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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Advisory Committee
The Gillette Company Savings Plan for Arrowpark Employees:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in registration statement No.
33-63707 on Form S-8 of The Gillette Company Savings Plan for Arrowpark
Employees of our report dated May 21, 1999, relating to the statements of net
assets available for plan benefits of The Gillette Company Savings Plan for
Arrowpark Employees as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related statements
of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for each of the years in
the three-year period ended December 31, 1998, which report appears in the
December 31, 1998 annual report on Form 11-K of The Gillette Company Savings
Plan for Arrowpark Employees.






                                   KPMG LLP
                                   Kpmg llp

Boston, Massachusetts
June 29, 1999