Rug is pretty and nice for the price- however, the rug smells like mildew, really strong. The cardboard tube it was wrapped around was soft and damp, suggesting the rug had been wet at some point. We have vacuumed it, Aired it out as best as we could, sprayed with febreeze, opened windows, used an o-zone machine, etc… the rug (and now the room it is in) still smell.