Bringing back the new car/leather smell: Zaino or Griots?
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I haven't tried the Zaino but I've used the Griot's quite a bit. It has a "leather store" smell, which isn't how my cars with leather interiors smelled orginally. It's OK but not any better functionally than Pinnacle (chich smells about the same) or other decent leather treatments. Sure not bad though.
Unless your car smelled like a leather goods shop when you got it, I wouldn't expect the Griot's to make it smell like new
There are a lot of different-smelling leather treatments out there, including Lexol, Leatherique, Zymol, that have non-leather-store smells. Hard to say which one you'd like best.
IMO the only way to find the leather treatment that works/smells/etc. the way you want it to is to try different ones. I'm using different stuff on the S8, A8, and Jag and will end up using who-knows-what on the other leather interiors (if I ever get them back from the mechanics
).
I haven't tried it yet, but I got some Leatherique to try on the good cars. No idea what it'll smell like, but it's extremely popular with people in the Jag and Rolls Royce clubs who use it on Conolly leather, which is *not* supposed to smell like a luggage store.
I haven't tried the Zaino but I've used the Griot's quite a bit. It has a "leather store" smell, which isn't how my cars with leather interiors smelled orginally. It's OK but not any better functionally than Pinnacle (chich smells about the same) or other decent leather treatments. Sure not bad though.
Unless your car smelled like a leather goods shop when you got it, I wouldn't expect the Griot's to make it smell like new
There are a lot of different-smelling leather treatments out there, including Lexol, Leatherique, Zymol, that have non-leather-store smells. Hard to say which one you'd like best.
IMO the only way to find the leather treatment that works/smells/etc. the way you want it to is to try different ones. I'm using different stuff on the S8, A8, and Jag and will end up using who-knows-what on the other leather interiors (if I ever get them back from the mechanics
).I haven't tried it yet, but I got some Leatherique to try on the good cars. No idea what it'll smell like, but it's extremely popular with people in the Jag and Rolls Royce clubs who use it on Conolly leather, which is *not* supposed to smell like a luggage store.
imported_steveo3002
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leatherique is a really strong smell..kinda more towards the leather store rather than a new car
its good stuff, but i need a new magic tree to drown out the smell
its good stuff, but i need a new magic tree to drown out the smell
tom p.
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Agree with above comments. Zaino smells strongly of leather - - not a new car sort of smell.
Accumulator
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Well, guess it depends on what you define as "best". For *me* the best would be a neutral scent.
The "Jaguar" labeled stuff I used in my wife's A8 smells like soap (literally like a bar of soap but I can't say which brand), very different from most leather dressings. Pretty potent when freshly applied (I left it parked with the doors open for a few days) but now that it's faded it's a nice clean scent. Not "new-Audi" scent, but nice.
The "Jaguar" labeled stuff I used in my wife's A8 smells like soap (literally like a bar of soap but I can't say which brand), very different from most leather dressings. Pretty potent when freshly applied (I left it parked with the doors open for a few days) but now that it's faded it's a nice clean scent. Not "new-Audi" scent, but nice.
imported_Picus
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Ya, I love the zaino smell but some people have mentioned it's too strong. By far the reaction I get most when new folks sit in my car is "ahh, new car leather smell", which I guess is good.
imported_memnuts
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Picus said:
:werd: :hifive:
imported_SHICKS
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KITT said:
When I come in the house after using zaino, which I used to wear rubber gloves while applying, my cat gets all wierd and pie eyed :shocked
Zaino is great, I like it best when I used a cleaner like lexol before hand.
Steve
Vegas1
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I guess I'm one of the few who prefers Griot's over Zaino. Zaino is just too strong of a leather scent for me.
Got Zaino too and it does have that plastic outgassing/leather type of smell...at least to me. It seems to keep the car interior "fresh." At first I wasn't sure about the smell because it was on the strong side compared to my Lexol, but once applied it to settle nicely after a few days.