Miss Emily once ran afoul of perm solution. For a long time (months? years?) every time she got wet, she smelled like she was having her fur done.
Heh...poor kitty. Better than skunk, though!
We mostly got pretty fortunate in that respect, considering how many skunks were around. Our Golden got skunked just slightly once, but that's it. Still, that was bad enough. We washed him with about three different things...tomato, some special stuff from the pet store, and regular shampoo, and he was tolerable when dry.
When wet, on the other hand...ick.