smelly leather handbag

[mrsmurphey]

I ,have recently bought a cheap leather handbag which has a very strong nasty smell, not the nice leather smell. I have hung it out in the garden, sprayed with Febreze but it still stinks and anything I put inside also stinks. Has anyone got any suggestions? Someone said to freeze it, b ut cannot risk ruining all our food.

[askyourgran]

I bought one and did exactly the same as you did, it stunk of mothballs or something similar. I kept it open, sprayed it and hung it outside then inside for ages. I never used it, the smell did eventually get better but I'd gone off it and In the end I 'donated' it to the Charity bag.

[bushbaby_de]

sorry but this thread made me laugh!
I would burn some incense sticks really close to it cos the smoke from that permeates everything!

[Lily_Lilbert]

Try rubbing it with bicarb of soda, and put some inside then shake out

[welshlibranr]

put a whole tub of bicarbonate of soda inside it, leave for a couple of days, the smell should now have been absorbed, then empty and wipe out with a damp cloth!....should work, if not, repeat the process again!..............

[hc4361]

It is untreated goat skin? Does it smell of animal? If so, best bet is to bury it and forget about it.

[mrsmurphey]

thanks all. I had wondered about freezing anf also bi-carb, will try both

[Mosaic]

I had this expereince - i soaked a tissue in aromatherapy oil and left it inside, shut it ina cupboad and forgeot about it. It's fine now.