Nigel of the NileRed youtube channel has just the other day disputed this claim. Diffusion isn't very fast and the wind would have to have been going 15mph or more. He says he wants to create this compound and test it, as he has done with a few other "horrific smell" compounds.
However, there's a running theory that he has kinda burnt out his nose working with certain compounds, as he seems mostly unphased by smelly chemicals that other people very much struggle working with.
In the thioacetone TIWWW, Lowe says that "the workers in the laboratory did not find the odours intolerable". It sounds like in higher concentrations it just overwhelms and numbs a strong reaction people have at even extremely low concentrations.
> the wind would have to have been going 15mph or more
15 mph really isn't much for wind, though? In fact that's about how much wind there is where I am right now, so that doesn't strike me as an unreasonable condition.
However, there's a running theory that he has kinda burnt out his nose working with certain compounds, as he seems mostly unphased by smelly chemicals that other people very much struggle working with.