rain
On my way home, yesterday evening, by bike, I remembered again a few reasons why bike holidays can be a pain. I was on my way for about two minutes, some more ten minutes to go, when the clouds above me did what clouds are supposed to do. Within a minute I was beamed from mid Europe to Delhi, on a hot July day at noon, monsoon rain pouring down merciless, transforming streets into little rivers and ponds. Within a minute I got soaking wet, looking miserable like mom's poodle if wet, smelling probaly similar.
But then, to compensate for this middle European white man's misery, there it was: The smell of rain on asphalt, that is so unique and so good! Earthy, yummie, edible, depending on where and how smelling thick and brownish, and I found out today, using google that this is called PETRICHOR
A perfume that just smells like that for hours....no, I don't think so. I do not think that people would like me smelling like fresh rain on asphalt, thus making them grab for their umbrellas as soon as they smell me...on the other hand: still better than wet dog, I guess.
# posted by andy : 10:42 AM
9 Comments:
It's a delightful smell, though I think it would provoke to much cognitive disorientation out of context.
Good post Andy. I hope you didn't catch a cold.
Oh I'd definitely buy it. I love that scent too. Actually, I think CB I Hate Perfume has an accord called Wet Pavement London or something like that.
Oh my word! I'd give anything for a perfume that smells like fresh rain on asphalt. One of my favorite childhood smells!
Dear Konstantin... I just hope such a bike accident won't happen to me... I guess I wouldn't be fine afterwards.
Hmmm ...Octanal.... this I have to try myself. Sounds interesting... thank you for this info.
By the way: Do you know the perfumemaking yahoo group...interesting discussions going on there.
My dear Leopoldo
right now my health seems to be unbeatable. This might be related to the adrenalin that still floods my veins in light of all the excitment around me ;-)
Let's hope it stays like that.
Hi solander
I checked on the I Hate Perfume site, but it says , the WET PAVEMENT LONDON is only available in the Gallery....
Thanks for the hint!
Actually, I would love a perfume that smells like that for hours. Of course, I am so accustomed to the smell of a rainy world where I live, so it is a comforting aroma that smells like contentment to me. I love that word, and I love that you went looking for it and found it. That is a fantastic word, thanks Andy. *adding petrichor to vocabulary*
Dear Katie
Yeah...I liked it, too and that's why I posted it. But adding it to my vocabulary is a tough one. My brain is somehow reluctant to accept new words, being rather selective, it picks stuff that I do not care to remember and just ignores beautiful words like....what was it again?
Andy, thanks for finding the name of wet concrete and asphalt. When I was four years old I liked this smell so much that I would lick the sidewalk in front of our house! I still adore that smell even though I can't lick it anymore.. Now I know that it has a name and that I am not alone in enjoying it.
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