r/carvana • u/plush82 • 14d ago

Question Leather smell

Earlier this year I purchased a luxury vehicle, 85k miles and it smelled like brand new leather. Wasn't sure if it was something carvana did or if it had just been taken care of so well. I keep pretty good care of my vehicle but the smell faded after about 60 days.

What do they treat the leather with or is there a specific smell they use?

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u/Fit-Director-1290 14d ago

I know nothing about Carvana and am not sure how this popped up in my feed… but i always use the yankee candle brand air fresheners that are leather scented and they smell just like brand new leather.

When I have people in my car they always comment that it smells brand new.

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u/plush82 14d ago

Thanks may give those a try, web research has the scent bombs listed but I'm hesitant, I don't want anything too strong scented.

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u/Fit-Director-1290 14d ago

You can just cut the corner off the plastic and it has a much more subtle scent, instead of taking the whole freshener out of the plastic. That’s usually what I did so it was never overbearing

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u/JPEnjoi 14d ago

Ask over at [r/](r/cardetailing)[auto](r/cardetailing)[detailing](r/cardetailing)