Well so far so good, it's beautiful! I just got this yesterday, it's a Christmas present (it's December 10th), so I've looked at it, I haven't gone over it with a fine toothed comb and I can't attest to it's durability, but I can say it looks very lifelike, it's soft, it's big ( would fully cover the end of a twin sized bed, one side to the other), and it doesn't have any smell. I want to clarify something..... I ordered a white tiger first from this same company/seller (Cuddlekins/amazon) and received a white sausage with feet and a head, and greasy crayon drawn on stripes ( see my review), I say "sausage" because it was "tube-shaped" not at all like a body, with shoulders, rib cage area, abdomain, and hind leg (hips). So as you can imagine I was worried about ordering this, but with my Prime, free shipping and no hassle free returns, and plenty of time until Christmas, I took a chance. I'm glad I did, it definitely has a "body shape" not that you can count the ribs, but that you see it as a lifelike body profile. The coat (fur) is a very well done proportion of a mixture of colors, individual hairs, and it has a sweet (but not cartoonish) face and a fluffy tail. It's too beautiful to wrap and it's going to look natural and majestic under the tree. If I remember, I'll update next year a month or two before Christmas as to its durability, and I'm happy to answer any questions.