Rasasi Hawas Nautilus

The Hawas line began as a fresh aquatic, and Hawas Nautilus returns to the sea, but in a drier, more woody way. Released in 2026, it is a marine woody scent with only six notes: ambergris and sea water, cypress and cedar, then driftwood and sand. It is built around the open sea and the shore rather than sweetness or heavy amber. Aromatica carries the Rasasi Hawas Nautilus decant in Bangladesh, so you can smell the Hawas coastline before buying a bottle.

Fragrance Notes

Top: Ambergris, Sea Water

Heart: Cypress, Cedar

Base: Driftwood, Sand

Full note breakdown on Fragrantica.

The Scent

It opens with sea water and ambergris. The sea note is salty and mineral, and ambergris adds a soft, musky warmth underneath. Some wearers notice musk right in the opening. It is clean and airy, without the fruit or sugar found in many modern aquatics.

The heart is cypress and cedar. Cypress gives a green, slightly resinous freshness, like coastal pine, and cedar adds a dry woody backbone. This is where Nautilus turns from sea to shore, and it starts to feel more aromatic and woody.

The base is driftwood and sand. Driftwood is a pale, sun-bleached wood note, and sand gives a warm, slightly powdery texture. One reviewer thinks the powdery facet they notice is the sand note. The finish feels warm and earthy while staying clean.

Reviewers compare it with Xerjoff 40 Knots, while noting that Nautilus does its own thing. One smells a bay-rum-like tone, and another gets almost no marine feel at all, so skin makes a difference here. The structure is simple, which makes it easy to wear, but also means it does not change much over the day.

Within the Hawas family, that dryness is the key point. The original and most of its flankers lean on fruit, candy freshness or sweet amber. Nautilus leaves all of that out. It is closer to a walk along a beach than a sweet summer cocktail, which makes it feel calmer and more grown-up than the scents it shares a name with.

When to Wear

Hawas Nautilus is a warm-weather, daytime scent. It suits Dhaka summers, casual days, outdoor plans and trips to the coast. It is clean enough for daytime office wear with a light hand. More ideas are in the Aquatic and Ozonic collection.

Who Is It For

It suits men who want a fresh, dry sea scent without the sweetness of most Hawas flankers. It is a good pick for anyone who likes woody aquatics and wants something simple for summer. If you want the fruity candy freshness of the original Hawas, Nautilus is drier than that. Collectors who own several Hawas flankers will find it one of the few that genuinely changes direction, trading sugar for salt and wood. It is also a good travel scent, easy to wear on a long day without feeling heavy.

Compare it with the original Rasasi Hawas and the icy Hawas Ice. Browse the full Rasasi collection.

Available as an authentic decant in Bangladesh at Aromatica in 5ml, 9ml, and 15ml.