They have a strong smell to them which you can smell while standing up.  It hasn't gone away after a few days.  It seems to get stronger as you wear them. Distant, they smell like the inside of a horse barn.  Up close they smells like really strong leather and rubber.

Edit--These shoes are completely unwearable in public.  They smell too bad.  They stunk up a floor of my house just letting them sit by the door for a day.  If you wear these out or to work, you will regret it.  The horse barn smell has become more of a horse manure smell.  It is too bad.  I like the style.  They just reek.