Post #2088903
2026-05-01 16:05 UTC
My favorite smell is also my favorite word; Petrichor. It's the smell of the earth when it rains after an extended dry period.
From Wikipedia "from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock'; or πέτρος (pétros) 'stone' and ἰχώρ (ikhṓr) 'ichor', the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods in Greek mythology."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor
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@DrSoap@lemmy.world 2026-05-01 17:26
I like that smell, or that smell that comes right before a rain where you can smell its coming or lilacs when they first start to bud and its not too heavy yet
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@bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-02 02:30
Man one of my most fivid memories is me sitting in the window of my crappy room, smelling the petrichor and smoking a cig while it's raining. I'm no longer a smoker but thinking back it really hit different