Odd leather smell

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#3,482
loulourella said:
Just an update that i dropped by bag to local H store in March, they took the bag in to investigate (they required full set with receipt), a month later they called to inform me that they will replace the bag for me which will take another 3-6 months, im so relieved (:

All thanks to this thread and the ladies here. Else i wouldn't know what to do :heart:
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yup 2 bags happened to me too. i really didn't mind at first but as i went through member's experiences i took in my stinky bags and whoops! H offered me 2 new bags!
 
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honhon said:
hi my stinkies were P and Q stamps. i would assume that by the time your bag was made H was fully aware of this faulty leather batch incident and it would have been a history.....but if you want to verify, just feel free to take it to the boutique
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Hi! Thank you for your reply. Happy
to report that the “chemical” smell is all gone! I have used the bag every day for the last month and it’s been in rain and al different weathers. I think it just needed to air out. Thank goodness!
 
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IMG_1713rev.jpg Hello everyone. My first post here after finding this forum. I purchased a Birkin for my late wife in December 2013 from Crystals in Las Vegas. She had terminal cancer and carrying a Birkin (even if it was just in the shop) was a bucket list item for her. To our surprise, the shop had one in and let her carry it. I jokingly asked if it was available/for sale and he said yes. We did the only thing we could and purchased it. We noticed the smell a few months later but thought that it was something that would dissipate. When it didn't, we contacted our SA. We weren't planning on going back to Vegas for a while but had a trip booked to Oahu. Our SA told us to take the bag to the Hermes shop there. They took the bag and gave us a receipt. We had a replacement a few months after that. My wife passed away somewhat unexpectedly (the Dr's and nurses thought she had a little more time) before she able to carry it and it has remained in the box.

I didn't know what to do with it and now feel that it's time to let it go. Someone should really enjoy this bag. If it were acceptable for me to carry it, I probably would, lol. I looked up a couple of resources that mentioned the date stamp. I found the stamp and if it's the R (2014) on the left, that would make sense. However, the images on google had the stamp on the right side of the opening. So. I thought I would pose this to the community here for some insight. Any help is appreciated. I apologize for the long post and also if I've infringed any rules of etiquette.
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al503 said:
View attachment 4465345 Hello everyone. My first post here after finding this forum. I purchased a Birkin for my late wife in December 2013 from Crystals in Las Vegas. She had terminal cancer and carrying a Birkin (even if it was just in the shop) was a bucket list item for her. To our surprise, the shop had one in and let her carry it. I jokingly asked if it was available/for sale and he said yes. We did the only thing we could and purchased it. We noticed the smell a few months later but thought that it was something that would dissipate. When it didn't, we contacted our SA. We weren't planning on going back to Vegas for a while but had a trip booked to Oahu. Our SA told us to take the bag to the Hermes shop there. They took the bag and gave us a receipt. We had a replacement a few months after that. My wife passed away somewhat unexpectedly (the Dr's and nurses thought she had a little more time) before she able to carry it and it has remained in the box.

I didn't know what to do with it and now feel that it's time to let it go. Someone should really enjoy this bag. If it were acceptable for me to carry it, I probably would, lol. I looked up a couple of resources that mentioned the date stamp. I found the stamp and if it's the R (2014) on the left, that would make sense. However, the images on google had the stamp on the right side of the opening. So. I thought I would pose this to the community here for some insight. Any help is appreciated. I apologize for the long post and also if I've infringed any rules of etiquette.
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Very sorry to hear about your loss, heartbreaking.

This is the replacement bag so isn't affected by the smell and doesn't really fit into this thread. If you are wondering about authenticity you will have to find a paid for service as you already own the bag. If you got a replacement from the H boutique you should have nothing to worry about.
 
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GoldFish8 said:
No clue! I have a noir Togo Kelly that i bought in October of 2018. I don’t recall it smelling like that. I also Have a birkin25 Togo etoupe bought in may 2018.. no smell. So I’m not sure.. but i also Can’t be 100% sure those bags didn’t smell this way at the beginning and I just never noticed? It is only when i stick my nose right up to the leather.. otherwise it doesn’t smell too much. Curious if anyone else with a noir Togo bought this year has similar stories.
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I bought a Kelly Noir Togo this year. She smells delicious, but my B35 Noir from 2017 doesn't have much scent at all, good or bad. It’s a darker black and a smaller grain too. IDK. I have around 30 bags from 2000 to this year. Some smell almost divine and others have no scent at all even though they have mainly been stored. I think it just varies with the leather batch.
 
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Hello all. I purchased an unused Rouge Brique Epsom Kelly bag at an auction and unfortunately stumbled into this skunk-smelling issue. The bag was from 2014, so my heart sank when I saw this thread. What're the odds Hermes is willing to fix this issue after all of these years?
 
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funnyguy said:
Hello all. I purchased an unused Rouge Brique Epsom Kelly bag at an auction and unfortunately stumbled into this skunk-smelling issue. The bag was from 2014, so my heart sank when I saw this thread. What're the odds Hermes is willing to fix this issue after all of these years?
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Have you tried to contact a Hermes store? Unfortunately nobody can really answer your question apart from Hermes themselves. If the bag is authenticate then I see no issue for them to resolve this for you.
 
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funnyguy said:
Hello all. I purchased an unused Rouge Brique Epsom Kelly bag at an auction and unfortunately stumbled into this skunk-smelling issue. The bag was from 2014, so my heart sank when I saw this thread. What're the odds Hermes is willing to fix this issue after all of these years?
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i had 2 stinkies and H replaced them with new bags from their newest manufacture
 
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chicinthecity777 said:
Have you tried to contact a Hermes store? Unfortunately nobody can really answer your question apart from Hermes themselves. If the bag is authenticate then I see no issue for them to resolve this for you.
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These bags discussed here were defective...I also had 2 of them. If it passes the stink test (I believe that heat it up), then they will replace it. Good luck!
 
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