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Chemical_Waffles t1_jac8ulq wrote

Reply to comment by EBAIN6739 in would you by BeerFuelsMyDreams

Well, technically your smelling the effects rain hase on nature. You aren't smelling the rain, but the trees and plants reaction.

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GrayMech t1_jac9zwl wrote

Rain isn't just water, there is a small amount of dirt and other stuff in there so yes you can actually smell rain, what you are talking about is petrichor, an oil produced by many plants after rainfall which people also commonly associate with "the smell of rain"

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