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Why rain on pavement feels like a smell event

Rain changes the air, the ground and what nearby materials release. The result can feel bigger than any one smell identity.

Before traffic and lunch service take over, coffee can become one of the strongest smell signals of an urban morning.

Wet pavement, stone, soil pockets and cleaned air create a temporary version of the city that disappears as surfaces dry.