Rasasi Hawas Dulce Review: A Nutty, Woody Extrait

Rasasi has spent the better part of a decade turning Hawas into one of the most recognizable names in affordable Middle Eastern perfumery. The original Hawas for Him became a global bestseller on the strength of its fresh, fruity-aquatic profile and its aggressive price-to-performance ratio, and the house has since expanded the line in several directions. Hawas Private Dulce, released in 2026, is the sweetest and densest interpretation of the name so far. Officially listed as Hawas Private Dulce and frequently shortened online to Hawas Dulce, the fragrance is an extrait de parfum composed by Benjamin Belizon. It is marketed as unisex, though its nutty-gourmand profile will read as more traditionally masculine to many noses. The note list is unusually rich for the price bracket: hazelnut, pink pepper and passion fruit up top; cacao, jasmine sambac and coconut in the heart; patchouli, vetiver, ambrettolide, tonka bean and caramel at the base. That is a lot of moving parts, and on paper it reads like a designer gourmand at three times the price. In practice, Hawas Private Dulce is a warm, nutty, patchouli-anchored scent that sits somewhere between a hazelnut spread and a dusty, earthy woody. It is not a subtle fragrance, and it is not trying to be. This review covers what is confirmed about the release — notes, accords, perfumer, concentration, pricing and the current Fragrantica community rating — along with a clear-eyed look at how it wears.