my daugther wanted a pair of emu boots because her best friend had them.  She tried her friend's pair on and fell in love with them. I ordered a pair, of emus from the amazon site but they were from Macy's.  My daughter was so excited when she got them that she wore them immediately. UNFORTUNATELY the smell that came out of the boots and subsequently, her feet, smelled like she was actually wearing a dead sheep, not a pair of processed suede fur lined boots.  We have tried everything to make them wearable - various odor control items, powders, etc. I think that we have spent almost as much as the boots cost because she wanted them to work so badly.  We should have just shipped them back.  I am not sure if she got a defective pair or what could be wrong but be careful.