Amber and citrus open Hawas Highness sharp enough to notice, warm enough to hold. The spice up top does the heavy lifting, keeping it from reading as a straight fruit-and-amber cologne.

It moves into jasmine, rose, and violet at the heart — more floral than most colognes in this price range bother with — then settles into cedarwood, patchouli, and vetiver. Dry, grounded, built to last.

One early reviewer described it as landing between two familiar references, and that tracks: Hawas Highness borrows its amber-citrus spine from Sospiro Vibrato while carrying its own weight in the base.

$45 at Jomashop for 100ml against what a niche house like Sospiro usually charges — that's the whole pitch.