Acrid
Cause its burnt.
The burning rubber smell in the tranmisson breaking apart inside.
If you locked your wheels and slid, you burnt your tires and that will smell like burnt oil, since they ARE petroleum products.
Smell is an important part of our lives. Without it, we wouldn't be able to smell fires, for example. That would cause many areas to be burnt down.
The soot/burnt oil could be coming from a leaking valve cover gasket. The burn rubber may be coming from your fender wells if your tires are rubbing.
A "musty" smell would describe a damp animal
You could describe the smell of chicken curry as spicy. You can taste the variety of spices when you eat chicken curry.
The smell of cannabis is quite pungent, reminds me of a mixture of wet soil and burnt pine needles. Probably would smell different for each person.
I had the same problem. Took it into the dealer and it ran me about $1,000. Blown head gasket in my intake. In other words, this car is no Corvette, lol.
I would like to know, since I also crave the smell of Pine Sol!!!!
Possibly a problem with one of your belts?
Words to describe the smell of alcohol, first off, gross. Strong, stale, it would even be OK to say it smells offensive.