How to get rid of bad smell on leather bag?

September 14, 2006 8:27 AM

How do I get rid of an unpleasant leather smell on a bag bought in Morocco? I think the leather is either poorly tanned or newly made so it has a really strong animal smell.
posted by sachabright to Home & Garden (3 answers total)

This has been suggested for removing bad smells from leather before. It might help you, too.
posted by YoBananaBoy at 8:57 AM on September 14, 2006

Can't help with getting rid of the smell, but I will offer a story... A friend of mine bought a leather in Italy, and we noticed it had a VERY cow-like scent. Eventually (several months), it toned down to the smell of leather we were used to. So I suppose the answer is "wait".
posted by ObscureReferenceMan at 9:54 AM on September 14, 2006

Previously (a search for 'leather' would have found this).
posted by Kickstart70 at 10:01 AM on September 14, 2006