Generally these shoes are very nice and very good quality and if they would fit, I would buy them again. Unfortunatelly the size does not really match. The tag sais 48 but the real size I 46. So if you buy these shoes you should take them two sizes bigger. Chemical smell? Yes, sure, but that would not be a problem. By experience the smell goes away after a few weeks. Shippment was impressingly fast. Took two weeks from China to Germany. Seller is reliable. Thank you very much!