Oh, so you've met the guy in the next cube over from me, then?
You do realize how the olfactory process works, don’t you?
Particles of the material that you’re smelling physically go up your nose to the olfactory nerve which processes it into an electrical signal interpreted by your brain.
Yes, parts of that fart you’re smelling are going into your nose. :)
I worked with a guy like that once. We had a small section of six cubicles (2x3). I was on the opposite corner from the guy, but he could be heard in quite the radius. You knew is was bad when the poor guy next to him just stood up and bolted, eyes watering, and with a disgusted look on his face.
This same offender would sound like a John Deere tractor, pop, pop, popping through the isles as he walked to and fro.
He even ripped one in a conference with customers once. The poor guy who was accompanying him on the visit just about died (literally and figuratively).
same story here...