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Petrichor (mander.xyz)

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[-] Shellbeach@lemmy.world 82 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You mean.... You can ... Bottle up petrichore ??? How come is there no wide range of perfume/candle/lotion and whatnot?

Can I make it at home, if so, how would I go about it with everyday items? Can streptomyces cause health issues?

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 60 points 6 days ago

There absolutely are petrichor scented things

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 36 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

There's like an indian family/company that's been making some hiqh quality petrichor perfume for idk at least 100 years, probably several hundreds, if not a thousand or more idk.

I forget what it's called you can probably look it up with perfume pertrichor india

edit it's called "Mitti Attar"

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 10 points 6 days ago

They might've been making it for 10,000 years for all I know. I don't know shit.

[-] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

Yup. I have a shaving soap like that called "Summer Storm."

https://maggardrazors.com/products/chiseled-face-summer-storm-artisan-shaving-soap-4oz

[-] drre@feddit.org 14 points 6 days ago

I've never smelled the stuff but apparently the smell of rain is something people try to bottle.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/smell-of-rain-kannauj-perfume-mitti-attar-india

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

That's the romanticized, traditional Indian cowshit mix trying to approximate it. (Not doing a disparaging stereotype here, that's just literally how the article says they make it.)

I'd be surprised if it actually contains the compound we're talking about.

[-] drre@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago

i Kind of doubt it. in a video i saw if the process they were using hardfired bricks. i don't believe any organic compounds would survive the heat.

(dung might be a better term for what you were referring to. i seem to remember that because of the way they feed their cattle the dung has a very high fibre content which makes it a good source for building material. it's nowhere as gross as the diarrhea like consistency we get from cows in Europe)