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                                                                   Exhibit 23.2





Consent of Independent Auditors




The Administrative Committee
The Gillette Company Global Employee Stock Ownership Plan:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement No.
33-52465 on Form S-8 of The Gillette Company Global Employee Stock Ownership
Plan of our report dated March 22, 1996, relating to the statements of net
assets available for plan benefits of The Gillette Company Global Employee Stock
Ownership Plan as of December 31, 1995 and 1994 and the related statements of
changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December
31, 1995 and the seven months ended December 31, 1994, which report appears in
the December 31, 1995 annual report on Form 11-K of The Gillette Company Global
Employee Stock Ownership Plan.




                                   KPMG Peat Marwick LLP






Boston, Massachusetts
March 29, 1996


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