About Us

Our Origins

Scent-a-Tack began in 2001 in Santa Monica, California, where our founder, Kristin Polidoro began experimenting with all-natural ingredients to create a gentle yet effective moisturizing leather cleaner. Using her own homemade recipes, she crafted batch after batch until the perfect saddle soap was born: a perfectly balanced leather cleaner-conditioner that smelled scrumptious and left her tack feeling soft and supple.  

Don Niki (Don, for short) was Kristin's long-time friend and partner in hunter/jumpers, dressage and eventing. He has crossed the rainbow bridge, but his sweetness and effervesce continue to inspire us. His joie de vivre was the basis for the Scent-a-Tack logo and reminds us every day to find the fun in everything! 

Our Products

Scent-a-Tack conditioning saddle soaps use all-natural ingredients of the highest quality to pamper your tack and other valued leather items. Gentle vegetable glycerin acts as a leather cleaner to lift away dirt and grime, while rich, moisturizing leather conditioners like cocoa butter and apricot kernel oil give leather a soft, supple finish, leaving it healthy and protected. Scent-a-Tack leather care products are handmade in small batches and are always vegan and cruelty-free. 

Our Commitment to a Sustainable Future

As part of our commitment to a more sustainable future, we've transitioned away from plastic jars. We use planet-friendly packaging that can be recycled or composted. Our labels have a very small amount of plastic coating to allow them to stand up to moisture, but we continue to look for ways to minimize plastic.