Animal behaviorists say they stink the place up as a last resort in their self defense. Before they unleash the heavy artillery, they'll offer a high pitched squeal and stamp their feet and even run away if they're not cornered. If you could ever get close enough to look, you would see they are quite cute. There's not much you can do about the smell, either. All the Glade in the world doesn't help.
All air freshener does is create a sort of flowery skunk smell.
The odor eventually goes away, but it is never far from your memory. They say skunks are pretty intelligent. I'm not sure. I know for a fact that they're number one on the road kill chart. TO KNOW 8.