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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13G

             INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13D-1 AND 13D-2
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                               (AMENDMENT NO. 1)*



                         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)





*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
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                         Exhibit Index Appears on Page 6


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NYFS11...:\90\44090\0009\2579\SCH1088W.40B
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CUSIP No. 518439 10 4                    13G               Page 2 of 7
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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 RONALD S. 
                                                  LAUDER, AS GRANTOR

             S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE
             PERSONS:
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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              NEW YORK
             ORGANIZATION:

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 NUMBER OF           5    SOLE VOTING POWER:              4,602,312
   SHARES
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BENEFICIALLY         6    SHARED VOTING POWER:                --
  OWNED BY
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    EACH             7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:         4,602,312
  REPORTING
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH          8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:           --

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  9          AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY       4,602,312
             EACH 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):     7.2%
                                                                 ** SEE ITEM 4
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  12         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:            OO
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*        SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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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
                    Ronald S. Lauder, as Grantor, 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)         As of December 31, 1997, the Reporting Person beneficially
                    owned 4,602,312 shares of Class A Common Stock as follows:
                    2,315,406 shares of Class A Common Stock and 2,286,906
                    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. The 2,315,406 shares of Class A Common
                    Stock are 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 4,602,312 shares of Class A Common Stock,
                    which would constitute 7.2% 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 2,315,406 shares of Class A Common Stock and the
                    2,286,906 shares of Class B Common Stock beneficially



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                    owned by the Reporting Person constitute 4.0% 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 2,315,406 shares of Class A Common Stock and the
                    2,286,906 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 2,315,406 shares of
        Class A Common Stock and the 2,286,906 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.

                                        Trust f/b/o Aerin Lauder and Jane Lauder
                                        u/a/d December 15, 1976, created by
                                        Ronald S. Lauder, as Grantor

Date:  February 4, 1998

                                  By: /s/ Richard D. Parsons
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                                      Richard D. Parsons, trustee









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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit A         --         List of Parties to the Stockholders' Agreement










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                                    EXHIBIT A

                List of Parties to the Stockholders' Agreement
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Leonard A. Lauder, (a) individually, (b) as Trustee of The Estee Lauder 1994
Trust and (c) as Trustee of The 1995 Estee Lauder LAL Trust

Ronald S. Lauder, (a) individually, (b) as Trustee of The Descendents of Ronald
S. Lauder 1966 Trust, (c) as Trustee of The Estee Lauder 1994 Trust and (d) as
Trustee of The 1995 Estee Lauder RSL Trust

William P. Lauder, (a) individually and (b) as Trustee of The 1992 Leonard A.
Lauder Grantor Retained Annuity Trust

Gary M. Lauder, (a) individually and (b) as Trustee of The 1992 Leonard A.
Lauder Grantor Retained Annuity Trust

LAL Family Partners L.P.

Lauder & Sons L.P.

Joel S. Ehrenkranz, (a) as Trustee of The 1992 Leonard A. Lauder Grantor
Retained Annuity Trust, (b) as Trustee of the Trust f/b/o Gary M. Lauder and
William P. Lauder u/a/d December 15, 1976, created by Leonard A. Lauder, as
Grantor and (c) as Trustee of The 1995 Estee Lauder LAL Trust

Carol S. Boulanger, as Trustee of the Trust f/b/o Gary M. Lauder and William P.
Lauder u/a/d December 15, 1976, created by Leonard A. Lauder, as Grantor

Richard D. Parsons, (a) as Trustee of 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, (b) as Trustee of the Trust f/b/o Aerin Lauder and Jane Lauder u/a/d
December 15, 1976, created by Ronald S. Lauder, as Grantor and (c) as Trustee of
The 1995 Estee Lauder RSL Trust

Ira T. Wender, (a) as Trustee of The Estee Lauder 1994 Trust, (b) as Trustee of
The 1995 Estee Lauder LAL Trust and (c) as Trustee of The 1995 Estee Lauder RSL
Trust

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation





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