Exhibit 99.3




Independent Auditors' Consent


The Board of Directors
The Clorox Company:



We consent to the inclusion of our audit reports dated 
August 6, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance 
sheets of First Brands Corporation and subsidiaries as 
of June 30, 1998 and 1997, and the related consolidated 
statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows 
for each of the years in the three year period ended 
June 30, 1998, and the related schedule, which audit 
reports appear in the June 30, 1998 annual report on 
Form 10-K of First Brands Corporation, in the Quarterly 
Report on Form 10-Q of The Clorox Company for the 
fiscal quarter ended December 31, 1998.

Also with respect to such Quarterly Report, we acknowledge 
our awareness of the use therein of our report dated 
October 23, 1998 related to our review of the First Brands
Corporation interim financial information as of and for
the three months ended September 30, 1998.

Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 
1933, such report is not considered part of a registration 
statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a 
report prepared or certified by an accountant within 
the meaning of sections 7 and 11 of the Act.



/S/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York
February 12, 1999