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 Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending July 27, 2002, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Stephen J. Smith, Executive Vice President and 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:

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

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

Date:  September 10, 2002                     /s/ Stephen J. Smith
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                                              Stephen J. Smith
                                              Executive Vice President and
                                              Chief Financial Officer