Ok, I'm thinking it's an issue of perception. Regarding my own, I've never smoked a cigar and tasted leather, spice (other than the initial burn with some cigars that might be compared to that of black pepper), floral, chocolate, or what have you. "Grassy", yes, and others: salt, green pecan leaves, damp mesquite wood, new-sawn mesquite, ammonia of course, and others.
What I'm saying is a "barnyard smell", for me, is there before the cigar is lit, after which it becomes barely noticeable, if not altogether absent. Any smell is replaced by that of the burning tobacco once lit.
It's like blue cheeses for me - get some of that on your hands and it smells like ass, but eating it is heaven.
I agree with BigMacFU - a barnyard smell is be no means a mark of authenticity.
It is one I often perceive.
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