they smell awful [SEP] when i first opened the shipping box it immediately smelled of vinegar which i thought was from the shipping process then i opened the bag of beads and they had the most overwhelming smell of vinegar hoping the smell would go away by curing the beads i added the fragrance oil and let them cure the smell was still there after curing and it ruin the fragrance smell after melting them the smell was not as noticeable but the scent i put it was almost nonexistent