I don't think she smells, she just has the normal "pony smell", quite in contrast to my childhood Sundae Best ponies, they still smell delicious.
Yes, she's rather elusive. I initially intended to buy a minty looking one. The seller claimed to have removed her from the box themselves and just put her on display, so she was never played with and came with all her accessories. But the auction ended up at an astronomical price. I'm still happy with that one, now her hair is neat and tidy again she's gorgeous.
You could be right about the length. I also thought it might just be the tight curls, but I checked that other auction again (the never-played-with Lemon Treats) and one of the curls is definitely longer, it falls to the floor, while another one is just half its length. It's quite tricky to tell the actual length of curled hair from a photo though. When my LT arrived here with her tangled hair her tail length looked pretty normal to me. I was just shocked that so many hairs were loose, I've never seen that before. Only the HQG1Cs seem to be prone to some hair loss in my experience. It can't have broken off because of dryness I presume?