My cat acts a bit strange and erratic in my kitchen, the strangest of which is insisting (via clawing the door and meowing) that I open up a pantry door where it will look inside and then leave, only to continue the behaviour soon after.

I've heard certain cleaning products can mimic cat pheromones (not sure how true that is, though), or at the very least affect the cats sense of smell which would affect a cat more than a human. My cat seems uninterested in cat nip.