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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)
3 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
USD ($)
property
Mar. 31, 2015
Bank guarantees and standby letters of credit [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Bank guarantees [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Bank guarantees [Member]
EUR (€)
Mar. 31, 2015
Pledged assets [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Tax Contingencies [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Spanish Matter [Member]
USD ($)
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]              
Bank guarantees and letters of credit outstanding   $ 36,000,000iff_BankGuaranteesAndLettersOfCreditOutstanding
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= iff_BankGuaranteesAndStandbyLettersOfCreditMember
         
The amount of bank guarantees related to government requirements on income tax disputes     5,100,000iff_AmountOfBankGuaranteesRelatedToGovernmentRequirementsOnIncomeTaxDisputes
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= iff_BankGuaranteesMember
4,700,000iff_AmountOfBankGuaranteesRelatedToGovernmentRequirementsOnIncomeTaxDisputes
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= iff_BankGuaranteesMember
     
Bank guarantees related to appeals on income tax and indirect tax cases 16,400,000iff_BankGuaranteesRelatedToAppealsOnIncomeTaxAndIndirectTaxCases            
The amount of pledged assets, principally PP&E to cover income tax and indirect tax assessments         15,500,000iff_AmountOfPledgedAssetsPrincipallyPpEToCoverIncomeTaxAndIndirectTaxAssessments
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= iff_PledgedAssetsMember
   
Available lines of credit 74,500,000iff_AmountOfAvailableLinesOfCredit            
Duration as potentially responsible party, years 20 years            
Number of facilities under potentially responsible party investigation 8iff_NumberOfFacilitiesUnderPotentiallyResponsiblePartyInvestigation            
Estimation of possible loss 5,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyEstimateOfPossibleLoss         13,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyEstimateOfPossibleLoss
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= iff_TaxContingenciesMember
 
Bank guarantees and pledged assets to pursue defenses related to other contingencies 31,900,000iff_BankGuaranteesAndPledgedAssetsToPursueDefensesRelatedToOtherContingencies            
Estimate range of possible loss from other contingencies, minimum 0us-gaap_LossContingencyRangeOfPossibleLossMinimum            
Estimate range of possible loss from other contingencies, maximum 31,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyRangeOfPossibleLossMaximum            
Payment of Litigation Settlement             $ 11,200,000iff_PaymentofLitigationSettlement
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= iff_SpanishMatterMember