I wanted to give this bag 5 stars.  I love the color, the size is perfect and the style is spot on.  Two problems - the smell is atrocious. It's a chemical/dye/I don't even know what smell, that can take over a whole small room.  I was hoping it would go away, but no luck yet.  In between uses I've been hanging it outside to air, which helps a little temporarily.  Also, the first time I wore it with dark colored jeans, they stained the back side of the bag.  It wasn't just dye transfer, it's as if the color on the bag was rubbed off a little as well.  Very disappointing.  I've bought a few HOBO bags in the past and have been very happy.  The quality of this one is a let down.  If I didn't like the color so much, and I wasn't so lazy, I would have sent it back.