So I did get my new sofa's this past Tuesday. Danielle came by to see them, that night, and immediatly noticed a lingering smokey smell. I hadn't noticed it yet, but was only home about 10 minutes before she arrived. So I started a quest to research removing smokey smells from leather. Of course I didn't want to use things not meant for leather. The best advice I could find was to do one of two things:

• Hang it outside to air out.
• Sprinkle it with baking soda, then wipe it off several hours later.

Obviously hanging it outside applies to things like jackets or purses, and would not be suitable for a couch. However, baking soda was definitly possible. So I went to town Thursday night covering the both the sofa and loveseat with baking soda. Friday night I decided after several sniffs that it had done its job, and vacuumed off what I could, and got ready to apply some leather conditioner (since I'm sure baking soda has a good drying affect not so good for leather). However, before I started I realized that I didn't cover all the leather, some portions were covered up by other parts, and they smelled the worst. So, again I applied more baking soda, and turned the fan on to help circulate air (and opened the window so as to not end up smokifying other things in the house).

After again vacuuming up the baking soda, I was quite pleased with the lack of smokey smell. There was perhaps a bit left, but nothing that won't come out with a little time. That, and my next step of applying leather conditioner would help too. I have to say, I'm very satisfied with the results. My only problem is that I used up all my leather conditioner on the sofa that I don't have any left for the loveseat.