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Do you think Verona feels a bit plasticy and more like pebbled leather? It doesn't really have any leather smell and feels a bit more plasticy than the pebbled leathers. I know sometimes there are differences within the same leather type depending on color and just wondering if it is just my color since it seems people love Verona and I feel so so about it.Lol I thought she was asking me, but should have known that everyone knows my love for Verona already.
I have never quite understood what feeling like plastic means, lol. So I can be no help on that. I just love the way it feels and my chocolate leather still has a nice leather smell and it is four years old. I totally agree that different dyes affect the feel and the smell from my experience. And each hide is bound to be different because they were living materials.
I love the midi diva as well, I have been using mine in port merinos this weekend. And while we are talking leathers, I have to say how much merinos is growing on me, it has a slight natural grain, lovely feel, not at all plasticky, but when we were caught in the rain, the water just rolled off it.
I'd love to see a picture of yours now that you have had yours for a while. I don't have any bags in Merinos and I'm curious to know how it looks on the Midi-Diva
I love my beige merinos but wasn't a fan of the lavender merinos. The lavender was very dry/chalky smooth, different more chemical smell, and wet spotted super easily. I will have to make sure to ask Marcos in the future instead of assuming leather will be similar.
I love the Avio blue, Pink, and dark GreyWOW! 21 colours of lambskin lining
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I too love Avio Blue and Dark Grey. And to my own surprise - Purple!
So Ive never had anything in Verona but I did ask Marco about the Verona leather, and he explained that it is a "corrected grain" calf leather, meaning that the grain is imprinted on it, I think, similar to pebbled leather, and gives a consistency of appearance. Its not a natural grain leather whereas Vacchetta and Cuoio Toscano are natural and have more variations.
sorry I'll stop posting now but just gotta say I LOVE this. Also Sorrento is another natural vegetable tanned leather!
This is a rare and unpopular opinion, as Verona is almost universally beloved on this forum, but I agree with you. Verona has some truly beautiful colors, it wears like iron and a grainy texture is really lovely, but somehow all of that leaves me cold. I've tried a couple of bags in Verona and it just didn't make my heart sing the way that gorgeous draping of Nappa or a chic distress of Tuscania do. So lucky we are to have Marco and his incredible collection of leathers for all tastes and likes!
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