The wipes themselves are fine. They smell kind of like the old fashioned brown paper towels that we used back in school but not a big deal. The problem I have with these is that when you pull one out, it does not pull the next wipe up with it. So for EVERY SINGLE WIPE you have to dig in to try to pull one out. And inevitably, when you finally get a hold of one, you will grab 5 and then they will not come out through the hole in the packaging. If you are a caretaker of a baby, then you know what a pain it is when wipes don't come out nicely, one by one. Ain't nobody changing a diaper got time to try and dig wipes out of a tiny hole, slowly, one by one.