Beautiful pattern to this rug but when I took it out of its packaging and placed it on the floor the smell was unbearable to keep in my bedroom.  I am asthmatic and I started to cough because it smelt like a mixture of tires and oil. I put it outside over night and brought it in this morning and it was the odor was as strong as ever.  Cannot use it at all.  My neighbor said that she could smell if from across the fence and it was laying on my deck.  So disappointed!