Treatment of a fabric article

A method of treating a fabric article so that it is imparted with a characteristic smell normally associated with fabric articles that have been exposed to natural sunlight, the method comprising:

• positioning a fabric article to be treated in an enclosure,
• irradiating, by one or more ultraviolet lamps under control of a controller, said fabric article positioned in said enclosure with ultraviolet light with a wavelength of between 280 nm and 320 nm for a first time period, and
• irradiating, by said one or more ultraviolet lamps under control of said controller, said fabric article positioned in said enclosure with ultraviolet light with a wavelength of between 320 nm and 400 nm for a second time period,
• distributing charged particles via an ion generator situated an exit region of the enclosure causing surrounding air passing out of the enclosure at said exit region to become charged,
• switching off the ultraviolet light once a required radiant exposure is achieved to impart said characteristic smell,
• wherein said combined irradiation subjects said fabric article to a predetermined radiant exposure in a particular time order for a first and second specified time interval,
• wherein the interior of the enclosure comprises a plurality of UV-reflective surfaces that have a UV-reflectivity of 80% or more, and
• wherein the intensity ratio between ultraviolet light with a wavelength between 280 nm and 320 nm and ultraviolet light with a wavelength between 320 nm and 400 nm, is between 1:4 and 1:30
• wherein said overall predetermined radiant exposure is at least 18 kJ/m2.