Selected Financial Information Relating To Company's Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	$ 870.7	$ 861.8	$ 2,597.1	$ 2,521.2
Income Before Income Taxes	[2]	192.4	185.7	536.4	470.5
Operating Segments | Consumer Domestic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	664.8	656.4	1,982.4	1,909.3
Income Before Income Taxes	[2]	160.2	153.5	441.7	395.8
Operating Segments | Consumer International
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	133.8	124.7	397.6	376.0
Income Before Income Taxes	[2]	19.8	16.3	54.1	40.2
Operating Segments | Specialty Products
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1]	72.1	80.7	217.1	235.9
Income Before Income Taxes	[2]	9.9	12.8	33.9	42.9
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	[1],[3]	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Income Before Income Taxes	[2],[3]	$ 2.5	$ 3.1	$ 6.7	$ (8.4)

[1] Intersegment sales from Consumer International to Consumer Domestic, which are not reflected in the table, were $1.0 and $0.9 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively, and were $3.0 and $3.9 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively.

[2] In determining Income before Income Taxes, interest expense and investment earnings were allocated among segments based upon each segment’s relative Income from Operations.

[3] Corporate consists of equity in earnings of affiliates from Armand and ArmaKleen in the first nine months of 2016, and Armand, ArmaKleen and Natronx in the first nine months of 2015.