I have used laundry lint before and not had a problem with smell.

Similar to Jim's comments, the thing that has worked the very best for my boy scouts is to make small roles of newspaper (1.5-2 inches long by 0.5 inche diamter) and dip them in molten Parafin wax. Once cooled we have a "fire starter" that usually lights with a single macth and burns long enough to start an entire pile of briquettes.