brake and clutch smell the same. the clutch smell will "linger" more then the brake smell. if your clutch is fried you will know by the car not moving when clutch is out. back in the day i thought i was cool driving in the winter. i hit a patch of ice and decided to see how fast and high my speddo will go. 1st gear spinning, 2nd gear spinning, 3rd gear spinning, 4th and then fifth. speedo was pegged at about 140ish and i was only going about 10-15mph. a dry patch finally came and the enigne still roaring like i was spinning the tires. the car reaked for a week even with driving it easy. my clutch still worked fine but the smell was still there and strong in odor.