Give reason: why are we able to sense the smell of a perfume sprayed at a distance?

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Gaseous particles possess high speed and move very rapidly in all directions.
When perfume is sprayed, its particles diffuse into the air particles at a high-speed rate and reach our nostrils.
This enables us to smell the perfume from a distance.

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Give reason: why are we able to sense the smell of a perfume sprayed at a distance?

Gaseous particles possess high speed and move very rapidly in all directions.When perfume is sprayed, its particles diffuse into the air particles at a high-speed rate and reach our nostrils. This enables us to smell the perfume from a distance.

Gaseous particles possess high speed and move very rapidly in all directions.
When perfume is sprayed, its particles diffuse into the air particles at a high-speed rate and reach our nostrils.
This enables us to smell the perfume from a distance.