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The brief
Petrichor is a real, named compound produced by soil bacteria, and it is nearly impossible to reproduce because the effect is largely about humidity rather than molecules.
Vingt-Deux Heures
Rain arriving on hot ground
2 reviews~7h reported
Petrichor — the smell of the first rain on warm stone. Wet slate, fig leaf and cold cedar.
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- Longevity
- 6–7 hours
- Sillage
- Moderate, unusually diffusive in humidity
- Season
- Summer storms, transitional weather
- Perfumer
- Camille Ferrant, 2024
Every order includes two 2ml samples of your choosing. Complimentary shipping above €150. Unopened bottles may be returned within 14 days.
The composition
Top
First ten minutes
Petrichor accord · Wet slate · Green mandarin
Heart
The next two hours
Fig leaf · Vetiver root · Angelica
Base
What stays
Wet cedar · Patchouli · Grey amber
How it was made
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The material
The accord is built from geosmin at trace level — a few parts per million, because geosmin at any real concentration smells of mould. Around it sit wet slate mineral notes and a green fig leaf that suggests leaves rather than fruit.
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On skin
Startling for the first minute: genuinely wet, genuinely mineral. It dries down into vetiver root and cedar and holds a damp quality throughout, which is the hardest part to achieve.
Worn by
4.5
- 7h on skin
It actually smells like rain
Everyone claims this and nobody delivers it. This one delivers it. Wore it through the wet season.
- 6h on skin
Uncanny opening
The first minute is remarkable. Settles into something more ordinary but still very good.
Wear alongside
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