leathery smell in wine cooler?

[FireDragon]

I'm smelling a very faint leathery smell coming out of my wine cooler, like the smell of a western outfitter (if you've ever been to one of those with the boots everywhere). It's not disagreeable but it doesn't smell like tobacco. I got this wine cooler used, so it could be related to that. I may give it to my parents and get another one (I got it for a good price, it works fine otherwise, and they drink a lot of wine but have no cooler, they've been using a fridge- I just don't drink much wine myself, I'm more of a coffee or tea kind of person).

I'm using it to store cigars right now because its already getting warm enough during the day, but I do have them in closed coffins. I'm thinking about putting them inside zip-locks as well because I don't know what the odor would do long term. I only plan to keep cigars worth more than a dollar or two in the cooler, otherwise they get stored on the floor in Tupperware.

 

[luckysaturn13]

Did you wipe it down and air it out for a bit ?also could throw some activated charcoal and see if it pulls it out or You could put a few spare cigar boxes in there and see if it goes away

 

[Tim H]

Or maybe try some shallow containers of baking soda for a few days to try to absorb that smell.

 

[sofc]

pretty sure if you put cigars in it, the leather smell will go away.

I'll play along:
Why put the cheap cigars in the wine cooler and the good cigars in the tupperware?

BTW, you've started 12 threads on humidification in less than a month. I don't know if I've had that many questions on that topic in decades of smoking.

 

[JuzCallMeDee]

18

 

[ChefBoyRG54]

pretty sure if you put cigars in it, the leather smell will go away.

I'll play along:
Why put the cheap cigars in the wine cooler and the good cigars in the tupperware?

BTW, you've started 12 threads on humidification in less than a month. I don't know if I've had that many questions on that topic in decades of smoking.

And no intro

You're on to something

 

[FireDragon]

pretty sure if you put cigars in it, the leather smell will go away.

Are you serious? The smell is faint, maybe I won't notice it. It smells like wet leather or wet newspapers. Maybe its from the cork on the wine bottles.

I'll play along:
Why put the cheap cigars in the wine cooler and the good cigars in the tupperware?

Would you do the opposite?

What's an intro? My personal details are not of much consequence, I'm all business.

The only dumb question is the one not asked.

 

[sofc]

Yes, I am serious. I have always just put cigars in. I however do not have a very strong sense of smell so that might be it.

Yes, I keep my 3 good cigars in a wineador and the 4 or 5 cheap ones in a tupperware type container.

 

[BradMc]

After cleaning mine very well with all of the above , I let mine run about a week , filled with news paper . filled it with cigars n no issues or smells
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[Smoqman]

I ate a tac

 

[Rupe]

I ate a tac

I have a tic

 

[Smoqman]

I have a tic

Like that's "news"...

 

[rev.b]

I gotta pee......

 

[Sp@rky426]

Weeeeeeeeeee

 

[Sp@rky426]

I smell leather and cedar and love when I open the door, my 3 yr old says mmmmm yummy , my ten year old acts like it's overcooked broccoli.

But I would say unless it smells like a cowboy convention in the boot isle it may just be you over thinking (which rarely happens with our additions) toss some crinkled up newspapers in there and some arm n hammer, then give it a day or so wipe it down with dry clean rag and throw(literally) everything in.