A sweet bakery smell? MUFFINS?? I WISH!!! Lol I mean... NO odor would be preferable altogether, of course!! But mine also smells, and a "sweet smell" sounds better than what mine smells like... Really though, any odor is pretty much creepy if we're talking mystery chemicals. But I can't even describe what mine smells like... It's just BAD. AWFUL. I want to say it's a food-like smell (savory?), and yet I can't think of any dish that smells like it, much less that I would actually eat.
Anyway, I bought mine new too and I've had it over a year and it still smells. It used to be way stronger when I first got it, but I can still smell it if I put the cards anywhere within a few inches of my face. It has to be the smell of the lamination I guess? And yet I have one other deck by US Games (Joie de Vivre) that has a similar lamination and it's also printed in Italy, but it doesn't smell the way my Crystal Visions does. I've been meaning to work on fixing this issue (scenting the deck), but haven't gotten around to it because while I do like this deck, I also don't use it very frequently. Honestly, I think its the cardstock (and smell) that puts me off of it the most. Some people enjoy the glossy US Games cardstock, but I'm not one of them... But maybe I'm also just hoping the smell will continue to fade... *fingers crossed*