I am looking to buy boots and I will most likely not be able to try them on because many are not sold in Alberta. Anyway I have read to wear rubber boots when hunting (as mentioned in other threads) to prevent leaving scent. I assume this is for two reasons: so your scent does not penetrate boot and since external odors do not bond to rubber boots easily.

Now with most of these new hiking-style rubber boots being more of a neoprene boot with a waterproof layer underneith, do they have issues with scent bonding to the outside of the boot since it is no longer smooth rubber?