This sampler features fragrances that bring to mind the smell after it rains. The distinct smells you detect in the air before, during and after a rainfall are a combination of ozone, petrichor and geosmin. Before it rains, a person might say that they can smell the storm coming. Their nostrils might be picking up the scent of ozone which is a naturally present gas in the atmosphere. Ozone, which has been described as sweet and pungent-smelling, is brought down by a storm’s downdrafts from higher altitudes to nose level. Its smell can also be detected following a storm. The pleasant scent that fills the air during a rainfall as raindrops come into contact with the ground is called petrichor. The smell of petrichor has been described in a variety of ways, including earthy, musky and fresh and tends to be stronger after a lengthy period of no rainfall. This is due to the fact that plant oils accumulate over time, which makes petrichor more pronounced after a dry period. The soil-dwelling oils that produce petrichor also compound with the smells of other organisms. Bacteria called actinomycetes, which live in soil, produce spores during this dry time and this spore production includes the chemical geosmin, and when the rain sends the spores up into the air, it releases the smell of geosmin.
You will receive a 1/2ml sample (1ml sample vial filled half full) of each of the fragrances in this sampler.
- Black Baccara Mother Earth Perfume Oil - An earthy blend of overgrown ivy, cannabis leaf, marigold, lavandin, patchouli and Egyptian musk.
- Calyx Silence Like Rain Perfume Oil - The air shimmers with stillness and story—earth awakening beneath your feet. It captures the scent of petrichor, puddles, and wet pavement: that quiet, electric moment when the storm has passed and the world begins again. It's concrete and clouded skies, mineral-rich and memory-laced. The city exhales, and so do you.With notes of damp streets after the rain, wet dust and earth, puddles and petrichor.
- CLEAN Rain EDP - Rain is inspired by the moment after a passing rain when the air smells clean, fresh, and renewed. Mouthwatering melon and hints of soft flower petals create a dewy appeal. The purity of musk wrapped around sheer woods evoke the familiar scent after a fleeting rain. With top notes of dewy melon, daffodil and watermint; middle notes of spring daisy, water lily and violet leaves; and base notes of fluid musks and sleek woods.
- Clinique My Happy Indigo Mist EDP - Fresh like the morning dew. Like running through spring fields after a rainshower. With notes of bluebells, wet green notes of melon and violet leaf, Cashmeran and orris root.
- White Owl Perfumery Pretty Time Perfume Oil - The sweet smell of rain after the sun comes out. With notes of rain, honey, lavender, lemon, clover, powder, air, soil, rose, musk, bergamot, cyclamen and melon.
