The smell you stop noticing in your own house is the one visitors notice at the front door, and it nearly always comes from three places: the bed, the crate, and the patch of carpet where a wet dog last lay down. A deodorising spray aimed squarely at those spots works on the residue itself rather than laying a pleasant scent over the top of it and hoping.

A quick spritz onto bedding, crate bases, carpet and the corner of the sofa your dog has claimed, then leave it to dry. The formula dries fast and has an antibacterial action, which is the useful part, because the lingering smell around a favourite sleeping spot comes from bacteria living in the residue. Treating that gets considerably further than perfume does. Peppermint is what you smell while it dries, and it fades rather than sitting in the room.

• 100ml spray bottle
• Peppermint-scented deodoriser for homes with dogs and cats
• Antibacterial action on the residue behind the smell
• For bedding, crates, carpets and living areas
• Fast-drying formula
• Spray surfaces and let them dry before pets settle back down

We would keep this off the animal. Use it on surfaces, ideally in an empty room, and let everything dry fully. A properly soiled area needs washing first, since no spray removes what has soaked into a cushion.

Who it's for: Multi-pet households, and anyone keeping things pleasant between deep cleans after a run of muddy walks.