In standard, central-european graveyards, there is a particular "graveyard smell", which lingers for decades even after burials are stopped. I always figured th

In standard, central-european graveyards, there is a particular "graveyard smell", which lingers for decades even after burials are stopped. I always figured that is created by decomposition gasses escaping the ground, mixed with wet soil and standard funerary plants (often conifers).