hello dexter, I have a rio purse in coffee. It's about six months old and I've used it every day, and really treated it with very little care - it just gets chucked about all the time. I can't exactly remember how it was when I first got it but it is lovely, smooth and soft now. Inside on the crease it has really softened up but the rest of the purse is quite structured and probably wouldn't go that way. It hasn't scuffed at all either, very good leather for a purse I would say.