Split leather comes from cow skin after a precise splitting process.It is moderate genuine leather,soft and anti-scratch. To creat a fashionable look,the leather is often polished and oiled,which makes the surface shinier and sleeker.The more you use,the more retrospective it will be.It may have natural odor at first,but the smell will disappear after a couple days' airing out.Sometimes some customers may mistakenly consider it as vinyl or cheap material,but in fact they are totally different aterials.Cow split leather all comes from a cow skin,100% genuine leather,and is harmless to human body and way too much durable than vinyl while vinyl is all made of chemical material and irritating to human. Notes: 1.Due to the monitors difference,the true color might be slightly different from the photos.