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I get so excited when it's supposed to rain, especially in the summer.

That ozone smell before, and that earthy smell (which I now now is geosmin) after. It's so awesome.

I wish I could bottle it and do bumps to my noses content.



In high concentrations, geosmin smells terrible, so be careful. I worked with soil bacteria and I spilled some on my shirt and for months after it would reek horribly after sweating through it, problem was I couldn't identify which shirt it was until after I got sweaty (body heat + moisture), I think. This was a problem because I would go social dancing, change into the shirt, and then after a few minutes notice a horrifying smell on myself.


I hate perfume is the real thing.

http://cbihateperfume.com/

(CB worked at Demeter, there he created all the fragances but left, now has his own company) Read about CB, very interesting profile.


> I wish I could bottle it and do bumps to my noses content.

I never knew I wanted this before, but now it's all I want. I'd absolutely buy a bottle of that.


I knew I had this link in my bookmarks for a reason...

http://www.demeterfragrance.com/704174/products/Rain.html




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