Hawas Malibu

The fragrance opens with a vibrant combination of fruity sweetness and bright citrus, accompanied by a subtle animalic undertone. The fruitiness creates an inviting introduction, while the animalic nuance adds an interesting contrast, giving the opening a slightly more complex character. At around 15 minutes, the fragrance maintains its sweet, fruity, and citrus-driven personality, but the initial animalic undertone has faded. The composition becomes smoother and more approachable, allowing the refreshing fruitiness to take center stage. By 30 minutes, a prominent pineapple accord becomes the defining characteristic of the fragrance, delivering a rich, juicy sweetness. Subtle amber and floral undertones begin to emerge, adding warmth and softness while complementing the vibrant citrus-fruity character. At around 60 minutes, the pineapple remains dominant, now accompanied by a warm combination of musky amber and vanilla. The amber introduces depth, while the vanilla adds a smooth, creamy sweetness. The musk provides a subtle softness, creating a more rounded and balanced composition.

Absolute banger! I held off on purchasing Malibu because I already own tropical, but this one is sooo good and is different enough to justify owning both. If you're debating between tropical and malibu, I'd recommend malibu over tropical unless you really want a coconut forward scent. Malibu is easily a top 3 from hawas and I own almost every single men's hawas. I would say this is blind buy safe. Scent profile is 9/10, this projects hard for a solid 5 hours and lasts a good 10 to 12 hours before it's a skin scent. The bottle looks great too. I don't get the powdery dry down other have mentioned. I get a nice musky dry down with lavender, tonka bean and some grapefruit from the opening. Highly recommend hawas Malibu

Got this sprayette from scentwithsense.com There are tons of tropical fruity scents out there, but what separated this one from the pack is the orris. Some of these scents, like Francesca Bianchis “Luxe Calm Volupte”, overdo the citric notes to the point of screaming screechiness tossing in ylang ylang and yuzu. Others like Clive Christian’s “1872” go bonkers on the florals. Still others overshoot on sweetness with caramel and sugars. For me these scents don’t work at all without iris/orris anchoring the boat, and the ones that go full on fruit basket and jelly beans like Armaf’s “Arabian Sky”,come off like scents for kids. This scent doesn’t make those mistakes.

Ok, ok, ok. For over a year or two I've owned the OG Le Beau Le Parfum and Khadlaj Island. I had always thought Khadlaj Island was the closest and best dupe out there. I was wrong. Hawas Malibu I one beast of a scent that is so close to the OG. It's performance is top notch and yes, a beast of a performer. I'm wearing it to work today and the scent is making me feel like I'm on a tropical island covered in great smelling sunscreen drinking some pineapple and coconut drink while swinging in a hammock. It is good I waited so long to get this one because I waited until the price was just right.

Tested 1ml and overall, I love it. Since it is a bottle color / look and scent profile from the JPG line of nice products, I may eventually get this instead of JPG, to save money. I am also testing the Tropical scent, which I favour more for the Spring & Summer, a sweeter, bursting scent of tropical fruit. This is a good scent for office and for me it has a nice mix of lavender, grapefruit, and pineapple with a light musky dry down - not as fruity as Tropical, which also has coconut and lasts much longer for me. I can see getting a bottle eventually, due to its nice and unique smell.