Marrakesh Gallery Genuine Leather Round Pouf Cover - Handmade Moroccan Ottoman Footstool, Unstuffed Footrest - Boho Decor - Bohemian Living Room, Bedroom, Kids Room - Housewarming Gift & Wedding

I ordered the (mustard) yellow color and it's perfect! Very well made and just beautiful. ZERO nasty smell just a bit of leather smell if you stick your nose really close to the opening. As it should be.I purchased the exact same item 6 years ago (different seller) for a lot more $ and it unfortunately had that DREADED smell. This is before Amazon started free returns and since I purchased it filled, it was way too expensive to return myself. I tried everything I could find on the internet and wasted a lot more money trying to get rid of the STENCH. You could smell it as soon as you walked in to my home and the closer you got, the more unbearable it was. The thing ended up living outside on my balcony for the next few years. At some point about 7 months later after a lot of rain and sun, the smell became faint but was still there. I was extremely hesitant to ever buy another one.What I just learned is that the smell comes from the leather tanning process in Morocco, where these are from. The "cheap" budget way to tan leather is as follows: It begins with raw animal skins being soaked in a mixture of cow urine, pigeon poop, quicklime, salt and water. The quicklime helps to remove the hair from the skins, while the acid in the urine and pigeon poop softens the skins. They are kept soaking in massive vats. In short, these things are permeated with disgusting processing materials and if the vendor lacks the machinery to properly treat them, then you will end up with the most unpleasant surprise of your life when yours arrives. It is very unlikely you can remedy the problem so you are much better off returning it.One of the BIGGEST flaws of the Amazon Review system is that often times you are "reviewing" products from different vendors and often times you are "reading" reviews of items from different vendors. However, the genius that is Amazon has finally provided us with an IMPRESSIVE hassle-free return policy on almost everything. Use it to your advantage if negative reviews have made you hesitant. I also think the newer policy cuts down the amount of paid-for fake reviews out there.In closing I will say that my Pouf was perfectly packed in a nice brown drawstring bag from Marrakesh Gallery (with tips on filling/cleaning & a cute burlap keychain), it is beautifully made, and also an absolutely outstanding value for the quality and price. I would highly highly recommend!I will update with photos but my cat is currently napping inside of it :)Also FYI. When you fill these properly they will not have any indentations whatsoever. They will look just like the photos. When I removed the poly-fill from my last one it completely filled up TWO 12 gallon trash bags! The fiber had zero color transfer or mold on it even though it had been outside in the elements for years. They are very solidly constructed.I plan on storing seasonal blankets in my new one but I will first put them in storage bags. That way I can freely stuff in any gaps with poly-fill. If you access yours daily or frequently, that probably won't work for you.

Ordered the "yellow" and glad it was closer to a golden mustard color than a standard yellow - so it was true to color from the web photos. The stitching is beautiful and the zippered bottom is sturdy and well made. The leather is soft and pliable and had no odors from the dye, etc.I would have loved to reuse old materials to stuff, but I ended up going the super easy route by stuffing with memory foam pieces. Each took about 7.5 pounds of foam (or about 3 cubic feet) - just placed the vacuum packed foam straight out of the package in the poof , let it expand, and then fluffed inside the poof to make sure it got separated and filled evenly. This approach gives the poof a nice filled look, but also has some give from the memory foam so it's not uncomfortable.So even with buying filling, this purchase ends up being a GREAT deal compared to the ones that come stuffed and often have shipping fees as well. A fun way to add a pop of color, ethnic charm, and support hand crafted work.

Exactly as described and fully met my expectations. Wonderful design and workmanship. Not smelly at all. Just a light leather scent as expected. A great way to repurpose old pillows, linens and blankets rather than throwing them in the trash. It holds a lot and takes some work to stuff it evenly. Very pleased with this.

**Updated Review - once it’s completely aired out, it’s a cute and durable product. Took me almost 2 months to air it outside before the smell completely went away. I initially left a one star review but bumped it up to 4 after the smell went away. If you’re one of the lucky ones, you may get one that doesn’t smell. If you’re like me, just let it air out outside until the smell is completely gone. By the way, I stuffed 4 queen size fleece blankets inside to shape it.**I ordered this pouf despite the negative reviews regarding the strong odor. Some said that they had very minimal or no odor so I was really hoping that mine would be one of the lucky ones. Unfortunately, my came with, not only the strong odor, but parts of the leather were still wet with oil (?). I was afraid that it might stain my carpet so I took a white cloth and wiped it down and the cloth was stained with an orange/brown color. I left it in my living room overnight and the next morning it stunk up my entire downstairs area that I had to put it outside in my covered patio to air out. I brought it back in after 24 hours and the smell was still strong so I put it back out again. Nine days later of airing out and the smell has barely faded. I have family over for the holidays so I can’t bring it back in and have it stink up my place. I’m not sure how to get rid of this smell. I would like to keep it if the smell goes away because the quality is great and the zipper is strong. I stuffed it with 4 blankets and it looks great. Had it come dry and without the stench, I would’ve given it 5 stars.Another thing is that I tried to order this the second week of December. When I added it to my cart it was about $59, the very next day the price shot up to over $70, maybe because of the high demand for the holidays. I was regretful that I didn’t order it the day before so to pay a pretty high price, I would’ve liked to receive the item and be able to enjoy it without doing all this airing out stuff. I really think that maybe this particularly item I received was just made and was not given sufficient time to dry and air out before shipping.

Beautiful workmanship the color is perfect and no defects or variations. I ordered the 10 pound stuffing and originally thought 5 would be enough. I packed the entire 10 pounds to get the firmness I wanted. I will buy another matching unit.