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You love your kitties but don't want people to know they're there before they see them.

Coming home from a long day of work and getting a whiff of who-knows-what is a total day-ruiner. You just wanna eat some food and decompress on the couch, not hunt down where your cat may have vomited. Unsure. We gathered a ton of things to help your home smell its best, including cat litter deodorizers, or baking soda balls you can position wherever.

I've used this on weird cooking smells (ahem, roasting broccoli and brussels sprouts) both in my own apartment and ones wafting over from my neighbors. I've also sprayed it around my windows when I can tell someone's smoking cigarettes on their fire escape. A little truly goes a long way, and it works quickly. Gross smell? This HANDLES it. 

Get it from Amazon for $11.79 (available in four scents and various sizes).

You can check out a TikTok mentioning the odor busters for more deets. 

Promising review: "Cute little balls. Great job eliminating odors in closets, shoe racks, near cat box." —Sherry

Get a set of six from Amazon for $10.03.  

Promising review: "Loved the scent and the fact that it has a setting for low or high scent, plus you can have it do an 8-hour scent break, which I do for overnight." —christina sandoval

Get it from Amazon for $9.97 (available in two scents).

See the ChomChom roller in action on TikTok! 

Promising review: "I have a Maine coon and two rabbits. A Roomba and the rubber broom. Used daily. Thought maybe this would help, can’t hurt, and now I realize how little both of those things did. My house's air smells cleaner after I’ve gone over all our carpet. Gets everything!" —Brittany Atkinson

Get it from Amazon for $24.99 (available in three colors). 

Promising review: "OMG this is disgusting!!! I hope this isn't all just cat pee that shows up cause there is a lot! I bought this because I thought my cat was peeing in one room and couldn't find the exact spot so I bought this. Found the spot and more. Would recommend." —Momof3boys

In case these Vanna White-like animals aren't convincing enough, check out my full review of One Fur All Pet House candles. (My personal fave is the lavender green tea!)

Promising review: "My favorite candles so far! My cat approves it too! My cat is super sensitive and gets allergic to certain scents but this candle has really been a hit! We both love the scent and the relaxing smell helps to keep my cat calm. P.S The customer service is AMAZING! We ordered the lavender green tea candle." —Natalia

Get them from Amazon: candle for $23.99 (available in a variety of scents) and room spray for $9.99 (available in eight scents)

Promising review: "I bought a house and for two years have tried every trick in the book to get rid of the bad smell coming from the garbage disposal. Finally! I used this product, and the smell is gone. I am so happy! Super easy to do. I used two packets back-to-back and noticed a difference. One more packet and the odor was completely gone. I placed another order immediately." —Gracelight

Promising review: "This looks even prettier in person! Works great, very easy setup, and beautiful with the basic lighting as well as the colorful setting. My candles warm quickly with it and start producing the smells quickly. Great product and would recommend!" —Lauren S. 

Get it from Amazon for $49.98 (available in two styles). 

Promising reviews: "We decided to do a little test. One banana in a bag and one out, same location in the kitchen. This was after nine days you can see that’s there’s a distinct difference in the bananas. Amazing product!" —Trio Mum

"This has really kept my salad fixings, and market-bought veggies fresh for a couple of extra weeks. I have a nice new refrigerator too, and they keep the strong smell of vegetables from getting onto other foods. I like them. I'll buy them again for sure." —vdoluvr

Promising review: "This product is amazing!!!! We have a Rottweiler pup and a bichon pup and our house was feeling the PAIN! I tried everything and use to tell my wife, 'with all the science and technology in the world we still can’t come up with something that gets rid of the dog mark smell!'This product does everything and more. Just ordered another round. We were about to throw away some furniture due to the smell and now after use we can keep it. Saved me hundreds. Well worth the money." —clayton s tonkin

This solution works great with Bissell, Hoover, McCulloch, Rug Doctor, Kenmore, and Carpet Express vacuum cleaners.

Sunny & Honey is a family-run business making cleaning products safe enough to use around pets and powerful enough to get rid of pet stains.

Promising review: "I have a dog with Cushing’s disease, and she has frequent accidents, so a good carpet cleaning product is a must. So many products have overwhelming smells to cover the odor or don’t do enough and leave the house smelling like pee even after carpet washing. I liked Sunny & Honey so much for our machine I immediately bought the big bottle after just one use. Four days after the initial cleaning and the house still smells nice. The price may be a few dollars more than what I can buy at my local stores, but it is worth it. The smell isn't overpowering; the house just smells fresh and clean." —Trekkie

Get it from Amazon for $20.99+ (available in two sizes and scents).

Promising review: "I thought my carpets were ruined for good, after using both my old Bissell and the rentals offered by the local grocery store. Our last dog, rest in peace, had not left the world before thoroughly destroying my carpets from incontinence. Our newest dog had lived her entire life before us in a kennel, where she went at will. Suffice to say, my bedroom floor was an eyesore.The first use completely restored my aging carpet. It's still old carpet, don't get me wrong, but it's now CLEAN old carpet. The stains are gone. The odor is gone. I no longer cringe when I walk into the bedroom. Life is good.Not only has this machine done a spectacular job of cleaning, it is also easy to clean itself. The pieces come apart intuitively, and the dog hair rinses easily away. Previous carpet cleaners I've used have been a nightmare, losing suction quickly due to debris being caught in the front with no easy way to remove it." —Erica

Promising review: "Would highly recommend. Doesn’t matter if you have the expensive $500 Dyson vacuum; it still leaves a lot of hair on the carpet. We usually sweep the carpet first to pull out the hairs and then vacuum. Makes the carpeted floors so much cleaner and smells better." —Isabell Patterson

Get it from Amazon for $18.99+ (available in eight configurations).

It's best to use this with unscented clumping litter, like Dr. Elsey's, since any litter that has deodorizing properties can mask the smell of this attractant, making it ineffective.

Promising review: "This product works! We took in a kitten several months back and she would use the litter box sometimes, but also was at least once a day peeing on my bed and pooping on the floor beside my bed. I found this, bought it, and on the first night of sprinkling it in her litter box, she used it from there on out. Even with litter changes, I’d still use some just in case. She’s not peed or pooped anywhere else since and I don’t really use it anymore other than here and there, so it’s not just going to waste." —Jessica Benjamin

Get it from Amazon for $10.99+ (also available in a pack of three). 

Promising review: "Excellent at removing pet odors. I have also ordered more to put in other rooms, now no need to purchased scented items to cover up odors." —JustMe

"Works great! Easy to use. If you have odor from shoes, this will help neutralize the smell and the dampness." —Trina

Promising review: "I tried these in a room where the dog sleeps and in the truck where the dog rides. You would think I had a pet-free home. It was amazing how well these work. Bonus, no odor or fake scent. I like them and will buy more!" —Brenda Smith

Get a two-pack pack from Amazon for $23.98.

Promising review: "This stuff is seriously amazing! I have three high-yield poop machines masquerading as cats, and it’s a never-ending mission to make sure the house doesn’t smell like a litter box. I try really hard to ensure the house is clean and smells good without using harsh chemicals or aerosol sprays. Within the first day of using this I noticed that the slight lingering ammonia/poop smell wasn’t noticeable when walking into the house anymore. After a few days I realized that I couldn’t smell anything even as I was scooping the three liter boxes. There wasn’t a fake perfume smell covering up a smell, there literally wasn’t a smell at all! The product smells very fresh and clean in the container but there’s no odor when applied into the liter. I’m very happy with this amazing stuff and I recommend it to anybody with cats who doesn’t want to use potentially harmful sprays or perfumes. So thank you NonScents. I’m a very satisfied customer!" —Tori

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Elizabeth Lilly is a deputy editorial director with more than a decade of lifestyle journalism spanning a range of subjects under her (tool) belt that includes four and a half years at a home improvement magazine. So she has well-informed opinions on tubing mascara, but can also install a friend’s window AC unit before brunch. When she's not working, she's plotting her next trip (and how to pack carryon-only for it), catching the latest horror movie, picking up a stack of library books, or convincing friends to go see the latest museum exhibit. 

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