They had a post about cover scents a couple of days ago and they had a mix you could use for helping to de-scent that I am going to try, look a couple of days back for the post.And yes to the shower,yes to clothes wash(baking soda and hang outside),yes to cov.scen.(natural only),No 2 carbon(X-scent under garment only 4 me),Yes to scent elim.(but there is controversy about if they work,spray on bottom of the boots for sure),and keep on this site you will learn a lot like I have.most of what you need to know you will learn on your own by trial and error and that's hunting! Good Luck