RE: Your scent prevention rituals before and during a hunt
I do almost all of what you do. I don't use fresh earth scent in general because I figure, if a deer has such a great nose, he can tell the difference between fake and real dirt, especially if he has winded me before.
I spray coon urine on my boots.
I get dressed before heading out and spray only my hands and face if i sweated a bit on the way to the stand. I only bowhunt from a treestand, usually twenty feet up.
Before I started getting neurotic about scent control and just used the wind, I got winded by does all the time. Now I never do.