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Borrowings - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2008
Mar. 31, 2014
Agreement
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 27, 2007
Jul. 12, 2013
Jul. 31, 2009
Dec. 31, 2011
Dec. 31, 2006
Apr. 04, 2013
Apr. 04, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Nov. 09, 2011
Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Revolving credit facility                   $ 950,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity      
Percentage of aggregate commitments     50.00%iff_PercentageOfAggregateCommitments                    
Borrowing terms under new facility     Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at an annual rate of LIBOR plus a margin, currently 112.5 bps, linked to our credit rating.                    
Covenant terms under new facility     The New Facility contains various affirmative and negative covenants, including the requirement for us to maintain, at the end of each fiscal quarter, a ratio of net debt for borrowed money to adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) in respect of the previous 12-month period of not more than 3.25 to 1.                    
Ratio of net debt                       3.25iff_RatioOfDebtToEarnings  
Amount still available for additional borrowings     940,400,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity                    
Long-term debt     934,232,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent               932,665,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent    
Current portion of long-term debt     8,090,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent               149,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent    
Bank overdrafts outstanding     3,000,000us-gaap_BankOverdrafts               72,400,000us-gaap_BankOverdrafts    
Weighted average interest rate of bank loans     4.13%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate               0.35%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate    
Average interest rate on outstanding borrowings                     1.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage    
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months     0us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths                    
Maturities on debt outstanding, 2015     0us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour                    
Number of interest rate swap agreements   3iff_NumberOfInterestRateSwapAgreements                      
Realized gain on termination of interest rate swap 18,000,000iff_RealizedGainOnTerminatedInterestRateSwap                        
Maximum [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Commercial paper term, in days     30 days                    
Number of one-year periods may be extended                       2iff_NumberofOneYearPeriodsMayBeExtendedunderCreditFacility
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Bank overdrafts outstanding     8,000,000us-gaap_BankOverdrafts
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              296,000,000us-gaap_BankOverdrafts
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  297,000,000us-gaap_BankOverdrafts
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Senior Notes - 2007 [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Senior notes       500,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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Interest rate of debt     6.40%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure     588,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue
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Senior Notes - 2007 [Member] | Series A Senior Notes [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Senior notes       250,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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Interest rate of debt       6.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt Instrument, Maturity Date       Sep. 27, 2017                  
Senior Notes - 2007 [Member] | Series B Notes [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Senior notes       100,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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Interest rate of debt       6.35%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt Instrument, Maturity Date       Sep. 27, 2019                  
Senior Notes - 2007 [Member] | Series C Notes [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Senior notes       50,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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Interest rate of debt       6.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt Instrument, Maturity Date       Sep. 27, 2022                  
Senior Notes - 2007 [Member] | Series D Notes [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Senior notes       100,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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Interest rate of debt       6.79%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt Instrument, Maturity Date       Sep. 27, 2027                  
Senior Notes - 2006 [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Senior notes               375,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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Interest rate of debt     6.14%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Repayment of debt         100,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
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50,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
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100,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
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Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure                     133,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue
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Senior Notes - 2006 [Member] | Series A Senior Notes [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Senior notes               50,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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Interest rate of debt               5.89%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt Instrument, Maturity Date               Jul. 12, 2009          
Senior Notes - 2006 [Member] | Series B Notes [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Senior notes               100,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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Interest rate of debt               5.96%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt Instrument, Maturity Date               Jul. 12, 2011          
Senior Notes - 2006 [Member] | Series C Notes [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Senior notes               100,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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Interest rate of debt               6.05%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt Instrument, Maturity Date               Jul. 12, 2013          
Senior Notes - 2006 [Member] | Series D Notes [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Senior notes               125,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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Interest rate of debt               6.14%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt Instrument, Maturity Date               Jul. 12, 2016          
Senior Notes - 2013 [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Senior notes                 300,000,000.0us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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Interest rate of debt     3.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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          3.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Senior notes discount                 300,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
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Proceeds related to the issuance of Senior Notes                 297,800,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
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Underwriting discount                 1,900,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
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Other deferred financing costs                 900,000iff_OtherDeferredFinancingCosts
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Senior notes interest payable description                 interest payable on May 1 and November 1 of each year        
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date                 May 01, 2023        
Notice to holders of the Senior Notes                 Upon 30 days’ notice to holders of the Senior Notes - 2013, the Company may redeem the Senior Notes - 2013 for cash in whole        
Redemptions of the Senior Notes                 redemptions of the Senior Notes - 2013 on or after February 1, 2023        
Repurchase price of principal amount of Senior Notes in percentage                 101.00%iff_RepurchasePriceAsPercentageOfPrincipalAmountOfSeniorNotes
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Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure                         296,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue
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Senior Notes [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Maturities on debt outstanding, 2015     125,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo
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Maturities on debt outstanding, 2016     250,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree
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Maturities on debt outstanding, 2018     100,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive
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Maturities on debt outstanding, 2019 and thereafter     450,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive
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Deferred realized gains on interest rate swaps [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Deferred realized gains on interest rate swaps     5,205,000us-gaap_OtherLongTermDebtNoncurrent
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              7,094,000us-gaap_OtherLongTermDebtNoncurrent
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London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Margin on variable rate     1.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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Tranche A [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Revolving credit facility                   456,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Tranche A [Member] | Letter of credit [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Revolving credit facility                   25,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Tranche B [Member]                          
Schedule Of Borrowings [Line Items]                          
Revolving credit facility                   $ 494,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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