SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0023
Asphalt After Rain
Permanent ID: smellbook: · updated 2026-10-06, revision 3
Character EDITORIAL
Asphalt after rain smells wet, mineral and dark, with a faint oily warmth beneath the dampness.
Words: wet, mineral, dark. Families: Wood, earth and stone.
States: wet (EDITORIAL). A state says how an entry is met, such as wet, aged or roasted. It does not create a new smell, and it adds no scientific fact by itself: states marked EDITORIAL come from the entry's own records, and only those marked VERIFIED are reported by a VERIFIED claim.
Met in: Street.
Evidence
No VERIFIED claim is attached to this entry yet. The description is editorial.
Cite
SmellBook. (2026). Asphalt After Rain (revision 3, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:asphalt-after-rain. https://smellbook.com/smells/asphalt-after-rain
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