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a booty that makes it rain (mander.xyz)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

For the lazy:

noun

The distinctive scent which accompanies the first rain after a long warm dry spell.

noun

The yellow organic oil that yields this scent.

[–] ummthatguy 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

For the Whovians:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Something something roman centurian something something

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Seems like a shot from a Lars von Trier movie

[–] rtxn 2 points 8 months ago

Followed closely by huffing a vaporized ood.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Literally translated as, "stone blood" and one of my favorite words.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Also a character on B. K. Vaughan’s “Saga”.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (5 children)

The person who can turn petrichor into a manufacturable fragrance will be obscenely rich.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I wear Thunderstorm by Demeter for this: it’s the closest practical replica I’ve found that lasts more than an hour.

Even then, it’s closer to “inspired by” petrichor than a true replica, but the hint of ozone to invoke a storm on the wind is quite a nice touch.

[–] gimpchrist 5 points 8 months ago

I once had a petrichor perfume

[–] SkybreakerEngineer 2 points 8 months ago

Amelia Pond?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

https://youtu.be/bl7K3lRPLYo?si=iOdVoNHdl38GS3Hl

This guy shows you how to make it using vinyl

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Pretty sure they already exist

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

That's the name of my "Animal Crossing" town!

[–] wintermutehal 7 points 8 months ago

Thanks for the vocab lesson, new word unlocked

[–] Crackhappy 6 points 8 months ago

Ok, I low key want this.

[–] yumpsuit 4 points 8 months ago

babe are you the chemistry of petrichor’s aroma? because you can definitely geosmin my irregular sesquiterpenoid ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[–] SerotoninSwells 4 points 8 months ago

Almost every type of Streptomyces releases geosmin when they die. Now your butt can too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Also the name of the planet in Risk of Rain 2, one more pun on the stack. Also, great game.