ACQUISITION OF PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS & INGREDIENTS COMPANY (Details) (USD $)			0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		5 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	May 07, 2014 Performance Chemicals and Ingredients Company [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Performance Chemicals and Ingredients Company [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Performance Chemicals and Ingredients Company [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Performance Chemicals and Ingredients Company [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Performance Chemicals and Ingredients Company [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Performance Chemicals and Ingredients Company [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Performance Chemicals and Ingredients Company [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Performance Chemicals and Ingredients Company [Member] Trade Names [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Performance Chemicals and Ingredients Company [Member] Developed Technology [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage owned of the "Acquisition" (in hundredth)			100.00%
Purchase price			$ 569,000,000
Tax deductible for income tax purposes			20,466,000
Estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents			2,635,000
Accounts receivable, net			25,674,000
Inventories			32,000,000
Property, plant and equipment, net			75,850,000
Customer relationships			130,300,000
Trade names			31,100,000
Developed technology			3,200,000
Other assets			3,955,000
Indemnification asset	1,650,000		1,650,000
Trade accounts payable			(10,427,000)
Accrued expenses			(6,326,000)
Deferred income taxes			(77,500,000)
Goodwill	385,646,000	28,515,000	357,131,000
Total purchase price			569,242,000
Useful life of intangible assets acquired									10 years	10 years	5 years
Increase in indemnification asset balance				129,000		129,000
Transaction and integration related costs							3,110,000
Unaudited pro forma information [Abstract]
Sensory Effects actual results included in the Company's consolidated income statement from May 7, 2014 through September 30, 2014, Net sales				58,884,000			95,278,000
Sensory Effects actual results included in the Company's consolidated income statement from May 7, 2014 through September 30, 2014, Net earnings				3,467,000			3,009,000
Supplemental pro forma combined financial information, Net Sales				160,490,000	138,478,000		462,732,000	402,642,000
Supplemental pro forma combined financial information, Net Earnings				15,502,000	11,332,000		41,985,000	32,558,000
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)				$ 0.51	$ 0.38		$ 1.39	$ 1.10
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)				$ 0.50	$ 0.37		$ 1.35	$ 1.06
Acquisition-related costs				494,000			16,706,000
Non-recurring expenses related to the fair value adjustments to acquisition-date inventory							$ 4,735