My friend hit a skunk and her car smelled for a week. We sprayed some type of ozone spray in it and that really helped neutralize the odor.

I ran over a dead skunk once when Zoee was in the car with me (almost a year after she'd been skunked herself) and the look on her face was like - uh oh, here we go again. I had to explain to her that it wasn't her and she was fine. I left my car at my brothers for the weekend or a few days and he said he'd walk outside near the car and could smell it. It was fine by the time I had to get back in it, thank goodness.

Look for a car air freshener with ozone or something in it. I can't remember the name of it, darn it. But it will probably smell until it wears off the under carriage of the car. Bummer.

I had never smelled FRESH skunk until Zoee got it in her face. It did make me gag so I know how bad it must have been IN the car.