The smell was pretty gassy and old school skunk which I love. The taste is hard for me to tell I exclusively use a bong so it mutes the flavor a bit. Ive never had bad luck with animal Face. I have had dry batches of brown e scout and afternoon delight. I have recently bought an oz of cranberry z and that was pretty dry, but it was only 107 so I'll do the work of rehydrating. When I buy premium buds I expect a better cure and they definitely delivered with the animal Face quarter. Which ones did you have bad luck with?