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petrichor
Sign in to saveAlso known as petrichor smell, petrichor scent, petrichor note, petrichor fragrance, petrichor aroma, petrichor odor, petrichor odour, smell of petrichor
thumb|Soil and water being splashed by a raindrop
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thumb|Soil and water being splashed by a raindrop
Petrichor ( ) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word was coined in 1964 by scientists Isabel Joy Bear and Richard Grenfell Thomas, , the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods in Greek mythology.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “petrichor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.