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Rasasi Hawas Atlantis Eau de Parfum 100ml
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7–12 hours Lasting
Strong Scent trail
From 100+ wearer ratings
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Main AccordsScent family: Woody
- Woody100% , strength 100 percent
- Citrus80% , strength 80 percent
- Aquatic73% , strength 73 percent
- Warm spicy54% , strength 54 percent
- Amber52% , strength 52 percent
- Fresh52% , strength 52 percent
- Marine47% , strength 47 percent
- Fruity45% , strength 45 percent
Fragrance Notes
The first impression, and usually the lightest part of the fragrance. These notes evaporate first, which is how a fragrance is built to open.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
The main body of the scent, emerging as the top notes fade. It shapes how the fragrance smells once it settles on skin.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
Heavier molecules that evaporate slowly, like woods, musk, amber and oud. They are there from the start, and they are what remains once the rest has faded.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
How It Wears
Rated by 100+ wearersBuilt on woody, citrus and aquatic. Wearers mostly rate it long lasting with strong projection. Most reach for it during the day, mostly in warmer months.
Day or night
Mostly worn during the day.
Seasons
Product Details
TL;DR
- Citrus fruity, bergamot and apple opening with a watery edge
- Longevity: long lasting for most voters
- Sillage: strong for close to half of voters
- Similar to: Invictus Legend by Rabanne
- Best for: daytime wear, spring and summer
Hawas Atlantis opens on bergamot, lemon, apple and cinnamon, moves through watery notes, plum, cardamom and orange blossom, then settles into driftwood, ambergris, patchouli and musk. On Fragrantica's community votes, 56% of wearers call its longevity long lasting, and 48% report strong sillage.
What Does Hawas Atlantis Smell Like?
Hawas Atlantis opens with bergamot and lemon brightened further by apple, with cinnamon adding a warm counterpoint to the citrus from the first spray. The middle brings in watery notes and orange blossom alongside plum and cardamom, giving the fragrance a fresh, slightly spiced heart that sits between fruity and aquatic rather than settling firmly into either. The base of driftwood, ambergris, patchouli and musk closes things out with a dry, salt-tinged woodiness. Read start to finish, the fragrance moves from sharp citrus, through a fresh spiced middle, into a dry marine-wood close, each phase overlapping the next rather than cutting off sharply, so the shift from bright citrus to salt-tinged wood feels continuous across the wear.
How Does It Develop Through the Day?
In the opening minutes, bergamot, lemon and apple dominate, with cinnamon showing through as a light spice rather than a heavy one. As the citrus settles, the watery notes and orange blossom take over, with plum and cardamom filling in the middle and keeping the fragrance from turning too clean or one-dimensional. Later in the wear, driftwood and ambergris come forward, with patchouli and musk giving the finish more weight and depth than the opening suggested. The transition from citrus to aquatic-floral to dry wood is gradual rather than a hard switch, so the fragrance keeps changing in small ways over several hours, without ever feeling like a completely different scent from where it began.
How Long Does It Last, and How Strong Is It?
On Fragrantica's community votes, 56% of voters rate longevity as long lasting and a further 11% call it eternal, putting Hawas Atlantis clearly on the long-wearing side, with a smaller share reporting a shorter, moderate performance. Sillage leans strong, with 48% of voters choosing that label and a further 14% calling it enormous, against 23% who found it moderate and a smaller group who experienced it as intimate rather than far-projecting.
What Season Is It For?
Season votes split fairly evenly between spring and summer, each at 34%, making warmer weather the clear fit for Hawas Atlantis. Autumn takes a smaller share at 23%, and winter is the least-voted season at 9%, so the fragrance reads best outside the coldest months of the year.
Is It for Men or Women?
Community gender votes lean male, with male and male-leaning together accounting for the majority of responses, against a smaller unisex share and a minority of female votes. Given that decisive lean, Hawas Atlantis is best framed as a men's fragrance rather than unisex.
What Is It Similar To?
Hawas Atlantis shares its accords with Invictus Legend by Rabanne, both built around a fresh citrus-aquatic opening that develops into a woody, ambergris-led base. The two share a similar structure, with Hawas Atlantis bringing more spice into its middle through cardamom and warm cinnamon.
Who It's For
Hawas Atlantis suits anyone who wants a fresh citrus-aquatic fragrance with real staying power, given the community's own votes for long-lasting, strong-projecting wear. Its spring-and-summer lean and fresh-to-woody arc make it a natural fit for daytime wear in warmer weather, and its clear male lean on community votes places it firmly as a men's fragrance for that season.
- Brand
- Rasasi
- Concentration
- Eau de Parfum
- Size
- 100ml
- Gender
- Unisex
- Scent family
- Woody
- Longevity
- Long lasting
- Season
- Warmer months
- Best for
- Daytime
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Abdul Razzak Kalsekar founded Rasasi in 1979 with one perfume shop in Murshid Bazar, in Deira, Dubai. Rasasi now has more than 165 stores in 60 countries.
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