They are really nice looking shoes, feel comfortable, and are nicely priced.  However, the shoes have a strong smell to them.  It's almost like a mix between a leathery smell and a petroleum product.  I have tried wiping them down with a wet rag, I have left them sitting on a window sill in the sun for three days, and I have even left them sitting outside to get some air.  It is the strangest smell I have ever got from a pair of shoes.  When I am sitting down in the conference room at work, I can smell them and so can the person sitting next to me.  When they are in my closet, I can smell it in there, and when I put them on the window sill in the living room, I can smell it throughout that room.

UPDATE:  I left these sitting on the window sill in the sun for about two weeks and the smell has almost subsided.  I can wear them now and I only detect a faint smell.  Really odd, I have never smelled a pair of shoes like this before.