Yeast infection or just a part of my cycle???

So for around nearly a week now my vagina is feeling very dry and that causes friction and gets a bit itchy, I’ve had a yeast infection before and I️t was far more itchy than I️t is now, I just got my period today so maybe the dryness is part of my cycle ? I️m stuck SOS also I have a bad scent no matter what I do, even right after I wash I have a scent