In the beginning it seems worse. Might be the body adjusting, or maybe I just got used to it. What I eat makes a HUGE difference. I rarely bother with deodorizers - I'm a less is more girl - but if I'm out someplace special I use it. I don't bother if I'm going to the mall, but if I"m going to a friends house and other people will be there I use M9 drops in the bag. At home I have M9 spray if things are particularly stinky. There are lots of different products you can try, but M9 works best for me.

Oddly, my poop never smelled after my colectomy. Some of us have poop that doesn't smell and others do. One more thing that individual.

kathy

I smell like roses compared to my husband's normal bowel movement

('my' smell doesn't seem to linger once the toilet is flushed ...... )

Thanks. Most of the time my UC poop has hardly smelled at all- sometimes not at all. That is true when it is more or less formed. Lately, all I have is "mud" and it has a toxic sweet sickly smell that could probably keel over a stranger. So hopefully it'll be better than that, lol. Methinks I will be a more is more guy and carry deoderizers etc a least a first.

Depends on what I eat... if I've eaten any fish or eggs recently then I stink pretty badly. I found this Poopourri stuff that helps keep the bathroom less of a toxic waste dump.
http://poopourri.com/

Oh, and I heard from a fellow ostomate that this stuff works great to keep the bag smell down:
http://www.nascent4u.com/index.htm

Hydrogen peroxide is a cheap and effective odor eliminator, just a few drops in the bag. 32 oz bottle is cheap and lasts a long time.