SEGMENT DATA AND RELATED INFORMATION - Net Sales and Segment Profit (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 800,700,000	$ 604,800,000	$ 488,900,000	$ 439,600,000	$ 521,900,000	$ 471,500,000	$ 482,400,000	$ 438,500,000	$ 2,334,000,000	$ 1,914,300,000		$ 1,941,000,000
Segment profit									155,300,000	215,800,000		235,500,000
Depreciation and amortization									123,200,000	103,200,000	[1]	102,600,000	[1]
Non-Operating items:
Restructuring and related charges									34,000,000	10,500,000		21,300,000
Acquisition and integration costs		33,500,000							43,200,000	8,000,000		6,400,000
Impairment charge									16,700,000	9,700,000		0
Interest expense									105,200,000	83,300,000		84,400,000
Amortization of debt issuance costs									6,800,000	5,700,000	[1]	5,500,000	[1]
Loss on early extinguishment of debt, net		$ 16,900,000							16,900,000	0	[1]	2,000,000	[1]
Foreign currency losses, net									18,500,000	15,700,000		25,000,000
Miscellaneous, net									(600,000)	400,000		1,200,000
Income from continuing operations before income taxes									8,500,000	110,700,000		117,400,000
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									2,334,000,000	1,914,300,000		1,941,000,000
Segment profit									514,100,000	465,500,000		444,200,000
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Unallocated corporate expenses									98,800,000	88,000,000		69,000,000
Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization									123,200,000	103,200,000		102,600,000
Non-cash stock compensation expense									6,400,000	5,100,000		5,500,000
Non-Operating items:
Restructuring and related charges									36,800,000	11,600,000		22,600,000
Acquisition and integration costs									43,200,000	8,000,000		6,400,000
Inventory purchase accounting adjustment, cost of sales									200,000	900,000		2,600,000
Impairment charge									23,400,000	9,700,000		0
Deferred Compensation related to CBB Acquisition									3,500,000	2,500,000		0
Pension expense									0	20,700,000		0
Consumer [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									1,389,800,000	1,414,800,000		1,438,300,000
Segment profit									349,200,000	360,200,000		339,400,000
Non-Operating items:
Impairment charge									0	9,700,000
Professional [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									476,500,000	471,100,000		502,700,000
Segment profit									99,400,000	103,900,000		104,800,000
Non-Operating items:
Impairment charge									0	0
Elizabeth Arden [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									441,400,000	0		0
Segment profit									68,200,000	0		0
Other [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									26,300,000	28,400,000		0
Segment profit									(2,700,000)	1,400,000		0
Non-Operating items:
Impairment charge									16,700,000	0
Elizabeth Arden [Member]
Non-Operating items:
Acquisition and integration costs									40,700,000
Elizabeth Arden [Member] | Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Non-Operating items:
Elizabeth Arden 2016 Business Transformation Program									2,600,000	0		0
Inventory purchase accounting adjustment, cost of sales									$ 20,700,000	$ 0		0
Pension Plans [Member] | Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Non-Operating items:
Pension expense												$ 8,200,000

[1] Adjusted as a result of the adoption of certain accounting pronouncements beginning on January 1, 2016. See Note 1, "Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements," for details of these adjustments.