My first grow, so learning what works in my situation as I go. I have lines strung in my garage, and the first batch I chopped over dried super quick. Read the "need air circulation" and its a sealed garage, so I had a small fan running in there, not at the buds even. Dried way too fast and hard feeling. I jarred em up, and by that time cut round 2 and threw a wet bud in the jars. All moistened back up great and I'm just watching way more closely now, and have the fan OFF. Seems to be drying out a lot more evenly now. Mine too have a kind of off smell, but my nose sucks. If I walk near there it smells good, but if I smell a bud right up to my nose it smells kind of funny. I dunno. Sorry for the ramble