I loveeee the way this rug looks. It’s soft and would’ve been perfect in my bedroom. But the smell is TERRIBLE. It has an awful mildewy, chemical smell. The smell is still there even after airing it out in my garage for weeks and bringing it out into the sun a few times. I didn’t see any other reviews like this so I must’ve gotten unlucky. If I were you I’d honestly probably risk it and just hope I didn’t get a stinky rug, because it really is cute!