It depends on the strain and the growing conditions. My one plants did not smell at all till I harvested them and started moving them aorund a lot. I also sucked all tent air through a Carbon filter and it eats up a lot of the smells. Once I harvested them it stunk up the whole floor in my building and did not go away for a week.
If you can smell them when you rub the stalks it will come out a bit more in the cure if you dry it low and slow.
Also, if you want them to smell more try and get something with skunk in its genetics. that strain is pungent AF
Best Of Luck!
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