Very tricky! I'm wondering about lemon or orange peel (rind) - that's if you don't mind your bag smelling of lemon or orange!. As long as you put something in the bottom of the bag, like a bit of plastic or small dish so the oils from the peel don't get on your bag, that might do the trick. Or, I've heard that freshly ground coffee put in an old sock (put again I'd line bottom of bag!) is a good deodorizer - but your bag will probably smell of coffee! Better than seafood though! Good luck!
How to get a smell out of a bag
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Once I removed an offensive odor from a handbag by putting a handful of fresh unground coffee beans in a tightly wrapped cone coffee filter, in each pocket. Worked like a charm in about 3 days. (I'm a coffee lover, & I found the smell of fresh coffee beans so inviting, that I sometimes will put a handful of them, in a filter in my purse just to enjoy the smell.)
Go to Walmart in the Pet Dept and they have these round gel-filled odor absorbers. Put the bag is a plastic bag or pillow case with the gel absorber inside for a few days. Works like a charm, but the bag will smell a bit "flowery" for a few days after.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Oh my gosh guys, thanks for all the suggestions! I'm going to try them all in order and hopefully something will work.
And then, in jest, I might call the Chloe boutique and ask them if anyone that works on their bags has a special affinity for seafood. Blech!
Something should work though. Thanks ladies, you don't disappoint!
And then, in jest, I might call the Chloe boutique and ask them if anyone that works on their bags has a special affinity for seafood. Blech!
Something should work though. Thanks ladies, you don't disappoint!
That is so weird. Did they put some kind of finish on the leather, I wonder. It's a shame because Chloe leather smells so good normally.
The leather smelled AWESOME until I sent her away. I am assuming they finished her with something but I don't really know what their reasoning would be because the problem wasn't with the leather but with the hardware? Who knows.
I had Barb at lovingmybags do the ozone box treatment on a Chloe and it WORKED! As I recall it was $65 plus shipping.
AGHH! I am sorry! I know your pain (mildly...) because I smelled a fishy bag in a store today. It grossed me out and I was only there for about 10 minutes, so I can't imagine how you feel!! I really have nothing to suggest, although I would not spray any perfumes on it because then it will just smell like a bad mix of fish and perfume and that might ruin your fave smell(I had a smoker roommate so I would spray my perfume to cover the smell and then it just ended up ruining my perfume for me)...good luck getting rid of the fishy odor though!!
OK ladies: I tried the dryer sheets EVERY day since I posted this and have since got squat. Next up, I am trying the coffee beans.
Someone else told me that vanilla extract gets the fish smell out of anything (a friend who worked as a cook told me this) anyone heard that as well?
Someone else told me that vanilla extract gets the fish smell out of anything (a friend who worked as a cook told me this) anyone heard that as well?