Hawas Ice by Rasasi is a flanker to the ultra-popular original Hawas, launched in 2023. It’s designed to be a more refined, slightly fruitier, and more "icy" version of the original DNA. ​Fragrance Profile ​Top Notes: Apple, Italian Lemon, Sicilian Bergamot, and Star Anise. ​Middle Notes: Plum, Orange Blossom, and Cardamom. ​Base Notes: Musk, Amber, Driftwood, and Moss. ​Longevity & Performance ​This is widely considered a "beast mode" freshie. ​Longevity: You can easily expect 10–12+ hours on skin, and it will stay on clothes until they are washed. ​Projection/Sillage: It is very loud in the first 2–3 hours. It projects strongly, so you don’t need many sprays to fill a room. ​Occasion ​It is highly versatile but leans toward warm weather. ​Best for: Summer days, gym sessions, outdoor events, and casual hangouts. ​Vibe: Very clean, mass-appealing, and energetic. Because of its strength, it also works well for summer nights and clubbing. ​Is it a Clone? ​This is a common point of debate. ​Technically: It is not a direct 1-to-1 clone of a specific designer fragrance. Instead, it is a flanker of Rasasi's own original Hawas. ​The DNA: The original Hawas was famously inspired by the Invictus (Paco Rabanne) style but with an added aquatic/plum twist. Hawas Ice moves slightly away from that "bubblegum" aquatic feel and adds a cooling, citrusy opening that some compare to a mix between the original Hawas and YSL Y EDP. ​In short, it’s a high-performance, original Middle Eastern twist on the modern "blue" fragrance category rather than a simple clone.

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Today I wore a decant of Phantom in Red by Rabanne. Although it’s my first time trying a Phantom flanker and I’m not a fan of the bottle, I still enjoyed this one. Don’t know if it has the DNA of the other ones but this opens very different IMO with the Saffron, Plum Liquor & Bergamot, giving it like a soft sweet and pleasing opening, at the heart you can smell those aromatic notes & in the dry down, although from the opening you can smell that ambery scent, in the dry down I didn’t get the Oud & neither the tobacco note. Projection is good for the first 1:30 to 2 hours and longevity is pretty decent, on clothe it stayed up to 8 hours. Although it’s more for cooler weather and for nighttime, I was pleased with it. Hope you had a good one BOS

If you’ve been following my reviews of the Jusbox discovery set, today’s purchase will come as no surprise. Fifty Four is a wonderful fragrance. Sweet pina colada, smooth chocolate, boozy woody smoky vanilla. Incredible. Also good? The amount of free stuff piled on by the wonderful salesperson at the counter. TWO 7.5ml travel atomisers from the house (Good Morning and the new Wave of Freedom), three 2ml samples, an Goldfield & Banks sample, and a pair of Van Cleef & Arpels samples too. Plus an Orabella scarf for my wife. I’m now wearing my new fragrance, and I smell immaculate.

Picked up the discovery set. I have to say, slightly let down. Don’t get me wrong, very well blended and have many that I found to smell good, just not wearable for me on a personal level. My wife loves most of them, which makes sense. The quickest way I could describe the house is soft and subtle. They use a lot of naturals, so it makes sense it wouldn’t be overwhelmed or beastly. If I had to select one or two from the house for personal use, it would be Velvet Iris and Bois Imperial Extrait. I’m a big patchouli fan, but their Patchouli Mania was a bit too earthy for me. Bois Imperial was good, just not something I’d wear unfortunately. Overall, I’d say the house as a whole leans feminine. Anyone have some experience in Essential Parfums?