When the Rain Stops 2022

When the Rain Stops by Maison Margiela
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6.7 / 10 387 Ratings
A perfume by Maison Margiela for women and men, released in 2022. The scent is fresh-aquatic. It is being marketed by L'Oréal.
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Main accords

Fresh
Aquatic
Green
Synthetic
Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Green notesGreen notes Pink pepperPink pepper BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Aquatic notesAquatic notes Jasminum grandiflorumJasminum grandiflorum Turkish roseTurkish rose
Base Notes Base Notes
Indonesian patchouliIndonesian patchouli MossMoss Pine needlePine needle

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Scent
6.7387 Ratings
Longevity
6.5293 Ratings
Sillage
6.2293 Ratings
Bottle
7.6291 Ratings
Value for money
6.5220 Ratings
Submitted by Essy07, last update on 08/10/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the Replica collection.

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Reviews

21 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Stickerdecal

10 Reviews
Stickerdecal
Stickerdecal
3  
Rainy, but warm
This is one of the fragrances that I've been most excited to get to as I work my way through the Replica discovery kit, and it gave me everything that I wanted from it.

When The Rain Stops is a lovely, warm petrichor scent. I don't get much bergamot or pink pepper, but the aquatic and green notes sing from the first spray, and last about an hour. Over the first two hours of wear the aquatic notes take a back seat, and the greens shine as base notes of patchouli and moss come out to play. This combination sticks around for about another two hours - after that, I find it difficult to detect much of anything, but as an EDT I don't find that unreasonable.

It's a lovely, rainy scent that also manages to capture the feeling of standing in a field with the sun shining down on you. 'When The Rain Stops' is the perfect name for this fragrance, and I can see myself reaching for it frequently as we come out of Winter and into Spring.
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5
Pricing
5
Bottle
5
Sillage
5
Longevity
8
Scent
cht

7 Reviews
cht
cht
Helpful Review 1  
Nice aquatic scent but short longevity
The scent is really nice, the main notes I get are the patchouli and aquatic notes, I don't really get the pink pepper or bergamot, but maybe that's just how it was on my skin. Although I do like the scent, I find it very soothing and inoffensive, the longevity and sillage I would say are below average, and the price is quite high when you consider these two factors.
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5
Pricing
10
Bottle
2
Sillage
2
Longevity
7.5
Scent
Andrea99

3 Reviews
Andrea99
Andrea99
1  
Nice Aquatic but Poor Longevity
I like the smell - a fresh slightly earthy aquatic- but the longevity and sillage are both poor. For perfume I would expect to be able to smell it on myself but I couldn't even after spritzing on all my pulse points. The Rain body mist from Bath and Body Works is a good cheap alternative that has a similar scent profile. Together they do create the closest petrichor scent I've found. Although the smell is great if you love earthy aquatics, it's not strong enough to justify the price for me.
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5
Pricing
5
Sillage
5
Longevity
6.5
Scent
itscoraline

106 Reviews
itscoraline
itscoraline
2  
Rain where?
I don’t know where people live that they say this smells “exactly like after it rains” but it definitely isn’t anywhere I’ve ever been.

That isn’t to say this is a bad fragrance (in fact, it’s a quite pleasant) but it’s most definitely *not* a just-after-the-rain scent.

There’s no petrichor or damp earth here — instead it opens with a little fruity greenness before shifting into watery florals. There’s a little moss and pine in the base notes, but not enough to anchor the scent.

If you want an inoffensive fresh aquatic, this is a nice one (albeit short lived).

If you want post-rain, try 5AM .
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Chloerose666

114 Reviews
Chloerose666
Chloerose666
2  
Not quite there for me
It did smell quite strong and synthetic on the opening, a bit like a 90s cologne, however settles down reasonably quickly.

Hints of citrus and floral but mainly aromatic and green. I think the 'watery notes' are the bit I don't like about it because those watery notes are definitely not petrichor which is what I was hoping/expecting.. they smell just mildly unidentifiable to my nose and I'm still unsure after several wears of a sample. Fine but nothing amazing for me

It is pretty strong though, with ok sillage but great longevity, 12+ hours on my skin.
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19 short views on the fragrance
AW9AW9 3 years ago
Instant love. Like cool refreshing rain on a warm garden. Longevity and silage are pretty impressive on this. MM have cracked it again.
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UrsawUrsaw 2 months ago
8
Bottle
5
Sillage
3
Longevity
4.5
Scent
~2 hours of synthetic greens, an hour of earthy patchouli. Earth is big, so it probably did rain somewhere. Definitely not here though.
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IhwayneIhwayne 2 months ago
6
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6
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6
Longevity
7
Scent
A pretty standard rose/patchouli with green, aquatic and peppery notes. Nice but many options in the genre. Slight pencil bag but I like it.
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EmregoEmrego 3 years ago
Smells very rosey, in the store hard to get its details, only rose and musk - and reminds me Gucci Guilty EdP 2020 with its heavy rose.
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KatzevogelKatzevogel 5 months ago
A bright aquatic, definitely feels cheerful which is surprising for a rain scent. Very reminiscent of a spring shower
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ZiemelumeitaZiemelumeita 8 months ago
Smells like hand sanitizer. How are people getting rain from this?
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AnnteslaAnntesla 8 months ago
I smell mainly rose and aqua in it.
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TKinQC2026TKinQC2026 20 days ago
7
Bottle
5
Sillage
5
Longevity
5
Scent
You’re standing on a large slab of concrete with some weed growing in the cracks when the rain stops
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PonchooPonchoo 9 months ago
7
Bottle
4
Sillage
4
Longevity
4
Scent
Not petrichor unfortunately
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TelekinecTelekinec 2 days ago
8
Bottle
7
Scent
It has more to do with a marine fragrance than the scent of the world after the rain stops. Typical masc. perfume: aquatic, fresh, spicy.
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