Got my pair today. Strong smell indeed. I love how they charged $8 for shipping (40 miles away) but it cost them $0.95 (on the package). I guess handling is $7.05 . Ridden Toshi's before but never owned them. The quality of these seems solid. I put in about 20 miles on them today including a bunch of high speed skids and long skids and they stayed very snug so far. Came from All City's so I already feel good about the buy. Will post updates over time.