Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) segment category Customer	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of segments | segment		2
Number of fragrance categories | category		2
Gain on disposition of assets	$ 3,000
Gain on liquidation of foreign entity		$ 12,217
Number of customers that accounted for more than 10% of consolidated net sales | Customer		1
Property, plant and equipment		$ 880,580	$ 775,716
Concentration risk threshold		10.00%
Hangzhou, China [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Idle labor costs			400
U.S Plans [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment		$ 219,100	191,300
Netherlands [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment		113,700	95,100
Singapore [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment		77,900	78,400
China [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment		135,800	117,700
Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		358,500	364,800	$ 358,900
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | U.S Plans [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		864,100	735,300	682,200
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | All foreign countries [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		$ 2,500,000	$ 2,400,000	$ 2,300,000