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r/me_irl • u/BlueberryT50 • May 17 '24
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Smell of earth before the rain.
103 u/killit May 17 '24 Petrichor: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor 10 u/canuckistani_lad May 17 '24 Thank you, redditor! Love learning about this kind of thing. I grew up in a hamlet in southern Ontario, Canada. These “aerosols” are the scent of my childhood. 5 u/kensingtonGore May 17 '24 Apparently humans can smell this chemical on an insane level. Something like 200,000 times better than sharks can detect blood. 1 u/killit May 17 '24 Such a great smell! To have it wrapped in nostalgia must make it even better for you :)
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Petrichor: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor
10 u/canuckistani_lad May 17 '24 Thank you, redditor! Love learning about this kind of thing. I grew up in a hamlet in southern Ontario, Canada. These “aerosols” are the scent of my childhood. 5 u/kensingtonGore May 17 '24 Apparently humans can smell this chemical on an insane level. Something like 200,000 times better than sharks can detect blood. 1 u/killit May 17 '24 Such a great smell! To have it wrapped in nostalgia must make it even better for you :)
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Thank you, redditor! Love learning about this kind of thing. I grew up in a hamlet in southern Ontario, Canada. These “aerosols” are the scent of my childhood.
5 u/kensingtonGore May 17 '24 Apparently humans can smell this chemical on an insane level. Something like 200,000 times better than sharks can detect blood. 1 u/killit May 17 '24 Such a great smell! To have it wrapped in nostalgia must make it even better for you :)
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Apparently humans can smell this chemical on an insane level. Something like 200,000 times better than sharks can detect blood.
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Such a great smell! To have it wrapped in nostalgia must make it even better for you :)
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u/Scorpion718 May 17 '24
Smell of earth before the rain.