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What do you call the smell after it rains?


One of the odors, called "petrichor," lingers when rain falls after a prolonged dry spell. Petrichor — the term was coined in 1964 by two Australian scientists studying the smells of wet weather — is derived from a pair of chemical reactions. 

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  1. Thanks for this useful piece of information. It smells nice.

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  2. I don't know the name of the smell, but i like the smell of soil very much. After raining soil smell as well as the drops on grass. i like both. love froms science facts

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