I had a fiskars that smelled like skunk! I had it in the car and when I came back out of the grocery store I smelled it. Thought we may have hit one. Then laid it in the living room until I could set up a place at the table for it. It was Sunday, so I didn't get to it. Came home from church and the house smelled like it had been skunked! Not realizing where the smell was coming from yet, I set it on the kitchen table to cut some fabric on Monday. That is when my face was close to it and I realized it was the mat! I contacted the company, and they sent me a new one. The new one was just fine, no off odor at all.