61/100: The smell of rain/right after rain

May 25, 2013 16:03

Its formal name is "petrichor," and it consists of oils and scents plants release upon rain. It's bacterial! Doesn't stop it from smelling so good. :)

It smells fresh. If new life had a smell, it would be petrichor and the clean powdery smell of a baby's skin.

Also related to the smell of rain is the sight of rain at night, and how car lights and streetlights reflect off of it so beautifully.


100 things, rain, light

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