The colors are beautiful and the rug is so soft and plush feeling. It isnt too thick but its nothing a rug cushion couldnt fix. My only problem is that there were wrinkles in it. The rug was rolled so tightly and so haphazardly that these wrinkles are random and either large or small. Luckily I have a method to fix these wrinkles via towel and steamer!! It was a budget rug so I didnt expect the world, but youd think Wayfair would fix the issue regarding the wrinkles because so many reviewers are having this issue. Other than the wrinkles, there is no smell other than new rug smell and it looks great and very comparable to the photo except maybe a bit darker.