Getting rid of the unpleasant odor in new artificial leather using natural and synthetic fragrances

Abstract

Usually, new artificial leather items are very smelly because they have been created using numerous chemicals. Their full smell remains until they become old enough. Removal of unpleasant chemical odor is important to preserve the safety and health at workplaces, to meet the demands of consumers and to develop marketing strategies. In this work, we focus on studying odor abatement using natural and synthetic fragrances. We have found that, in well-defined conditions, both types of fragrances efficiently hide the chemical odor. However, the use of the synthetic one combined with paraffin oil was more effective and cheaper.