It started with Missy.
When the pandemic hit, I'd just moved to Melbourne and adopted a cat. Living in a small space, the smell became unavoidable. No matter how often I cleaned, it kept coming back.
After a few moves (a share house, a townhouse, eventually an apartment) I stumbled onto something that worked. A simple raised setup using plain soil. Months went by without any smell. Not covered up. Just gone completely. Something about the soil biology was doing the heavy lifting.
Meanwhile, my partner was changing litter twice a week, spending a fortune, and still dealing with cats who preferred to pee on the laundry. We had completely opposite setups, but neither of us had something that actually felt like a proper solution.
So I started building one, and testing it properly. Something based on the same idea: let the biology do the work. Good bacteria. Natural minerals. A system that deals with waste before it turns into smell.
Not just something that makes it smell "better" for a bit.
That's No Smell Club. It's just something I built, tested, and kept improving because it worked better than anything else I'd tried.
What's different
- Deals with the cause of the sell, not just the smell itself
- Lasts months instead of needing constant full changes
- No clay, no dust, no constant scooping
- Based on natural materials, not chemicals
Actually good for the planet
At its core, it's dirt. When you're done with it, you can put it straight on your garden. No special disposal, no weird steps. Compared to clay (mined), silica (not compostable), or even recycled paper (still processed), this is about as simple as it gets.
What I care about
I just want this to actually work. For you, for your cat, and without creating ore problems somewhere else. If something's off, I want to know. I'm not trying to cut corners or overcomplicated it, just make something that keeps working over time for everyone.