What is that weird smell coming from our brand new pillow? I can't tell if it's chemical or animal.
273698
It's the wool, it does go away. . But to be honest, I returned the wool one and bought the cotton one because the wool pillow can't go in the wash.
273699
I didn't notice anything like that but I HATE this pillow. Its too fluffy. What toddler sleeps on a pillow this fluffy? I wont give it to my kids...does this thing flatten after use?
273700
I don't think it's chemical. I can't remember the smell in the beginning but I don't smell anything now.
950501
I have also noticed a "chemical smell"...kind of like kerosine. My whole living room reeks of it. I'm a little sad since my guinea pigs have used carefresh for the last year and a half with no trouble.
560622
I did not experience a chemical smell! :-) By the way, I absolutely LOVE this pillow! I bought one for both my adult kids!
284618
The smell might be that of natural cotton. I do smell that from mine (which we just got) and nothing else.
962997
Mine does not smell like vinegar at all. This is the second buckwheat pillows I have bought. Neither had a smell. I love them.
37086
I do not recall a smell with the pillow. When I first bought it, it smelled like the plastic bag it came in, but a simple run through the washing machine of the cover, and the smell was gone.
442351
Mine has a slight odor to it, but I never smell it until i put my nose right up to the pillow, and even the, the odor is going away
1629768
I don't believe so. There was a very slight "new smell" when I first took the pillow out but that went away within the first night.
2265455
What smell? There was no smell from mine. Was your package outside and an animal tangled with it?
1917143
yes a very strong chemical smell but I washed the cover and allow the pillow to air out for several days and it went away. I think it must be something they spray in the warehouse because other things shipped by Amazon had similar smell.
442343
My pillow absolutely REEKED when I first received it. Seemed way worse then most people are reporting, maybe it was a fresh batch of foam or something but the smell lingered for more than a few days. Even six months later if I stick my face in it I can smell it. That being said I'm sure sticking it in the wash would help rid the pillow of its chemical stench right away and after the smell was gone/tolerable I really liked the pillow.
1293223
Mine didn't specify about where the scent came from when I received it but the scent is very unnoticeable so thinking it's probably from the wood.
2152463
I am very pleased with this pillow. Mine did not have the "weird" smell, so I don't know why yours does.
280850
This is the SAME [problem I had with this pillow. I didn't fell like washing a brand new pillow, so I just let it air out. It still smells, but it is getting less pungent after weeks, but still smells when trying to sleep on it.Well more time has gone by & the odor persists. Not so bad, if you sleep on your back, but if you are on your side , your face in in the smell. If the company has a solution, please let me know.
1638144
Very slight nondescript smell that vanished quickly .It could have been from the cover that came seperately. The smaller pillow we bought a year and a half earlier and others had no oder. You mig ht want to question the US dept of Agriculture about what theyre using to fumigate the containers that these ship in.
86973
It has a synthetic type smell when it's new, but that disapates within a day or two out of the packaging. If it lasts longer than that, could be moldy from being wet or something and you should get another
1711606
Not sure what smell people were referring to. Ours did not have any unusual odor. Kind of new leather smell for a very short period of time.They are in my son's bedroom, so somewhat of a confined space and we can't smell anything.