Upon arriving at this apartment, we were delighted with the aesthetics. the apt. is large (by European standards) airy, air conditioned (which we needed due to an unusually high temps 85degrees.) We were left coffee pods for every day we were there, the bed was very comfortable. Carole checked us in herself. It wasn't until she left and we actually sat on the sofa, took showers that we noticed a foul odor from the sofa. If I had to define the odor I'd say of mixture of smoke/fish. Also noticed that the towels smelled strongly of smoke. The apt. as a whole did not smell when we entered.
Another thing to know is that the nearest subway to the apartment was closed the whole time we were there. We tried another subway but after finding that we had to connect several times combined with a fist fight happening and a woman pulling her pants down and relieving herself we opted out of using the subway all together. Taxis though very expensive are the best way to travel and we did so every day.