After a couple of days I no longer notice a smell, but I'd recommend you put it somewhere to air out the first couple if you are sensitive to smells as this one will likely give you a headache.

A really bad chemical smell

I did note that the rubber has an odd smell; it's not the

Great comfortable quick ship but smells like turpentine

Better than expected, very good for the price, but expect a funny plastic odor/smell for the first 1-2 days, it'll go away eventually

As soon as I opened the bag, the most obnoxious sulfur chemical smell poured out and off the Mouse pad

It wasn't until after it was in use that I kept catching whiffs of this awful smell

The biggest complaint I have is that it had an absolutely dreadful smell to it when I first opened it

It has a bad smell to it.

Second problem is the smell.

Very comfortable to use although it does have a very strong smell that's a little disturbing.

Plus, it has an odd smell.

However, the mouse pad arrived with a horrible rubber tire smell.