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I. J. Bear & R. G. Thomas · Nature
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Petrichor and rain on dry ground ↗
The scientific literature has used the term petrichor for the characteristic earthy odour associated with rain acting on dry mineral and soil environments.
Scope: Historical scientific framing of petrichor; this does not mean every rainy environment has one identical chemical profile.CLM-PETRICHOR-001Source record SRC-PETRICHOR-1964
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Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since the first of three dataset releases of 2026-09-30.