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Related Parties - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 11, 2019	Oct. 16, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 13, 2019
TSAs And Reverse TSAs
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Overall expected time period of transition				12 months
Related party income (loss)				$ (3.9)	$ 5.2
Transition Services Agreements
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Related party costs				9.6	19.1
Reverse Transition Services Agreements
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party costs				$ 13.5	13.9
Maximum \| TSAs And Reverse TSAs
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Overall expected time period of transition				24 months
Minimum \| TSAs And Reverse TSAs
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Overall expected time period of transition				12 months
Energizer \| TSAs And Reverse TSAs
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party, net receivable (payable)				$ 5.4	12.8
Energizer \| H&G Supply Agreement
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Related party income (loss)				$ 18.9	12.5
Supply agreement contract term				24 months
Net receivable from related party				$ 4.4	$ 4.9
Energizer \| Energizer Shareholder Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stock consideration (in shares)				5,300,000
Standstill provision period				24 months
Board nomination voting period				18 months
Share repurchase period				18 months
Energizer \| Energizer Shareholder Agreement \| 12th Trading Day Preceding Notice Of Repurchase
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consecutive trading days				10 days
Trading days				12 days
Energizer \| Energizer Shareholder Agreement \| Immediately Preceding Date Of Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consecutive trading days				10 days
Percentage of volume-weighted average sales price per share				100.00%
Energizer \| Minimum \| Energizer Shareholder Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage beneficially owns of common stock				4.90%
Varta \| TSAs And Reverse TSAs
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party, net receivable (payable)				$ (1.0)
Jefferies
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fees and reimbursements of expenses from related party		$ 3.0
Shares distributed (in shares)	7,514,477
Conversion of share (in shares)	0.025
Dividend per share (in dollars per share)						$ 1.50
Percentage of dividend distribution per share						7.40%
Jefferies \| Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage beneficially owns of common stock		10.00%
Chairman And Chief Executive Officer
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares of common stock repurchased from related parties (in shares)			158,318
Value of repurchased common stock from related parties			$ 8.0
Average repurchase price per share (in dollars per share)			$ 50.53