/ ˈpɛtrɪkɔː /
petrichor
noun
The smell of rain on dry earth.
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“The first rain after a long summer. My grandmother's garden in Lahore. I was seven and I didn't know I was making a memory.”
Nature, 1964
Apr 2026“My grandfather always said it smelled like God remembering to water the earth.”
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