The actual smell of rain comes from plants. When plants are in drought they produce oils in replacement for waters. When the time comes and it finally starts raining the plants get their needed water and they release these oils in the air and the smell of that oil is what we call smell of rain
the scent is called petrichor
This is my absolute favorite smell
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petrichor
(peˌtrīkôr) noun | the pleasant scent of the earth after it rains.
- etymology: petra = “stone” + ichor = the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.
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