Exhibit 99.2


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



In connection with the Quarterly Report of Avon Products, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Robert J. Corti, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

	(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

	(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



						__/s/ Robert J. Corti______
						Robert J. Corti
						Chief Financial Officer
						August 13, 2002