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 March 31, 2003, 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
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                                           Robert J. Corti
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           May 13, 2003