and Jane Lauder u/a/d December 15,
                                                                    1976 created by Estee Lauder and Joseph H. Lauder, as Grantors
                          S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF
                          ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY):
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           2              CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:*
                                                                                                                       (a) [_]
                                                                                                                       (b) [x]
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           3              SEC USE ONLY

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           4              CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:       New York

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          NUMBER OF              5    SOLE VOTING POWER:                        11,043,961
            SHARES
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         BENEFICIALLY            6    SHARED VOTING POWER:                          --
           OWNED BY
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             EACH                7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:                   11,043,961
           REPORTING
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         PERSON WITH             8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:                     --

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           9              AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH           11,043,961
                          REPORTING PERSON:
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           10             CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:*                        N/A
                                                                                                                        [_]
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           11             PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9):                                   8.1%
                                                                                                               ** SEE ITEM 4
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           12             TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:                   OO
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*  SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



         Item 1.  Identity of Issuer

                      (a)               The name of the issuer is The Estee
                                        Lauder Companies Inc. (the "Issuer").

                      (b)               The address of the Issuer's principal
                                        executive office is 767 Fifth Avenue,
                                        New York, New York 10153.

         Item 2.  Identity of Person Filing

                   (a) - (c)            This report is being filed by the Trust
                                        f/b/o Aerin Lauder and Jane Lauder u/a/d
                                        December 15, 1976 created by Estee
                                        Lauder and Joseph H. Lauder, as
                                        Grantors, with a business address of c/o
                                        Richard D. Parsons, 75 Rockefeller
                                        Plaza, New York, New York 10019 (the
                                        "Reporting Person"). The Reporting
                                        Person was organized in the State of New
                                        York.

                   (d) - (e)            This report covers the Issuer's Class A
                                        Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
                                        (the "Class A Common Stock"). The CUSIP
                                        number of the Class A Common Stock is
                                        518439 10 4.

         Item 3.

                    Not Applicable.

         Item 4. Ownership

                      (a)               At December 31, 2001, the Reporting
                                        Person beneficially owned 11,043,961
                                        shares of Class A Common Stock as
                                        follows: 4,000,000 shares of Class A
                                        Common Stock and 7,043,961 shares of
                                        Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per
                                        share, of the Issuer (the "Class B
                                        Common Stock") held directly by the
                                        Reporting Person. At December 31, 2001,
                                        4,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock
                                        were loaned to Ronald S. Lauder pursuant
                                        to a demand loan.

                      (b)               Each share of Class B Common Stock is
                                        convertible at the option of the holder
                                        into one share of Class A Common Stock
                                        and is automatically converted into one
                                        share of Class A Common Stock upon
                                        transfer to a person who is not a
                                        Permitted Transferee, as that term is
                                        defined in the Issuer's Certificate of
                                        Incorporation. Assuming conversion of
                                        all such shares of Class B Common Stock
                                        beneficially owned by the Reporting
                                        Person, the Reporting Person would
                                        beneficially own 11,043,961 shares of
                                        Class A Common Stock, which would
                                        constitute 8.1% of the number of shares
                                        of Class A Common Stock outstanding.
                                        Each share of Class A Common Stock
                                        entitles the holder to one vote on each
                                        matter submitted to a vote of the
                                        Issuer's stockholders and each share of
                                        Class B Common Stock entitles the holder
                                        to ten votes on each such matter,
                                        including the election of directors of
                                        the Issuer. Assuming no conversion of
                                        any of the outstanding shares of Class B
                                        Common Stock, the 4,000,000 shares of
                                        Class A Common Stock and the 7,043,961
                                        shares of Class B Common Stock
                                        beneficially owned by the Reporting
                                        Person constitute 6.1% of the aggregate
                                        voting power of the Issuer.

                      (c)               Richard D. Parsons, as the sole trustee
                                        of the Reporting Person, has sole voting
                                        and dispositive power with respect to
                                        the 4,000,000 shares of Class A Common


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                                        Stock and the 7,043,961 shares of Class
                                        B Common Stock owned by the Reporting
                                        Person.

         Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

                  Not Applicable.

         Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person

                  Aerin Lauder and Jane Lauder, as beneficiaries of the
                  Reporting Person, and Richard D. Parsons, as the sole trustee
                  of the Reporting Person, have the right to receive or the
                  power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds
                  from the sale of, the 4,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock
                  and the 7,043,961 shares of Class B Common Stock owned by the
                  Reporting Person.

         Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
         Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company

                  Not Applicable.

         Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

                  The Reporting Person is a party to a Stockholders' Agreement
                  (the "Stockholders' Agreement"), dated November 22, 1995, as
                  amended, among the parties listed on Exhibit A attached
                  hereto. The stockholders who are parties to the Stockholders'
                  Agreement have agreed to vote in favor of the election of
                  Leonard A. Lauder and Ronald S. Lauder and one designee of
                  each as directors of the Issuer. Mr. Parsons is the designee
                  of Ronald S. Lauder. The Stockholders' Agreement also contains
                  certain limitations on the transfer of shares of Class A
                  Common Stock. Each stockholder who is a party to the
                  Stockholders' Agreement has agreed to grant to the other
                  parties a right of first offer to purchase shares of Class A
                  Common Stock of the stockholder in the event the stockholder
                  intends to sell to a person (or group of persons) who is not a
                  Lauder Family Member, as defined therein, except in certain
                  circumstances, such as sales in a widely distributed
                  underwritten public offering or sales made in compliance with
                  Rule 144.

         Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group

                     Not Applicable.

         Item 10. Certification

                     Not Applicable.


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                                    SIGNATURE

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

         Date:       February 6, 2002


                           Trust f/b/o Aerin Lauder and Jane Lauder u/a/d
                           December 15, 1976, created by Estee Lauder and Joseph
                           H. Lauder, as Grantors





                                             By: /s/ Richard D. Parsons, trustee
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
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         Exhibit A -- List of Parties to the Stockholders' Agreement
















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