I got these maybe 15 days ago, maybe 3 weeks. They are supposed to be low odor.... I don't smell them at all. They are smooth to write with, and although they are thin and that makes them hard for my big hands to hold on to, it is amazing that they write super smoothly without making a ton of stripes of not marked areas. When writing on paper, although you're not supposed to, it looks like a matte version of the color and it is just amazing!