“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, 

 Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. “

Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio

Petrichor is the scientific word for that intoxicating scent of rain in the air that comes up from the ground before a rain. Even the word itself has ancient origins. It’s derived from the Greek “petra” (stone) and “ichor” which, in Greek mythology, is the ethereal blood of the gods. Indian perfume makers successfully captured and absorbed the scent in sandalwood oil.

They called it “matti ka attar” or “Earth perfume”.  Delicious!