Hawas Atlantis

Firstly, the notes are dead wrong, and the picture as well; don't know why Fragrantica is not updating this. That being said, I dont know where do I even begin with this, the shitstorm this has caused got my attention more than anything and I did a blind dive anyway knowing the risk fully. The opening is a raw vegetal blast, coming off literally like freshly cut green capsicum (not even joking) which then settles into a greenish citrus profile backed by sharpness of ginger and mineralic accords. Now this entire body has an apparent smoky yet smooth backbone of galbanum that may be offputting to a lot of people and this mixed with the vegetal opening makes it easy for me to understand all the hate. As the opening settles, the sandalwood in the base begins to shine through which honestly to me is the grace and charm of this scent profile that ties everything together beautifully. In the end this transitions into a dark green slightly sweet woody smoky aquatic that is just eerily charming and mature. I won't draw any parallels to this as I honestly do not think this is particularly similar to Invictus or its derivatives, maybe stretching to say Invictus Legend to a faint extent but that may be attributable to the bay leaf note in the latter that resembles the greenish/vegetal accord. Overall, I can see the divide in people, this is nothing like the usual safe reach Hawas releases, but that is exactly why I love it, especially being a sucker for challenging aquatics. Definitely try before you buy, and it may surprise you for the better or worse. Great performance, pushes well for couple hours and lasts long too (8-9 hours on my skin in the initial couple testings) but then I am sure it will develop to get better.

There are a couple things I would like to say about this fragrance 1. It is absolutely not blind but safe 2. Let the opening dry before buying it if you’re testing it out in a store This isn’t a typical fresh fragrance, it’s like a realistic one. There’s a store I go to that sells many middle eastern fragrances, good ones like typical Lattafa, and hawas. I sprayed this on my arm because I enjoyed og hawas, and let me tell you the opening is not as bad as people say it is. Sure it is strong and a little jarring, but it settles into a very unique fragrance. Just imagine swimming in the ocean with seaweed everywhere on a stormy day. That sounds like a terrible mix, but it somehow works. I like to imagine that the deep from the boys would smell like this, just straight ocean, freshness, and seaweed. I don’t know about the performance and all that stuff because I used one spray, and I kept smelling tf outta that one spray and I can’t smell it anymore. I will 100% be getting this if I find it a Burlington or any of those stores, and if I don’t I’ll order it online.

The notes on here are completely wrong. They have the same notes as the original Hawas but just switched around. The notes are as follows. TOP NOTES: Bergamot, Galbanum MIDDLE NOTES: Ginger, Mineral Notes, Salty Notes BASE NOTES: Sandalwood, Cedarwood This is not a safe blind buy if you're not into unique niche style fragrances. I didnt like this one at first but I grew to like it a lot. But it's still one of those fragrances that you have to be in the mood for it to wear it. This a deep underwater aquatic, salty, green, earthy, sun aged wood, fragrance. This is absolutely not for the faint of heart, it's heavy and loud for the first 2 to 3 hours so spray sparingly. The opening is super green, salty, wet sand, and fresh soil which comes off almost "coffee-ish". After about 30 minutes it balances out once it starts to dry down. I get at least 4 hours actual projection and about 8 to 10 hours on skin. This is NOT mass appealing this is an acquired taste. Hope this helps find me on youtube (The Clone Collector)

The notes are very and I mean very wrong, it has some very small similarities to Invictus legend (I really wish it was just a straight up clone of Invictus legend) and Acqua di gio profondo parfum, LV lovers and that scent is mid i dislike it so idk why they would want to add that in here anyway make all of it more green and woody in the opening if you don’t like green fragrances this will not be for you, this is not blind buy safe if possible get a decant or watch lots of reviews (I have a review coming up soon if you want to sub and watch be my guest @benscents), again not bad but also not omg amazing maybe it just needs to sit and macerate for a couple weeks maybe months.

Ok... THIS is exactly what an aquatic scent should be. The end. It isn’t up for debate. Get your noses checked, open your mind, go back to scent preschool and start over because Atlantis is an elite freshie. It almost combines aspects of each hawas here. Beast mode and beautiful. 10/10 HAWAS DOESNT MISS. Edit: bro who followed my review above is an idiot. 🤣 this is completely inaccurate and he must be mental to pick up those “notes.”