If you hate the wood-on-wood drawer sliding, read below for a hack.

Removing 2 stars: one for the poor drawer sliding mechanism and one for the chemical smell it came with. 

I absolutely hated the wood-on-wood sliding mechanism and don’t understand why anyone would build it this way. There is no way my toddler (or me) can open/close it without getting frustrated. So this is what I did: took out the wooden sliding fixtures on the inner side of the cabinet and installed 12 inch self-closing bottom mount drawer slide set by Everbilt from Home Depot (a total for all 3 drawers costed $15). Very cheap and easy hack to upgrade this dresser in a major way. This is how it should have been built to begin with. 
It’s been aerating in the backyard for a week now and the smell is almost gone. On purpose I buy natural wood furniture (instead if engineered wood) so I can avoid the smell and still got a smelly item (must have been something in the finish).