It has really grown on me the last few days,  I have had it down 2 weeks. There is more of a silverish / light baby blue in the lighter shades of the rug that no one has really mentioned in other reviews. The first few days I was honed in on that color and not loving it but it’s something I do not even notice at all now. Zero smell that I noticed and it did flatten out faster than I anticipated. I haven’t used stain guard but already has a couple pet incidents ( the cat has  a tendency to run to the Newest lightest shade  rugs  I own to get sick)  it cleaned up perfectly fine, almost as if it is stain resistant material .. for the price I am perfectly content w the rug.