The jars the buds are in smell fine as far as I can tell.. slight hay scent as I may have dried a little too fast, but other than that there's a slight pine scent. Although I don't really know what bud rot would smell like
As for appearance, I feel like this coloring is slightly throughout. Hard to say which part of the plant each bud was from with it all chopped up tho. I had 2 6“ clip fans and 1 oscillating tower fan moving air around and a 6" exhaust fan pulling air out so hopefully this isn't bud rot. Did want a second opinion though!