Petrichor
Earthy smell when rain falls on dry soil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Petrichor (disambiguation).
"Scent of rain" redirects here. For other uses, see Scent of Rain (disambiguation).
"Smell of rain" redirects here. For other uses, see Smell of Rain (disambiguation).
Petrichor (/ˈpɛtrɪˌkɔːr/)[1] is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock' or πέτρος (pétros) 'stone' and ἰχώρ (ikhṓr), the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods in Greek mythology.