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Exactly what your nose responds to as a scent I cannot say, but the reason that some things seem to smell more or further away has much to do with how much of the substance is in the air that you are breathing. Everything has a vapor pressure at any temperature above absolute zero. Vapor pressure is a way of stating how quicklya substance will become a vapor and thereby become airborne. Alcohol has a relatively high vapor pressure at any "normal" temperature and therefore is relatively quickly added to the air when a container of it is opened. Its molecules also are movingrelativelyfast (which is what causes a higher vapor pressure in the first place)and that means that its smell will travel quickly throughout an area.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 15y agoA couple of reasons: First, alcohol is quite volatile, so it evaporates quickly, and a lot of it goes into the air, where you can sense it. Also, the sense of smell is a lot more faried than the sense of taste -- and alcohol activates some of the neurotransmitters that work with scent.
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