For my average-sized head, this wool cap is huge! With my black jacket, I look as if I am going to or from a bank robbery. I tend to wear it a bit back as a result. Regardless of how I wear it, my head is warm within seconds. Somehow, the cap has not managed to smell weird or oily after sweating during skiing and skating. I have yet to wash it and will return with a post-wash edit once I do.