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Rain, and then a thunderstorm.
It's called petrichor - also one of my favourite words.
I've never been able to smell them, what's the smell like?
Chemically it's the smell of beet red. Most people describe it vastly differently because the retro nasal smell makes it feel like something else. Pretty interesting if you ask me.
It's hard to describe I suppose. First the smell of rain hitting dry stone and dirt, and how that smell slowly swells and then fades as they become waterlogged... Then the heat rises as the thunderstorm comes, and the air itself smells warm and wet.
That's a really nice description thanks
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Petrichor! Not just a great smell.... also my favourite word!
It's a beautiful word, but for someone unfamiliar with the smell I wasn't sure it was a good word to use.
I don't think I have ever spoken to someone who hasn't experienced the smell of rain on dry soil. Not trying to be rude, or pry too deep, but....uhmmm....how? How have you never smelt that before? It's so far outside my own personal experience, I just don't really understand it.
I meant someone unfamiliar with the word itself. Not trying to make people break out a dictionary.
Right 👍 gotcha, previous comment sounded like you didn't know the smell, and so weren't sure the word was right. Idk. Not enough coffee yet I suppose.
That’s a great way to describe it. For me there’s also the faint smell of electricity in a thunderstorm, and it’s oddly soothing.
That might be ozone you are smelling
I have an O3 air purifier, not that I ever run it when I'm going to be in the same room. But getting a whiff on the way to airing it out the room after a session, yeah, I think I do pick up that smell also in very active thunderstorms.