How can we smell perfume sitting several metres away from the source?

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The perfume molecules spread out or 'diffuse' through the air. The smell becomes less concentrated but it reaches a great distance - meaning we can smell it sitting several metres away from the source.

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b. We can get the smell of perfume sitting several metres away.

We can get the smell of perfume sitting several meters away, why?

Sir/ma'am

I wanted to ask that we can get the smell of the gaseous type of perfumes/sprays like(AXE) several metres away. Then what about the liquid type of perfumes like fogg how we are able to smell them several metres away.

Give reason for the following observations.

(a) Naphthalene balls disappear with time without leaving any solid.

(b) We can get the smell of perfume sitting several metres away.

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