Faux leather has a slightly different smell than traditional leather because it is made with plastic or rubber material as opposed to animal products. Vinegar is one of those methods and has long been known as a natural odor neutralizer.

Try using either an anti-microbial or charcoal based insert, like Odor Eaters, to combat the smell. Sprinkle the inside of your boots with baking soda and let it sit/neutralize overnight. Shake your boots out before putting them on.

Unlike MAHI, some leather retailers will treat their leather using cheap fish oil that hasn’t been filtered. This cheap fish oil will still have that distinctive fish odour that filtering removers, and if used to treat the leather, this smell will permeate the leather leaving it smelling like fish.

Faux leather has a slightly different smell than traditional leather because it is made with plastic or rubber material as opposed to animal products. Owners of faux leather items often look for ways to remove the smell emanating from new products.

The best kind of vinegar to use to disinfect and get rid of the chemical smells in faux leather is white vinegar. Mix one glass of white vinegar with two glasses of warm water, then take a dry cloth and wipe the inside and outside of your faux leather item, if the inside is not accessible, don’t do it, just wipe the outside thoroughly.

There are a few remedies that can lessen if not entirely eliminate the smell of both real and fake of leather. Vinegar is one of those methods and has long been known as a natural odor neutralizer. Mix the vinegar and warm water into a spray bottle.

To avoid the problem in future, remember to store your leather bag in a well-aired space and keep it in the dust bag provided. A chemical smell in a leather product can be very worrying, as chemical smells can be the first indication that the new leather bag you’ve bought is actually made from faux leather.