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  • "Petrichor, the name for the smell of rain on dry ground, is from oils given off by vegetation, absorbed onto neighboring surfaces, and released into the air after a first rain." Matthew Bettelheim; Nature's Laboratory; Shasta Parent (Mt Shasta, California); Jan 2002.

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    September 12, 2009

  • It's the smell you notice after a rain.

    "Isn't the petrichor lovely?"

    September 12, 2009

  • Petrichor is the blood of the Greek Gods and it is also the name given to the smell of rain on dry erath.

    September 13, 2009

  • JM is developing a new perfume - Petrichor - target market is philosophunculists

    December 14, 2009