Richard J Kinch wrote:
Fitch R. Williams writes:


t-butyl-mercaptan is the principle constituent of the smell of a skunk.


Like any good perfume, it's more complicated than that.

http://www.humboldt.edu/~wfw2/chemofskunkspray.html

Holy mackrel! More information on Skunks than I ever thought of. :-)
At least their smell (or is odor?) :-)
...lew...