Yes, baking so does work to absorb odors. Hopefully it will do the job on your bag. I've also used some dryer sheets inside a handbag to try to mask odors. But if the odors are still strong, then return the handbag as they will always be a problem. If the problem seems fixed, the store the bag open.
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I have seen this mention somewhere before. I think it said to do it at least a couple days. It sounds like you really like the bag. I hope it works for you.
Hmmm. Maybe the Premier Design Houses are vying for Lisa's talent. The mystery of where she's going may have been solved.
Hmmm. Maybe the Premier Design Houses are vying for Lisa's talent. The mystery of where she's going may have been solved.
I love your imagination
My GILI finally arrived. Yay, no late UPS!
The bag is ok. I took all the stuffing out to see if it smelled and I couldn't smell anything so I guess I'm good. It's is really soft. The only thing I don't like is that I can see a few spots, mostly on the pleats on the bottom where the leather looks already "worn". What I mean is that you can see the little frays on the leather around the scale. I did a quick pose with it and feels good on the body, very lightweight. I thought I would rather have the handle to be snake print leather too but after seeing the brown handle, I like it like it is. Right now I'm thinking she will stay.
The bag is ok. I took all the stuffing out to see if it smelled and I couldn't smell anything so I guess I'm good. It's is really soft. The only thing I don't like is that I can see a few spots, mostly on the pleats on the bottom where the leather looks already "worn". What I mean is that you can see the little frays on the leather around the scale. I did a quick pose with it and feels good on the body, very lightweight. I thought I would rather have the handle to be snake print leather too but after seeing the brown handle, I like it like it is. Right now I'm thinking she will stay.
Im glad you got one that is not stinky.
I don't think there is anyway around the little fuzziness of the suede between the scales. Mine is like that already, but you have to look closely and at an angle to see it. It was one of the biggest complaints on the Q's reviews of the Dooney snake embossed hobo TSV, which I also have. I think since suede is fuzzy and the scales are shiny, the contrast between these two textures is very apparent.
I have done this with bags that smelled like smoke or perfume that I purchased on eBay. It worked on the perfume odor but not on the smoke odor. It took about 2 days, stored in a clean dry place inside my home. HTH
I just noticed this on my zipper pulls. One of them appears to be attached upside down so the "G" is on the underside facing the leather piece. I hope you can see this in the pictures. Does yours look like this? Or are both if your "Gs" facing outward. This appears to me like a defect. I can't believe it took me this long to notice this.
I just looked at the pics of my brown snake and the tabs are correct; both G's are at the front. I have returned the bag so I can't look at it IRL, but in all my photos it is correct.
Thanks Tiffiney. Do you mean the square piece that holds the short strap on, that's attached to the part with the G on the bag? If that's where you mean, mind really doesn't have much give. There is a tiny bit of movement, but not much at all.