Diths0er

I recently seasoned a 500 count humidor that I've had for around six months. I haven't seasoned it until now because we have a humidity problem in our area, and even unseasoned and with several small packets of desiccant it is still extremely difficult to get the RH much below 75 in the summer (I use two hygrometers for added accuracy). I figured that there was no reason to add extra moisture to the interior and hoped that the wood might absorb some excess humidity. Well, with winter coming I decided to season the interior by wiping it out first with a clean cloth, then using a lightly-dampend cloth using distilled water. Several hours later, I noticed that the interior had that nice, strong cedar smell like it had when I first purchased it.
Now, several days later and with my cigars in place, I've noticed a smell I've never encountered before in this or any other humidor. It smells like, well, it smells like a freshly painted room, you know, that fresh paint smell, like a can of interior wall paint. Which of course begs the question(s), "was my cloth/water clean? Does it have any paint inside of the box? Have I painted lately?" The answers to the above questions all point to something that I am at a loss to explain. The smell is strongest deep in the interior, with my head in the box. The smell stays with me, even after a spiced steak dinner, I can still "remember-smell" it quite easily. I removed the trays and aimed a fan at the inside to attempt to air it out, but the smell is still there. Before this the only smell I noticed was cedar and tobacco. Could I simply be smelling a more intense cedar smell from the damped wood? Is this normal? If not, what do I do? You can imagine my fear:what if the cigars take on this smell/taste?

I have read that "green" cigars can cause an ammonia smell in a humidor. Could the seasoning cause the now-dampened wood to released pent up odours?