Featured Antique Seed Bead Purse Help Stinks

Hi all,
Looking for suggestions on how to get rid of the perfume stink on this purse. I've been airing it out for almost 4 weeks and I don't notice a difference in the smell, just as heavy a stink as when I started. It is 7"L x 6"W. I'm thinking late 1800s-early 1900s, but not sure where it would have been made. Found many of this pattern on-line, some say France, some say Germany, some don't know where.
any information appreciated
thanks for looking

 

Maybe fill it with baking soda? Isn't that supposed to absorb odors?

 

thanks MOS, good idea maybe I'll put some in a bowl and put inside the purse

 

Agreed on baking soda. It takes time though. I bought an old wood and glass curio that reeked of tobacco. It had sat behind a smoker's chair for years apparently. The wood was oily-sticky and the glass foggy. After hours of washing down and scrubbing, it felt clean but still stunk. Since I needed it in a mall fairly quickly, I bought car deodorizer packets and hung them inside along with little tubs of baking soda. It took a while but everything is out of that curio except merchandise and the only thing you can smell is car deodorizer and it is faint.

Linda

 

I was surprised! Was expecting the stink to be mildew or stale cigarette smoke, not perfume! Have you been airing it indoors or outdoors?

I think I remember an old thread about getting the stink from old books. One of the techniques was sealing the books in a plastic airtight container or plastic bag with old fashioned clay kitty litter. That might work with baking soda too. Seal it up with the odor absorbing substance for a few days.

That's a very nice little bag by the way. I like the design.

 

thanks Ladies I've been putting it outside each morning and bringing in at night, was on papertowel on a dish. So I've put baking soda in a bowl inside the bag and then put them inside a tupperware bowl and sealed with a lid, will see what happens
I like the design too, a bit different than you would expect to see on a purse

 

Since fresh air and sunshine didn't blow the stink off I hope the sealed up with baking soda works. An interesting experiment.

 

Moth crystals overnight might help as well....in a plastic bag.....

 

Wiping it down with alcohol wipes might help too, if any of it's on the beads instead of in the fabric.

 

thanks evelyb30 could very well be on the beads - do you mean rubbing alcohol?

 

thanks Aquitaine I haven't seen moth ball/crystals for years, might be something to try

yes, hopefully something will work

 

I agree, they are banned here as well.
Years ago, pre-ban, I got a seizure from the smell alone.

If baking soda/bicarb doesn't work, try cat litter.

 

Have you tried Fabreze?

 

I AM careful when & where I use them.....I put them in my car, which spends a LOT of time in the garage, where mice seem to love to get in.....so I put a LOT in the spare wheel area, and the door pockets and anywhere else I thought the little vermin might like to start a family (which they DID in the spare tire well PRE-moth crystals!!!)! I also put just a few in the Vacuum bag when vac-ing the house-not EVERY time.... happen to like the smell of them and no dog odor when done!!! AND God-Willing, they haven't been back in my CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Yep. A damp something with the alcohol on it. But carefully. Do not use on painted surfaces, but fine for plain glass.

Oddly I don't mind the smell; it smells like childhood. We used to tie some in an old knee-high stocking and put them in the lawn mower shed to keep bees and nasties from building nests in there. Didn't do much to deter mice, but the wasps steered clear.

I wouldn't. It's a chemical spray, and I wouldn't trust it around old fabrics.

 

Cat litter. The Fullers Earth type. Stick it in a bag of it for a week, that'll fix it.

Febreeze is the work of the devil.

 

Lovely purse, @cxgirl . I hope you get the unwanted aroma out.

 

Charcoal can help to absorb odors. Line a small plastic tub with it and place a towel down then the bag and close for a day or 2. You can buy plant charcoal it comes in small pieces.

 

There is a spray called Lord Byrons Smokers Fabric Refresher you can get on Amazon. it helps remove all kinds of smells not just smoker smells.