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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. 6)*

                         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 7
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           1              NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS:                  The 1992 Leonard A. Lauder Grantor Retained Annuity Trust
                          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:                        6,360,687
            SHARES
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         BENEFICIALLY            6    SHARED VOTING POWER:                          --
           OWNED BY
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             EACH                7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:                   6,360,687
           REPORTING
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         PERSON WITH             8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:                     --

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           9              AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH           6,360,687
                          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):                                     5.7%
                                                                                                                 ** 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 1992
                                       Leonard A. Lauder Grantor Retained
                                       Annuity Trust with a business address of
                                       767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
                                       10153 (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)               As of December 31, 2001, the Reporting
                                       Person beneficially owned 6,360,687
                                       shares of Class A Common Stock as
                                       follows: 2,531,471 shares of Class A
                                       Common Stock and 3,829,216 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.

                     (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 6,360,687 shares of
                                       Class A Common Stock, which would
                                       constitute 5.7% 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 2,531,471 shares of
                                       Class A Common Stock and the 3,829,216
                                       shares of Class B Common Stock
                                       beneficially owned by the Reporting
                                       Person constitute 3.4% of the aggregate
                                       voting power of the Issuer.

                     (c)               As co-trustees of the Reporting Person,
                                       William P. Lauder and Gary M. Lauder
                                       share voting power, and William P.
                                       Lauder, Gary M. Lauder and Joel S.

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                                       Ehrenkranz share dispositive power with
                                       respect to the 2,531,471 shares of Class
                                       A Common Stock and the 3,829,216 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

                  Leonard A. Lauder, as grantor of the Reporting Person, William
                  P. Lauder and Gary M. Lauder, as co-trustees and beneficiaries
                  of the Reporting Person, and Joel S. Ehrenkranz, as a
                  co-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 2,531,471 shares of Class A
                  Common Stock and the 3,829,216 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. 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.

                                            The 1992 Leonard A. Lauder Grantor
                                            Retained Annuity Trust



Date:  February 6, 2002                     By: /s/ William P. Lauder, trustee
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit A -- List of Parties to the Stockholders' Agreement




















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