an appartment would have my stomache in knots about smell without a scrubber. i am not sure about afghani smell but i wouldnt try skunk and fabreeze, lol. the stuff i have grown is fairly low smell untill the last 2 weeks of flowering(no guests at this time) also when you shut off your light you will get a green clean smell for a few minutes(plant smell deffinately though) personaly i wouldnt try in an appt. without an airscrubber, the diy one is supposed to work well but i have not tried it yet. and with peat you will want to watch your ph.