Thank you, jaclyn v, for your explanation about the scents that the manufacturers think we need. A few years ago I had a sample of Gain detergent, nice piney scent. OK, it helped all the laundry smell good, although I had been using Purex Free for most of the personal and ferret laundry. About a year ago they changed that to a couple of new scents and piney is no longer available, just Fresh Breeze and Tropical whatever. Tried them, and they both made me sneeze and the ferrets, so I gave them away. I'm back to the Purex Free which really works just as well. I wrote that my house is pretty good smelling in spite of the number of ferrets because of daily cleaning, good food (no fish) and wood pellets. I do not use any fragance candles or warmer scents. They just cover it up. The cat stinks worse when she uses the litter pan than any ferret should. As a little gift to anyone interested I will be posting directions on how to make your very own wood pellet sifter to remove the resulting sawdust. I have to work on it but should be ready in a few days. One is made with just a few tools, and saves a lot of perfectly good pellets from going in the trash. Happy scooping. Carol Owens [Posted in FML issue 4066]