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7–12 hours Lasting
Strong Scent trail
From 20+ wearer ratings
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Main AccordsScent family: Oriental Woody
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 20+ wearersBuilt on leather, warm spicy and fruity. Wearers mostly rate it long lasting with strong projection. Most reach for it in the evening, mostly in cooler months.
Day or night
Mostly worn after dark.
Seasons
Hawas Lava Gold opens on pineapple, grapefruit, apple and lemon, moving into leather, saffron, oud and raspberry before a patchouli, amber, moss and caramel base. A small Fragrantica voter sample rates longevity long lasting to eternal and sillage strong to enormous. Hawas Lava Gold wears as a bold, fruity oud composition.
Hawas Lava Gold opens on a fruit-forward top of pineapple, grapefruit, apple and lemon, a bright and sharply citrus-fruit combination. The middle turns towards leather, saffron, oud and raspberry, pairing the tropical fruit against a darker, spiced oud core rather than a floral one. The base settles into patchouli, amber, moss and caramel, adding sweetness and earth beneath the leather and oud. The shape as a whole runs from a loud fruity opening into a warm, spiced, slightly sweet oud base, contrasting bright and dark materials across the three stages rather than moving gradually between them.
The pineapple, grapefruit, apple and lemon top fades relatively quickly, handing over to leather, saffron and oud once the initial fruit burst settles. Raspberry keeps a fruited thread present through the middle stage, stopping the leather and oud from reading too austere. By the base, patchouli, amber, moss and caramel take hold, and the scent turns noticeably sweeter and earthier than its fruity, spiced opening suggested. The arc moves from loud and citrus-fruited to warm, sweet and mossy by the close.
Longevity voting comes from a small Fragrantica sample of 22 respondents: 41% call it long lasting and a further 41% eternal, against 14% moderate, a strongly long-lasting result, though the sample size means it should be read as indicative rather than definitive. Sillage voting draws from an equally small sample of 20 respondents, with 45% calling it strong and 45% enormous, a heavy-projection result across the same small group. Both figures point toward a composition that performs well beyond the immediate skin, but the vote counts are too low to treat as settled.
Season voting, from 62 respondents, leans toward winter (37%) and autumn (29%) over spring (21%) and summer (13%). That spread fits the composition's warm patchouli-amber base and points to Hawas Lava Gold reading better in cooler months than in summer heat, where the sweeter, mossier base notes would sit less comfortably against the heat, though the sample size here is larger than the longevity and sillage figures and can be read with more confidence.
Fragrantica marks Hawas Lava Gold as a male fragrance, and a small voter sample agrees decisively: 67% of respondents call it male and a further 11% male-leaning, against 22% unisex. Both the marketing and the small-sample community read align, so it is classed here as a men's fragrance.
Hawas Lava Gold shares its shape with Ignite Oud by Ahmed Al Maghribi, another composition built around a fruited top over an oud-leather core. The comparison holds at the level of structure, a bright fruit opening giving way to oud and leather, rather than an exact match, since Hawas Lava Gold's own caramel-moss base gives it a sweeter, earthier close.
Hawas Lava Gold suits anyone drawn to a bold, fruity oud composition with real projection, per Fragrantica's own small-sample voting on sillage and longevity. Its lean toward cooler-weather wear and a sweet, mossy amber base make it a fit for someone who wants a fragrance that announces itself through autumn and winter rather than blending quietly into a warm-weather routine.
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Reviews on Google
Wide range of budget friendly to relatively high end priced perfume brands. Rayhan, Armaf, French Avenue, Brandy, Lattafa just to mention a few. They also sell a 10ml of any brand you like, good for testing before you commit to the whole bottle.
This store reminds me of my days in Dubai. Prices are competitive and most probably the best I have found on the market. Amazing perfumes!
Shahed was very welcoming and friendly… He was knowledgeable about the perfumes and took the time to understand what I was looking for before recommending a fragrance that suited my preferences perfectly.
What a good find! A place where you can smell all the Dubai perfumes. Monique assisted us and she was very helpful. Will see you soon!
Customer service 10/10. Tamzyn helped me she was very nice energetic and helpful… when I heard the price I had to take it. So very affordable in my opinion.
The quality of the fragrances is outstanding. The oils and perfumes are impressive and has longevity… I will definitely be returning and recommending this shop to others.
He was very helpful and friendly as I did not have a clue of what I wanted to get for my mom… It smells very nice. I got compliments at work… I would recommend people to go here.
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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Hawas Lava Gold opens on pineapple, grapefruit, apple and lemon, moving into leather, saffron, oud and raspberry before a patchouli, amber, moss and caramel base. A small Fragrantica voter sample rates longevity long lasting to eternal and sillage strong to enormous. Hawas Lava Gold wears as a bold, fruity oud composition. What Does Hawas Lava Gold Smell Like?Hawas Lava Gold opens on a fruit-forward top of pineapple, grapefruit, apple and lemon, a bright and sharply citrus-fruit combination. The middle turns towards leather, saffron, oud and raspberry, pairing the tropical fruit against a darker, spiced oud core rather than a floral one. The base settles into patchouli, amber, moss and caramel, adding sweetness and earth beneath the leather and oud. The shape as a whole runs from a loud fruity opening into a warm, spiced, slightly sweet oud base, contrasting bright and dark materials across the three stages rather than moving gradually between them. How Does It Develop Through the Day?The pineapple, grapefruit, apple and lemon top fades relatively quickly, handing over to leather, saffron and oud once the initial fruit burst settles. Raspberry keeps a fruited thread present through the middle stage, stopping the leather and oud from reading too austere. By the base, patchouli, amber, moss and caramel take hold, and the scent turns noticeably sweeter and earthier than its fruity, spiced opening suggested. The arc moves from loud and citrus-fruited to warm, sweet and mossy by the close. How Long Does It Last, and How Strong Is It?Longevity voting comes from a small Fragrantica sample of 22 respondents: 41% call it long lasting and a further 41% eternal, against 14% moderate, a strongly long-lasting result, though the sample size means it should be read as indicative rather than definitive. Sillage voting draws from an equally small sample of 20 respondents, with 45% calling it strong and 45% enormous, a heavy-projection result across the same small group. Both figures point toward a composition that performs well beyond the immediate skin, but the vote counts are too low to treat as settled. What Season Is It For?Season voting, from 62 respondents, leans toward winter (37%) and autumn (29%) over spring (21%) and summer (13%). That spread fits the composition's warm patchouli-amber base and points to Hawas Lava Gold reading better in cooler months than in summer heat, where the sweeter, mossier base notes would sit less comfortably against the heat, though the sample size here is larger than the longevity and sillage figures and can be read with more confidence. Is It for Men or Women?Fragrantica marks Hawas Lava Gold as a male fragrance, and a small voter sample agrees decisively: 67% of respondents call it male and a further 11% male-leaning, against 22% unisex. Both the marketing and the small-sample community read align, so it is classed here as a men's fragrance. What Is It Similar To?Hawas Lava Gold shares its shape with Ignite Oud by Ahmed Al Maghribi, another composition built around a fruited top over an oud-leather core. The comparison holds at the level of structure, a bright fruit opening giving way to oud and leather, rather than an exact match, since Hawas Lava Gold's own caramel-moss base gives it a sweeter, earthier close. Who It's ForHawas Lava Gold suits anyone drawn to a bold, fruity oud composition with real projection, per Fragrantica's own small-sample voting on sillage and longevity. Its lean toward cooler-weather wear and a sweet, mossy amber base make it a fit for someone who wants a fragrance that announces itself through autumn and winter rather than blending quietly into a warm-weather routine. | Regular price
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| Rasasi | Eau de Parfum | Oriental Woody | Evenings out, Cooler months | Pineapple, Grapefruit, Apple, Lemon | Leather, Saffron, Oud, Raspberry | Patchouli, Amber, Moss, Caramel |
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Main AccordsScent family: Oriental Woody
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 20+ wearersBuilt on leather, warm spicy and fruity. Wearers mostly rate it long lasting with strong projection. Most reach for it in the evening, mostly in cooler months.
Day or night
Mostly worn after dark.
Seasons
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