Jen, since I have never bathed a cat I don't know the difference between the two smells. But my cats don't have a nasty odor. They are able to go outside on the porch and "blow the stink off" and when they come back in, the smell so sweet and clean...and fresh. I do comb them and they just don't stink - what can I say. Their fur is soft, silkly, clean and sweet smelling.

Is it something you do once they get older? I guess my nose needs to be re-calibrated or something, cause "I ain't never noticed a stinky kitty".....