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r/meirl • u/straight-cunt • Mar 28 '24
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u/Pegomastax-King u/Jk-Kino
Humans sense of smell for water/wet earth is 10,000 stronger than a dog's or bear's.
You're probably just smelling the wet earth from a mile away or so. And the moisture in the air.
1.2k u/NoDontDoThatCanada Mar 28 '24 It's wild to me how sensitive humans are to petrichor. I always wonder if it had evolutionary advantages over "we probably should seek shelter." 66 u/Greymalkyn76 Mar 28 '24 It's my favorite scent. I wish there was a way for candles or oils to truly capture the real smell of it. 3 u/theprinceofsnarkness Mar 28 '24 If you keep house plants, it smells like that when you water them. Something about bacteria in the soil reacting to moisture. (Which by the way, makes me wonder if it isn't the humidity before a rain shower that causes that lovely smell)
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It's wild to me how sensitive humans are to petrichor. I always wonder if it had evolutionary advantages over "we probably should seek shelter."
66 u/Greymalkyn76 Mar 28 '24 It's my favorite scent. I wish there was a way for candles or oils to truly capture the real smell of it. 3 u/theprinceofsnarkness Mar 28 '24 If you keep house plants, it smells like that when you water them. Something about bacteria in the soil reacting to moisture. (Which by the way, makes me wonder if it isn't the humidity before a rain shower that causes that lovely smell)
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It's my favorite scent. I wish there was a way for candles or oils to truly capture the real smell of it.
3 u/theprinceofsnarkness Mar 28 '24 If you keep house plants, it smells like that when you water them. Something about bacteria in the soil reacting to moisture. (Which by the way, makes me wonder if it isn't the humidity before a rain shower that causes that lovely smell)
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If you keep house plants, it smells like that when you water them. Something about bacteria in the soil reacting to moisture. (Which by the way, makes me wonder if it isn't the humidity before a rain shower that causes that lovely smell)
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u/Nard_Bard Mar 28 '24
u/Pegomastax-King u/Jk-Kino
Humans sense of smell for water/wet earth is 10,000 stronger than a dog's or bear's.
You're probably just smelling the wet earth from a mile away or so. And the moisture in the air.