I live in Florida, mail all of your smelly designer bags to me and I will air them out for a good long while!!!! I especially like Salvatore Ferragamos, Balenciagas, and Louis Vuittons, tee hee.
How to get a smell out of a bag
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I just did a search on this, and there is a thread(can't find it on the app). Anyways, I just bought a 10 year old bag that had an old, been sitting in a basement for years smell to it. Someone posted about this natural magic organic odor eliminator. I just bought some last night at home depot. Its a gell in a container. I put it in the bag and zipped it up. This morning, no smell! It worked amazingly! The scent I got is vanilla cookie, the least offensive to me(there was laundry and citrus among others) i'll have to search later to find who to thank for this idea. I love this forum!
i just bought a vintage chanel that was described as having a "mold" smell, but no mold on the bag. it's a black bag, so it's hard to spot any signs of mold. is this possible? how can a bag smell like mold without being infected? i'm just worried because 1) if it is infected, i don't want it to spread to my other things and 2) i'd like to return it.
thanks!
thanks!
I'm a Vintage Bag Lover and have run across this numerous times. You may want to give this a try: Needed: Baking Soda, 2 clean white socks, a Box. Fill both socks 1/2 way with baking soda, knot to secure. Place one sock inside your handbag. Zip/close handbag. Place handbag inside box and place the other sock with baking soda inside the box but outside of the handbag. You may have to leave this sit for several days but keep checking it. I've also used a plastic bag and/or luggage rather than the box, depending upon the type of handbag. I've used this method several times even on shoes and has worked fairly well. You will need patience though. Good Luck!
I love those things! I have a Bal that I bought with a terrible mothball odor and i tried EVERYTHING to get rid of it. Activated charcoal, baking soda, lots of airing outdoors. I even had it professionally deodorized by Avelle to no availle (
). But then I bought those gel odor absorbers in the laundry/cotton scent and left it inside the bag for a few weeks and it worked like magic! They literally saved my bag.
thanks for sharing this idea. I will keep it on file because I like to bargain hunt for purses. I haven't tried baking soda on purses yet, but have with other things and it does work. It just takes time.
OMG... thank you for sharing this (and to all of you above!) I just purchased two Roses Neverfull from Japan from the same seller... I knew one of them had the smell, but because it put them both in a clear plastic bag they both reek of heavy moth ball smell!!! I was so upset and new I just had to come to the ladies of the purse forum!! United we Stand!!! LOL Thank you again ladies, you're all the best!!!!
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I bought an LV cosmetic pouch on eBay and when it arrived, even the shipping box smelled like smoke! The pouch itself smelled like smoke and strong perfume. My steps were: 1) thoroughly washed it with warm, wet washcloths and mild liquid soap. 2) put it outside with the zipper open to air out (not in direct sun though). 3) sprinkled baking soda inside the pouch itself for a few hours and then cleaned it out with a soft dry paintbrush.
I would say it removed 80% of the odor, but not all of it.
Another LV bag I bought on eBay smelled so strongly of Febreeze. I know a lot of people use it, but I am not a fan. I set the bag outside with the zipper open on a cool morning (it was a lockit) and within a few hours, the smell was nearly gone.
Good luck!
I would say it removed 80% of the odor, but not all of it.
Another LV bag I bought on eBay smelled so strongly of Febreeze. I know a lot of people use it, but I am not a fan. I set the bag outside with the zipper open on a cool morning (it was a lockit) and within a few hours, the smell was nearly gone.
Good luck!
How do you use it? Do you put an open box of it inside the bag? And for how long?
I've read that to get the smell out of a leather bag, to open a little box of baking soda and put it in the bag (zip it closed) and leave it there for a couple of weeks. I know that is a long time to wait, but it might work. I've also read that the higher end kitty litter works by using it the same way. It's supposed to soak up the smell.
Good luck and it will be sooo worth it when you discover a method that works best!
Good luck and it will be sooo worth it when you discover a method that works best!