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[-] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Dispersion varies widely due to the kind of smell, intensity, and air circulation.

Most smells do not travel 50 feet.

[-] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 5 months ago

Most smells do not travel 50 feet.

I have to counter that in my experience most, if not all smells travel 15m. When the wind is right that increases massively.

this post was submitted on 28 May 2024
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