Exhibit 99.1

                           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 April 26, 2003, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
E. Scott Beattie, Chairman and Chief Executive 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 to the best of my knowledge:

      (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:  June 9, 2003                    /s/ E. Scott Beattie
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                                       E. Scott Beattie
                                       Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to Elizabeth Arden, Inc. and will be retained by Elizabeth Arden,
Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon
request.