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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * PROUVE CEDRIC   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC [EL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Group President, International (Last) (First) (Middle) THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., 767 FIFTH AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/06/2012 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10153 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Stock 02/06/2012   M   41,668 A $ 26.415 (1) 133,324 D   Class A Common Stock 02/06/2012   M   90,000 A $ 17 (2) 223,324 D   Class A Common Stock 02/06/2012   S   131,668 D $ 57.36 (3) (4) 91,656 (5) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option (right to buy)

$ 26.415 (1)

02/06/2012

M

41,668

01/01/2010(1)

09/26/2018

Class A Common Stock

41,668

(6)

0 (7)

D

Option (right to buy)

$ 17 (2)

02/06/2012

M

90,000

01/01/2011(2)

09/26/2019

Class A Common Stock

90,000

(6)

45,000 (7)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
PROUVE CEDRIC THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. 767 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10153			Group President, International

Signatures

Cedric Prouve, by Charles E. Reese, II, attorney-in fact		02/08/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Stock Options granted pursuant to Fiscal 2002 Share Incentive Plan in respect of 41,666 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2010; 41,666 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2011; and 41,668 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2012. This option was previously reported as covering 20,833 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2010; 20,833 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2011; and 20,834 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2012 at an exercise price of $52.83 per share, but has been adjusted in this report to reflect the stock split that occurred on January 20, 2012.
(2)	Stock Options granted pursuant to Fiscal 2002 Share Incentive Plan in respect of 45,000 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2011; 45,000 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2012; and 45,000 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2013. This option was previously reported as covering 22,500 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2011; 22,500 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2012; and 22,500 shares exercisable from and after January 1, 2013 at an exercise price of $34.00 per share, but whas been adjusted in this report to reflect the stock split that occurred on January 20, 2012.
(3)	The number of securities reported represents an aggregate number of shares sold in multiple open market transactions over a range of sales prices. The price reported represents the weighted average price. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the staff of the SEC, the Issuer, or a stockholder of the Issuer, upon request, the number of shares sold by the Reporting Person at each separate price within the range.
(4)	Sales prices range from $57.09 to $57.61 per share, inclusive.
(5)	On January 20, 2012, the Class A Common Stock of the Issuer split 2-for-1, resulting in the reporting person's ownership of 45,828 additional shares of Class A Common Stock.
(6)	Not Applicable
(7)	The Reporting Person also has options to purchase at various prices 240,844 shares of Class A Common Stock, 50,334 of which are currently exercisable.

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