All perfume samples are authentic fragrances that Surrender to Chance, Topeka, KS, has rebottled into smaller sample and decant sizes, repackaged and distributed. Surrender to Chance has no affiliation, connection or association with the manufacturers or brand owners of the perfumes.
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.