Can you smell rain?

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Just sat in the office and people were commenting on whether or not it has started raining yet as it has suddenly gone very dark here. I said that it hasn't but "I can smell it coming" and everyone looked at me like I was bonkers! Another female in the office agreed with me but no one else has any idea what we're talking about.

Anyone else able to smell when it's about to rain??

Smells don't have colours for me but almost everything else does. Wind has a colour, people have colours, names have colours (funny when the person and the name clash), days have colours, items have colours (like a bed is lilac).

Yes, I can
I can also smell when frost is on the way

This is the smell of summer to me. I got a sample in an order and immediately cried which isn't like me at all
It just reminded me of one of the last times I rode my horse on a boiling hot day and the grass was all crunchy and dried out, there was nobody else about and the sort of aftermath scent of heat you get when it's been hot all day

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Who can smell sex?

My sense of smell is awful but I can definitely smell rain..about 30 mins ahead!

I get a headache and feel pressure in my ears. I smell a really musty smell before a storm

Perfect thread for one of my go-to pointless facts: Humans are more sensitive to the smell of petrichor than sharks are to the smell of blood.

The scent of rain, petrichor, has two main constituents with actual chemical names and origins – ozone (O3) and geosmin (C12H22O) and humans can sense it at 5 parts per trillion. Trillion! Which means that humans are 200,000 times more sensitive to smelling geosmin than sharks are at smelling blood.

I can definitely smell rain and snow express it starts. Snow smell is much tamer here than back home though. Before a snow storm I swear it smells of violets.

I can also smell when the seasons begin to change. I miss the full scent of autumn though.

Amd as a pp said night and day have certain smell as well

Rain and snow. I can also tell when a thunder storm is coming.
Both before they start. I think it's the gypsy genes! From an early age my grandad taught me to 'read' nature to learn about the seasons and how they would develop.

Certain rain smells - like metal. I'm sure there's a rational reason for it, ozone or whatever. I could smell it quite often in the UK. It's very rare indeed for me to smell it here in Victoria, and yes, it does rain here - quite a lot, and no my sense of smell has not diminished with age.

Yes, and winter too. In fact I had the window open (curtains closed) yesterday and was watching tv, I asked my DH if it was raining yet as I couldn't hear it, he said no - within minutes the rain came down.
I love the smell of winter coming too, the day it changes is so significant for me, I
Love the colder winter weather - I can also 'feel' snow coming, it feels heavy atmospherically - not always, especially if it's a light flurry but heavy snow for sure

That makes perfect sense.

I love the smell of cold, crisp days; very pure and clean.

Warm petrichor is amazing though, different to cooler rain. It's always exciting to get that first waft of the year.

Grass cutting changes smell with the temperature too. There's a certain point of drying that takes me straight back to playing on the school fields with grass that was crisping slightly on top but fresh and moist underneath. Those were the best lunchtimes.

Yes. The petrichor smell probably blows in from rain a couple of miles away.

I can smell rain and snow aswell😂

Yes - and snow too.

Can anybody else smell broken glass?

I can taste glass, and different colours taste different. I'm a glass artist as well so learning about what minerals and additives are used to colour glass has been fascinating.

Can’t smell glass but can smell hot water or cold water.

Glad to hear I'm not the only one! Lots of interesting things discussed on here. I can definitely smell hot and cold water and the seasons changing too.

Once we get to late August here in SW Scotland i can smell autumn approaching, it has a very clean sharp smell.