how long til the smell of the last people goes!??

[Umpire]

I love my new house, very happy in it, but every time I turn the key in the door I get a faint whiff of fags, curries, and charity shop clothes. I have three of those glade anti-tobacco candles burning right now, nice scent, but not particularly strong.

How long before we don't smell the last people??

Upcycled, i love a charity shop bargain. I have bought things from charity shops. The shops themselves smell a bit old though. I guess its the smell of Other People. Ive donated bags of stuff to charity shops over the years and it would have a smell to other people.

I am a big fan of charity shops so I know how it smells.
I just was confused as in the people who lived in your house bought their clothes from charity shops and never washed them, or if you were being snob. But I know what you mean now.

With the musty smell, does it need a good airing every day, as well as the scrub down that everyone's recommending?

Big charity shop fan here too,but I know that some of them just don't seem t have the space to air and ventilate theirbuildings properly.

everything I've bought recently from charity shops smells of nothing and appears to have been recently washed!