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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net - Schedule of Other Intangible Assets, Net (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Trade Names [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite life, Net Book value	$ 10,165.5	$ 9,935.1
Trade Names [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	321.8	286.3
Capitalized Software [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	535.9	482.0
Patents and Intellectual Property [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	248.4	227.9
Customer Relationships & Distributor Channels [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	3,680.9	3,761.7
Other [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	134.9	$ 25.9
Jarden Acquisition [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite life, Net Book value	9,400.0
Jarden Acquisition [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	247.0
Jarden Acquisition [Member] | Capitalized Software [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	63.0
Jarden Acquisition [Member] | Patents and Intellectual Property [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	99.1
Jarden Acquisition [Member] | Customer Relationships & Distributor Channels [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	3,500.0
Jarden Acquisition [Member] | Other [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 124.0

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
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