Smell of silk

[kate_nepveu]

Bought a new sweater set this week, was pleased, wore it the next day—and then was cross because it reeked of something nasty that gave me a headache, that I hadn't noticed in the store. I figured it was just department store smell, so I washed it today. Twice, even, and it still smells exactly the same. It's a silk, cotton, and rayon blend, and Google tells me that sometimes silk has a distinct smell, but none of the suggestions for removing it seem to be very certain. Anyone have experience with this? I like it, and I doubt I can return it now that I've washed it (twice), but I cannot live with that smell.

Comments

[prince-corwin.livejournal.com]

The things one learns on the interweb. I had no idea silk had a smell.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

And I had no idea of the umpteen suggestions made in the rest of the thread.

This is really being An Education.

[kate_nepveu]

Neither did I. I own other silk things that don't reek, after all.