{"id":56628,"date":"2017-05-19T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T23:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/?p=56628"},"modified":"2019-03-25T10:57:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T18:57:45","slug":"why-does-leather-smell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/2017\/05\/why-does-leather-smell\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Leather Smell?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Whether it\u2019s brand new truck seats, your latest pair of cowboy boots, or a new leather bag, most people have a preconceived idea of what leather should smell like. This smell has the tendency to send our imagination to a faraway place with rugged terrain, wild adventure, and wide open spaces. But what\u2019s ironic about all of this is that the familiar smell that we have come to associate with leather may not actually be natural at all.<\/p>\n

What I am about to reveal to you below may be quite shocking, so brace yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reality of the ‘leather’ smell common to most mass-produced leather goods you can find in department stores and cheap online marketplaces…just ain’t good for you or the environment.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s important to note before we continue that I, Mr. Lentz, use a natural type of leather called Vegetable-Tanned. The leather is preserved in tanks using different tree barks and is much more expensive due to the natural process used to preserve the fibers.<\/span><\/p>\n

This differs greatly from leather used by competing shops:<\/p>\n

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In fact, that typical smell that most are familiar with, is created when leather is treated with a lot of chemicals. Sadly, most of the leather we\u2019re used to smelling in mass-market goods gets its scent from a harsh mix of chemicals that you\u2019d run far away from if you knew what they were. According to the EPA, these are some of the most common tanning agents used in the world today:<\/p>\n