Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 Cost of Sales	Dec. 31, 2012 Cost of Sales	Dec. 31, 2013 SG&A	Dec. 31, 2012 SG&A	Dec. 31, 2013 Yankee Candle	Dec. 31, 2012 Yankee Candle	Oct. 03, 2013 Yankee Candle	Oct. 03, 2013 Yankee Candle Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquired company										$ 541,500,000	$ 542,000,000
Total value of the transaction of businesses acquisition										1,800,000,000
Business acquisition, contingent purchase price payment								30,000,000
Estimated fair value of contingent considerations	43,000,000	33,500,000								27,000,000
Net sales	7,355,900,000	6,696,100,000	6,679,900,000					344,000,000
Operating earnings (loss)	572,900,000	576,800,000	522,900,000					28,000,000
Business acquisition pro-forma adjustments estimated statutory tax rate								38.00%
Amortization of purchased intangible assets from acquisition								4,400,000	4,400,000
Non-recurring charges related to acquisition						2,800,000	3,500,000		82,600,000
Amount of acquisition-related profit in inventory included in cost of sales				$ 89,800,000	$ 6,000,000