Restructuring Initiatives (Changes in Liability Balances) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Transformation Plan
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Opening Balance	$ 49.2	$ 51.4
Charges	37.1	32.5	$ 85.2
Adjustments	(16.0)	22.3
Cash payments	(27.6)	(42.9)
Non-cash write-offs	(2.1)	(14.6)
Foreign exchange	(2.6)	0.5
Ending Balance	38.0	49.2	51.4
Transformation Plan \| Employee-Related Costs
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Opening Balance	41.2	48.6
Charges	29.5	31.9	73.4
Adjustments	(12.6)	(5.0)
Cash payments	(21.3)	(34.8)
Non-cash write-offs	0.0	0.0
Foreign exchange	(2.4)	0.5
Ending Balance	34.4	41.2	48.6
Transformation Plan \| Inventory Write-offs
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Opening Balance	0.0	0.0
Charges	1.4	0.6	0.4
Adjustments	0.0	0.0
Cash payments	0.0	0.0
Non-cash write-offs	(1.4)	(0.6)
Foreign exchange	0.0	0.0
Ending Balance	0.0	0.0	0.0
Transformation Plan \| Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Write-offs
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Opening Balance	0.0	0.0
Charges	0.7	0.0	2.7
Adjustments	0.0	0.0
Cash payments	0.0	0.0
Non-cash write-offs	(0.7)	0.0
Foreign exchange	0.0	0.0
Ending Balance	0.0	0.0	0.0
Transformation Plan \| Contract Terminations/Other
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Opening Balance	8.0	2.8
Charges	5.5	0.0	8.7
Adjustments	(3.4)	27.3
Cash payments	(6.3)	(8.1)
Non-cash write-offs	0.0	(14.0)
Foreign exchange	(0.2)	0.0
Ending Balance	3.6	8.0	$ 2.8
Open Up Avon
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Opening Balance	0.0
Charges	115.7
Adjustments	0.0
Cash payments	(6.5)
Non-cash write-offs	(88.5)
Foreign exchange	0.0
Ending Balance	20.7	0.0
Open Up Avon \| Employee-Related Costs
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Opening Balance	0.0
Charges	26.4
Adjustments	0.0
Cash payments	(6.8)
Non-cash write-offs	0.0
Foreign exchange	0.0
Ending Balance	19.6	0.0
Open Up Avon \| Inventory Write-offs
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Opening Balance	0.0
Charges	88.5
Adjustments	0.0
Cash payments	0.0
Non-cash write-offs	(88.5)
Foreign exchange	0.0
Ending Balance	0.0	0.0
Open Up Avon \| Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Write-offs
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Opening Balance	0.0
Charges	0.0
Adjustments	0.0
Cash payments	0.0
Non-cash write-offs	0.0
Foreign exchange	0.0
Ending Balance	0.0	0.0
Open Up Avon \| Contract Terminations/Other
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Opening Balance	0.0
Charges	0.8
Adjustments	0.0
Cash payments	0.3
Non-cash write-offs	0.0
Foreign exchange	0.0
Ending Balance	$ 1.1	$ 0.0

Amount of cash payments made as the result of exit or disposal activities. Excludes payments associated with a discontinued operation or an asset retirement obligation.

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