Had the rug in our bedroom for about a week now. I was happy that it did not have much of a smell - other rugs we've gotten have had to air out for weeks or even months. Didn't really notice any smell at all after the first day with this rug. Weighted downtime corners for a few days and then they laid completely flat with no problem. I will note this rug seems very teal once in our room - more so than we expected.