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Weird pepper smell in my footwear.
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Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:09 amby Gafoto
So I got two pairs of footwear from Scarpa a couple weeks ago. A pair of Mont Blanc GTX boots and a pair of their Crux approach shoes. The odd thing is, they both stink of this kind of odd pepper smell. Sort of like old pasilla peppers. It won't seem to go away either! I've tried airing them out and hoping the smell would cure out of the boots but it seems to be sticking around. Any tips on how to get smells out of boots and has anyone encountered something like this before?
Re: Weird pepper smell in my footwear.
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Sun Oct 14, 2012 11:47 pmby Ben Beckerich
Does the smell detract from function? Not trying to be a dick, but new shoes/boots often smell weird... give it a couple trips, they'll revert to that familiar dead animal smell in no time.
Re: Weird pepper smell in my footwear.
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Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:16 amby Gafoto
Nope, no functional issue other than the footwear smelling making any room they're in smell nauseating after about 20 minutes. I should ruin them after a good trip or two I suppose.
Re: Weird pepper smell in my footwear.
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Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:27 amby Baarb
Some kind of odour-eater spray or lemon juice perhaps.
Re: Weird pepper smell in my footwear.
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Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:29 pmby Tonka
Sort of like old pasilla peppers.
Nope, never had this problem but I have had new gloves that smelled like guajillo chiles. Oh, that may have been the tacos al pastor.