I have used more than ten different brands of toner, but none of them smells this badly! It smells exactly like some kind of medicine in hospital. aspirin maybe? formalin maybe? I have to hold my breath while putting it on for the first time! Why none of you mentioned this in reviews? I really wish I could return it for free considering that there are no Kiehl's stores near my city. BTW the lid of the bottle cracked into three pieces, you should really be more careful packing up the package.