Hacivaz

Dead ringer for Nishane Hacivat. 100$ for 100ml can't beat it Alexandria does an excellent job with their clones. The 100 ml bottles are very well made too if you care about that. Heavy, metal cap, pressurized atomizer, heavy glass. These fragrance you must macerate for one week prime the bottle by spraying it and leave the cap off to let it airate. They get better with time. They also include samples of their newest fragrances with every purchase too.

I tried ~ 70 AF samples and this one is on the top 10. Smoky, pineapple, fresh and masculine. the smoke reminds me of Dior Homme 2020. I have a sample of Hacivat Nishane but I like this one more than the OG. I've tried perfume parlour version it's meh compared to this.

I let this mascerate after 5 days. First spray on the day I recieved it, second spray on monday. The top accords definitely remind me of herbs like smelling fresh rosemary in a garden.The white floral accord really changes that herb scent into something like chamomille. Sweating it off really reduces the longevity, will try over spraying. The top notes and base notes could be stronger in my opinion to make the tropical and sweet accord stand out. But my skin chemistry tends to nose blind me I think. Update: as of 1/5/25 months since I purchased it, September 2024, the pineapple note is much sweeter now and the earthy accord is less mossy. The herbal rosemary smell is smoothed out to a real mature and sweet tropical fragrance in the winter. I once said Montblanc Explorer does it better but they are relateable, not identical. 11/30/25 It matured really well. That green herbal smell is not as loud and the sweet, pineapple and citrus smell is much smoother. Smells great on my skin and drys down sweet. I get lots of compliments. Well done alternative to Hacivat. Grrat things happen with AF

More of an adaptation that a clone—it’s smoothed out with less prominent moss note to my nose. And less strong than the original. Both changes make it more wearable. I think Hacivat is too beast mode to wear to work or school. If I had to describe this one’s opening, I’d call it an sweet (ambery) citrus with a pineapple overtone in contrast to the original, which smells like fresh cut pineapple with a green and sour citrus edge. And the dry down is more vanillic than the original. Like a bit of Ani is mixed in. There is still some herbal greenness but it’s not the punchy moss note of Hacivat. Overall I like the scent (don’t love it) and find it a good inspiration rather than a true clone. And I think many will find this better than the OG as many people like smoother and sweeter balance to their fresh scents.

Dominant patchouli with oakmoss and jasmine With shyly appearance of smokey pineapple Then dries down to musky fruity pineapple with patchouli and oakmoss