Staff list, 10 perfumes

Perfumes that smell like rain

Wet stone, green leaves, the ozone before a storm.

Petrichor is the smell of rain hitting dry ground, and perfumers have chased it for decades with mineral notes, violet leaf, geosmin and cold aquatics. These are the ones that get closest to a window left open in April.

  1. 1
    Terre d'Hermès

    Hermès, 2006

    citrus, mineral, woody

    Rated 3.92 by 6 people

  2. 2
    Empty Wishes Well

    Toskovat'

    earthy, woody, balsamic

    Rated 0.00 by 0 people

  3. 3
    Smoked Reverb

    Zara

    mineral, smoky, woody

    Rated 0.00 by 0 people

  4. 4
    Bleu de Chanel

    Chanel

    woody, citrus, fresh

    Rated 3.70 by 10 people

  5. 5
    Aventus

    Creed, 2010

    citrus, fruity, smoky

    Rated 4.26 by 23 people

  6. 6
    Chergui

    Serge Lutens

    balsamic, green, woody

    Rated 4.50 by 1 people

  7. 7
    Velvet Iris

    Essential Parfums

    earthy, woody, amber

    Rated 0.00 by 0 people

  8. 8
    Wild Country Freedom

    Avon

    earthy, lavender, mineral

    Rated 0.00 by 0 people

  9. 9
    Sauvage

    Dior

    balsamic, citrus, fresh spicy

    Rated 2.50 by 5 people

  10. 10
    Oceano viola

    Filippo Sorcinelli

    green, woody, aquatic

    Rated 0.00 by 0 people

Drawn from what the whole crowd says about each perfume; refreshed as new ones arrive.

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