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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 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)