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How do you clean a stinky leather handbag bought new, odor gets worse just hanging in closet.?

I have tried febreze, dryer sheets on the inside, and wiped it with damp cloth. The bag is new and after opening it, the longer it was out the more it smells.

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1. Take it to a leather shop
2. Have you tried putting some baking soda in it and letting it sit? Is this a "leather " odor, or something that got in it?
3. try some leather waterproff dressing
4. I was going to suggest dryer sheets but sounds like you tried that already. How about sprinkling in some baby powder or baking soda? Otherwise, I would call the store where you bought it and ask them if you can exchange it for one less stinky or to at least find out if the odor will go away. Good luck -
5. Sounds like someone sold you a goat leather handbag. This kind of leather is smelly and gets worse when it has been wet (by rain for instance) In Arabia people say you only give goat leather stuff to people you dont like. I dont think there is a way to get the smell out.
6. they have air fresheners that u can hang in ur closet to freshen it up and make ur clothes smell good. buy one and put it in your purse. you can get it from bed bath and beyond.
7. Sounds weird but spray it with 1 part vodka, 2 parts water mixture. the finer the mist the better. Sit it outside or in a low blowing fan. May take a few applications for the desired effect.
8. bin it. buy a new one
9. You bought a leather handbag for your enjoyment. You are not a cleaning person. An odor that is long standing, must not be a problem ever for you. You are the customer, the recipient of a consummable item, that you like. Since you are having this problem, take it back. See if the store has the same item without the odor or demand the return of your money. Only your feelings are of concern here and no one else. Remember this, "If God be for us, who can be against us?" - Romans 8:31. Peace and God Bless.
10. Put a sachet of potpourri in it
11. can you return it? my son gave me a wallet from a kit once, he made it in boy scouts. it smelled awful. I immersed it in baking soda. I rubbed it with baking soda. Nothing helped. So I just use the stinky wallet on occasion when he is looking, out of love.
12. i would take it back if i were u.