I'm having a better time with this one than Anna D. did, but I too am getting a heavy varnish smell. It's varnish over really great woody sawdust, almost like cedar. There is a sweetness underneath, but unfortunately the varnish smell overpowers it. Wonder what that is? And I wonder if it will burn off with aging?
I want to like Little Wooden Doll, and I'm still glad I bought the imp... but hopefully time will soften and sweeten it up.