I wrote a review before, bit they must have chosen not to post it. This item was the cheapest item I have ever been sold. It isn't even close to faux suede. It is some other material all together. It will rip right off the handles with one use. That said let me try and describe the smell. It smelled like the worst burnt BBQ you may have ever had the misfortune to breathe in. I couldn't have it in my house. After being outside for a week, I hung it in the garage for 2 weeks. Then came a fabreez bath. Now it can stay in the house. I gave it 1 star, otherwise I couldn't post this.