Question about humidor and humidity

[Bageland2000]

Morning guys,
I have a little bit of time here due to the third day of no going into work due to the storm. I wanted to take the time to explain a situation and ask for some advice. My girlfriend was the one who got me into cigars when she bought me a small 75 count humidor. Now I have the standard little sponge puck with PG and distilled water in addition to a Xikar humidity beads jar. Now I am planning on getting a digital hygrometer later today, but i wanted to ask a few questions. First, I just received and insane amount of cigars from Ranger_B. When I opened up the package, a few of the sticks had a very strong, very pleasant aroma. Now three days later in the humi, and they've lost a great deal of their aroma. Also, I bought a 10 pack of CAO brazilias and took 3 out of the cellophane. The sticks that are out of the cello do not have a strong smell, but I took one of the others out of its cello and it has a MUCH stronger smell. Is this an indication that the humidity is off? Also, the humi was an inexpensive one that my girlfriend got from who knows where. Is there a possibility that it doesn't have Spanish cedar in it? Anyway I could tell? Lastly, I just got a MASSIVE tax return and want to buy a new humidir. I was thinking about going the vino route, but will be training with the Army for the next 4 months and would have no time to set it up. Is there an interim humi that I could get to protect my sticks before I settle down and have a stable place and can set up a vino? Or should I just get that hygro and pay close attention to the humidity in my current humi? Thanks for the advice fellas! for the long post! Want to make sure that I protect my cigars!