CARE INSTRUCTIONS: Handle your leather bag with clean hands. Apply a cleaner specially made for leather. Moisturize your bag with a leather conditioner to keep it supple. Remove stains as soon as you notice them. Stuff your unused bag with restore and hold its shape. Clean suede bags with a suede brush. Avoid cleaning bags with alcohol, turpentine or other mineral spirits as they will discolor and dry out leather. Never allow water to soak into your bag. ITALIAN LEATHER SPECIFICS: Due to the bags being handmade, you will find variations in colour, softness, and the grain of the leather, as the products are prepared using traditional Florentine techniques.The smell of leather is also slightly different, such as sanding is normal, which means that genuine leather (made of leather)