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Petrichor (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I thought it was ozone.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

It is also that.

Petrichor is the smell of rain and is a term like Channelle #5 where it's a combination of ozone and geosmin and other compounds.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Diff smell.

I call this 'outside' smell and you can smell it on a clear day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's also fat volatiles in our skin that metals and sunlight degrade, so that outside smell could be the smell of you in the sun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

There's a saying, someone smells like sun.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I find I smell it more often this time of year. I guess the heavier and colder air?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ozone is the smell of an electrical fire

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or poliester fleece or blanket when you hear little sparks.
Some will remember playing with a CRT TV screen 👀

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I remember the feeling and the sound, but not scent.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Smells kinda dry and vaguely fishy/metallic. It's very distinct, you know it when you smell it.

Should be noted however that it's not very healthy to breathe it in and large and/or repeated exposures can cause respiratory damage. Some static electricity is probably fine but I don't want to encourage someone to go out there and learn what it smells like first hand

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Also lightning