this review title is: yes the rubber smells bad do not buy these and the content is: these seem to be a cheaper version of a design that is been around for awhile and apparently with made with som inferior rubber because a previous brush i purchased did not have that strong chemical odor that other reviewers have also mentionedupdate ve tried everything to get rid of the petroleum odor to no avail i threw both brushes in the trash without ever using them.there are other information for this review, one is this reviewer did purchase it and the other is 0 people think this review is helpful.