Odd leather smell

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#3,511
Lostforwords said:
Heyy!!
Did you ever take your bag to H and did they replace it. Ive just run into the same problem but i have a very short window to return the bag to the reseller for a refund. Its a kelly turqoise 32. It was fine when i received it but stank like weed when i got into the car on a hot day.

If H will replace/rebuild it then im happy to send it to them and wait. But id they won't ill need to return it asap otherwise ill be stuck with a stanky bag
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I had 2 different skunk bags back in 2014..both purchased from H. They replaced one - rouge H B for smelly vermillion B- and gave me a gift card for full credit on the other bag as the color was no longer available.

It was a well known/acknowledged problem at the time. The kicker is that they need to send it to FSH for evaluation and that takes weeks to months. If you can return it, I would...it is a very stressful process and the outcome isn't guaranteed.
 
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#3,512
Lostforwords said:
Heyy!!
Did you ever take your bag to H and did they replace it. Ive just run into the same problem but i have a very short window to return the bag to the reseller for a refund. Its a kelly turqoise 32. It was fine when i received it but stank like weed when i got into the car on a hot day.

If H will replace/rebuild it then im happy to send it to them and wait. But id they won't ill need to return it asap otherwise ill be stuck with a stanky bag
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I did have success having them send it out for inspection and then the resolution was a store credit for the original purchase price. I would be worried about this route with a resale. They looked up my transaction and at no point did they offer to repair. I would return the bag. Not worth the risk and from my experience the smell did not get better over time.
 
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kelly1234 said:
I did have success having them send it out for inspection and then the resolution was a store credit for the original purchase price. I would be worried about this route with a resale. They looked up my transaction and at no point did they offer to repair. I would return the bag. Not worth the risk and from my experience the smell did not get better over time.
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Thanks for the advice. Im gutted that i need to return it! I absolutely loved the colour and i cant find the same bag anywhere.

Guess it just wasnt meant to be
 
#3,514
Hello! I’m new here. Did anyone encounter H bags with a bad odor (like plasticky smell) after not carrying for a period of time? All my H leather bags seem to have a weird odor now. I live in a warm climate country and keep them in my room. Lindy smells the worst and Birkin is slowly losing the H leather smell. They are all authentic as I bought them from the boutiques. Any advice to get rid of the bad odor? I tried airing them but don’t seem to work too well. Many thanks in advance.
 
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nekoneko said:
Hello! I’m new here. Did anyone encounter H bags with a bad odor (like plasticky smell) after not carrying for a period of time? All my H leather bags seem to have a weird odor now. I live in a warm climate country and keep them in my room. Lindy smells the worst and Birkin is slowly losing the H leather smell. They are all authentic as I bought them from the boutiques. Any advice to get rid of the bad odor? I tried airing them but don’t seem to work too well. Many thanks in advance.
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How are you storing them? Maybe theyre absorbing the smell from their surroundings. I also live in a very hot country but ive never had bags develop a smell from storage.
 
#3,516
Lostforwords said:
How are you storing them? Maybe theyre absorbing the smell from their surroundings. I also live in a very hot country but ive never had bags develop a smell from storage.
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Hello! I keep them in their original dustbags on my bag shelves. I placed dehumidifier / moisture absorber in my room. My room doesn’t have any smell other than the smell from lavender reeds diffuser. :(
 
#3,520
Hello everyone, I got my birkin in Epsom leather last July in SFH Paris. I wonder if it’s normal to have a kinda awful smell of the leather. It has thesame smell from the day I got up until now. I have no other epsom to compare the odd smell. I want to ask some opinion first before taking it to H maybe it’s normal or maybe not.
 
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jese1988 said:
Hello everyone, I got my birkin in Epsom leather last July in SFH Paris. I wonder if it’s normal to have a kinda awful smell of the leather. It has thesame smell from the day I got up until now. I have no other epsom to compare the odd smell. I want to ask some opinion first before taking it to H maybe it’s normal or maybe not.
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Hii! Sorry to hear about the smell! In my experience the smell wont go away. May have been a bad batch of tanned leather. Can you clarify what it smells like specifically? I had a bag that smelled like weed everytime it was exposed to sun and heat and it was horrible. Gave me a headache every time i took it out.
 
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Lostforwords said:
Hii! Sorry to hear about the smell! In my experience the smell wont go away. May have been a bad batch of tanned leather. Can you clarify what it smells like specifically? I had a bag that smelled like weed everytime it was exposed to sun and heat and it was horrible. Gave me a headache every time i took it out.
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Thanks for your reply. The inside has like strong plastic smells (it’s really hard to explain). If I didn’t buy it from the H boutique I will think it’s fake due to the smell. I haven’t use the bag though I’m taken it out from the dustbag from time to time.
I really wonder what’s the smell of epsom like.
 
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jese1988 said:
Thanks for your reply. The inside has like strong plastic smells (it’s really hard to explain). If I didn’t buy it from the H boutique I will think it’s fake due to the smell. I haven’t use the bag though I’m taken it out from the dustbag from time to time.
I really wonder what’s the smell of epsom like.
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I had a big epsom bag (HAC 40) and it smelled really pleasant when I got it. leathery smell.

you should take out your bag from the dust bag and let your bag air out so that the smell goes away. you will notice the change after a week or so. if you want to make the process faster you can get activated charcoal deodorizer and put it inside your bag while airing it out at the same time.
 
#3,524
allanrvj said:
I had a big epsom bag (HAC 40) and it smelled really pleasant when I got it. leathery smell.

you should take out your bag from the dust bag and let your bag air out so that the smell goes away. you will notice the change after a week or so. if you want to make the process faster you can get activated charcoal deodorizer and put it inside your bag while airing it out at the same time.
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Well do, thanks for the advise.
 
#3,525
Hi,
I hope i can get some input from some of you who had replacement bags in 2016.

I purchased a bag produced in 2013, but found it had the smell issue and received a replacement bag (black togo) in 2016. I haven’t used it frequently and just recently i found my closet would smell a bit weird - like when the old defective one would stink up a warm room. I just have a BAD feeling about this new bag now and wonder if anyone has experienced the smell issue with bags from 2016 and forward?

Thanks in advance for any advise and input.
 
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