What a treasure.
When I ordered this, I wanted to have at least one wool blanket in my house. When I opened it, there was a chemical smell that turned me away from this blanket. I removed it from the plastic bag, and aired it out for a day. The smell dissipated and the blanket was soft, not scratchy and I just love it. I don't know if the smell came from the plastic bag, or from the chemicals used to wash the wool. After airing it out, the smell is gone. I used this on my bed over my legs and went into a deep wonderful sleep. Great blanket.