I have a strange odor problem with a
Coach Campbell bag I bought new about five years ago online. I only paid around $100 for it, but when it arrived it looked a little too "old lady" for my tastes so I vowed to resell it. Fast forward to about a week ago when I finally decided to dig it back out.
Unfortunately, I left the plastic protective wrapping on the purse. I thought (at the time) that a buyer might dig the wrapping, which would prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was indeed NWT. But I now know it was a mistake and the entire purse reeks of plastic, not a whiff of leather scent at all. I've had it hanging inside with a couple of bamboo charcoal bags inside and it's made not one whit of difference in a week.
Is this a lost cause? Might lavender (or lavender tea, as
@Farkvam above mentions) be helpful? Wait until spring and set it out in in the sunlight? Any other ideas?
I still intend to sell it, but pouting over it for the last few days has gotten me a little attached, so who knows what I'll do. Either way, I don't want it to reek.