buyer beware chemical smell falls apart when touching water [SEP] as soon as i got a little water on this loofah it fell off the stick once the loofah was wet a petrochemical smell was emanating from it so strongly that i did not feel safe using it as a natural product it should not reek of bad chemicals i m currently soaking the loofah in a baking soda solution in hopes of salvaging the sponge and sewing it into the stick in some way