Petrichor - God's own Perfume!!!!

On a very hot summery day of April while you are sitting near your window having a cup of tea and all of a sudden Mother Nature sends the winds to summon the clouds to rain...and..... it starts drizzling. The hot day of April turns into a beautiful wet rainy day....its so wonderful to feel  sound of the raindrops, smell of the earth after rains..and the calm before and after the storm.
As there is a famous quote " Rain is the sky descending to the earth,without rain, there would be no life" and its really true. It brings so much of joy with it.

I love everything about Rain..i have always found it very calming but my most favourite thing about Rain is "Petrichor"- the smell of earth after rain.
Do you know the term Petrichor is derived from the ancient Greek words 'Petra' ,which means 'Stone', and 'ichor', which is the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods.
The smell of the soil makes me mesmerized and more nostalgic everytime. Even today it reminded me of all the wonderful memories associated with Rain.
My childhood days when I must be very little in the arms of my mother watching rain curiously with questions like what is rain? why it rains?why clouds cry so much?from where this fragrance comes after rain?I found it mysterious always but as I grew up rain became my friend...my big saviour...Whenever it rained heavily in Mumbai  we used to get holiday to school so I used to pray to God for heavy rainfall during monsoons.
I remember smelling the wet soil from our school bus window most of the times during monsoons...those giggles ,talks with friend's, raindrops on our tiny faces,all that is still stored in  my mind with Petrichor.
It still makes me feel delighted.
And what to say about rains when you are in love....just walking in rain with your beloved person holding umbrella while u feel and inhale the earthen fragrance with every step....or sitting together watching rain with a cup of coffee....Its just so romantically beautiful.

One more  beautiful memory I would love to mention, couple of years ago we had gone for a musical show and the theme was Rain....all the songs were dedicated to Rain....and coincidentally it was raining heavily outside the auditorium that day....and surprisingly we could smell the Fragrance of Petrichor inside the auditorium which was closed....lateron we got to know that the organisers had got the petrichor perfume which they put into Air conditioning duct and whole auditorium was filled up with the  mesmerizing smell of Petrichor and melodious rainy songs. It was really an unbelievable and Unforgettable experience for a Rainlover like me.
Life is full of beauty...it is said that it rains when God is happy and that's why I feel he sprinkles his perfume on mother earth in the form of "Petrichor" which is probably the Best fragrance of  the world!!!!