Rasasi Hawas Venom

Most of the Hawas family is fresh, fruity and built for heat. Hawas Venom is the line's darker turn. Released in 2025 and first seen in the UAE market, this eau de parfum is a smoky incense and leather scent over patchouli and vanilla, closer in mood to a dark oriental than to the aquatic original. Wearers describe it as a masculine vanilla with smoke and leather running through it. Aromatica carries the Rasasi Hawas Venom decant in Bangladesh, so you can meet this side of Hawas without buying the bottle blind.

Fragrance Notes

Top: Incense, Labdanum

Heart: Leather

Base: Incense, Patchouli, Vanilla

Full note breakdown on Fragrantica.

The Scent

It opens with incense and labdanum. The incense is smoky and dry, and labdanum adds a warm, sticky resin. There is no citrus or fresh top here, so the first impression is dark from the start. That alone sets it apart from almost every other Hawas.

The heart is leather, and it arrives quickly. It is a rugged, spicy leather that sits inside the smoke rather than on top of it. Some reviewers sum up this stage as dark spicy leather and smoke, which matches the name. A few also pick up a subtle oud-like tone, though oud is not listed.

The base brings back incense, now with patchouli and vanilla. Patchouli adds an earthy depth, and vanilla softens the smoke into something warmer and rounder. This is where the masculine vanilla description comes from. The drydown feels rich and cosy, with the leather and smoke still present underneath the sweetness.

The structure is short and focused: resin, leather, resin again, with vanilla at the end. Incense appears in both the top and the base, which keeps the smoky theme steady from start to finish. It does not shift into something new halfway through, so what you like in the first hour is what you get all evening. That steadiness suits anyone who wants one clear mood from a scent rather than a long journey.

When to Wear

Hawas Venom is a cool-weather, evening scent. Reviewers are clear that it is not the Hawas for summer, and they point to the fresher flankers for hot days. It suits winter nights, dinners and events, and air-conditioned evenings. Keep it light in humid weather. More dark picks are in the Incense and Smoke collection.

Who Is It For

It suits men who like the Hawas name but want something darker, and anyone who enjoys smoky vanilla and leather at an Arabian price. If you own the original Hawas for daytime, Venom can be the night option. If you want freshness, this is the wrong Hawas. It also suits collectors who already own several Hawas bottles and want one that genuinely smells different, not another fresh rebuild of the same idea.

For another dark Hawas, compare Hawas Viper, and for the aquatic original, see Rasasi Hawas. Browse the full Rasasi collection.

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