It took a few weeks, but it did wonders

How to get the smell of perfume the hell out of a leather purse

I decided canada goose outlet new york city to gift myself a Canada Goose Online nice 1970’s vintage coach purse, and when the canada goose outlet jackets package arrived, I could already canada goose black friday sale smell the weird funky miasma of really acrid perfume from outside the box. It’s clear the previous owner has been either spraying the thing for decades or just gave it a serious perfume bath before shipping it off to me, possibly to hide a kinda musty canada goose outlet nyc old leather smell. I doused it with enough rubbing alcohol to burn the Canada Goose sale building down, but canada goose outlet online now my bathroom just smells like a distillery canada goose outlet black friday in a whorehouse in hell.

The bag is outside right now, but I live in Seattleit’s certain to rain before too long. WHAT cheap canada goose DO I DO? It stinks pretty much everywhere. I don’t live in a very large apartment, so if it’s indoors both me and my boyfriend can smell it from as canada goose clearance sale far away as we can get in a 700sf space.

I have canada goose outlet online uk cedar blocks, essential oils of sage and other clean smelling things, and a complete leather care kit that I generally use for boots. Short term and long term solutions please. Also, I don’t mind if the musty smell sticks around longer than the perfumey smell of doom, that’s more easily resolved/ignorable.

posted by zinful to Clothing, Beauty, Fashion (14 answers total) 5 users marked this as a favorite

Baking soda and vinegar are my go to fabric cleaners, but with Canada Goose Coats On Sale leather, I’m not sure of the best way to apply them.

posted by Hermione official canada goose outlet Granger at 5:57 PM on December 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

I’m wondering about odor eliminators, but I have no idea how they’d work with leather. Canada Goose online Maybe ask a car detailing canada goose uk black friday place or call coach?

posted by cestmoi15 at 6:01 PM on December 5, 2014

Could you buy a giant box of baking soda and fill the purse up with it? Perhaps leave it outside, but in a plastic, bag/waterproof container. You might have to change out the baking soda a few times, but it should absorb the goose outlet canada smell after awhile. Baking soda is VERY cheap!

posted by Ruthless Bunny at 6:23 PM on December 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

I would pour copious amounts of baking soda in it, wrap in lots of newspaper and put in a box for a good long while. You might also check with a dry cleaner who deals with leather goods and ask what magical processes they have to help.

posted by cecic at 6:25 PM on December 5, 2014

My experience with baked in scents has not been good, but here’s another cheap approach: get the canada goose coats box it shipped in, take it to a garden center, and fill https://www.londonbc.co.uk the box with cocoa hull mulch. It’s very absorbent; it doesn’t disintegrate into little pieces; and it smells like heavenly chocolate.

As far as experts on stinky + leather, I’d contact a stablehand.

posted by Jesse the K at 6:26 PM on December 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

My seconhand vintage coach purse smelled like smoke when I got it. It now is 99% stink free, so I bet a similar process will work:

Wash the purse in warm water with a mild soap get it all the way wet. It can handle this coach’s old leather purses are great quality. Then, I left it out in cheap canada goose the sun for a few days, which might be difficult where you are now. Finally, canada goose uk outlet I left it in front of a large fan in front of an open window during the day, and stuffed it with newspapers at night. It took a few weeks, but it did wonders. Good luck.

posted by umwhat at 6:32 PM on December 5, 2014

This happened to me with a leather purse! I put baking soda in it, wrapped it VERY WELL in newspaper, and put it in the canada goose outlet shop freezer for like a week. It didn’t get rid of the smell entirely, but it got rid of it enough that I could live with having it sitting out on the window sill in the sun for a week or so.

posted by Countess Sandwich at 6:37 PM on December 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

Wash it with fieblings saddle soap and warm water and a sponge. Worl up a good suds and then rinse with a clean sponge. Pack it with newspaper and let it dry. Condition. /former stablehand.

posted by fshgrl at 6:53 PM on December 5, 2014 [5 favorites]

I would spray the inside thoroughly in febreeze and wipe the outside down with a febreeze doused paper towel, also.

posted by If only I had a penguin. at 9:25 PM on December 5, 2014

I had a pair of shoes for a while that I had to hang out a window at night. Fortunately, I lived on the second floor, so I didn’t have to worry about someone taking them.

posted by Bruce H. at 2:12 AM on December 6, 2014

I scored a bunch of purses at an estate sale recently and un stinkified them by sealing them in large ziplock bags with a handful activated charcoal (the kind used in fish tank filters). That seems less messy than baking soda in my view.

posted by Sweetie Darling at 3:53 AM on December 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

I use old grinds that have dried, but it doesn’t matter if they are fresh or used. Seal a saucer of coffee grounds in a plastic box with canada goose outlet reviews the purse. Change grounds every 4 5 days until the smell is gone.