The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Star Glow launched in 2025 for Hawk Perfumes. Its idea is immediately legible: radiance doesn't have to mean sweetness. Lemon, saffron, and Styrax create a bright, spiced opening, while rose, jasmine, iris, and ylang-ylang bring a polished floral heart. Sandalwood, White Musk, Ambroxan, and patchouli turn that brightness into something weightier and more tactile. Hawk's official description also places white amber, oud, vetiver, and leather around the composition. The result is a fragrance built around contrast, pairing luminous florals with resinous spice, clean musk, dry woods, and deeper notes that give the opening more depth as it develops.
What makes Star Glow distinctive is the meeting of airy and muscular materials. Iso E Super gives the opening a clear, translucent quality, while Styrax and saffron bring resinous heat. The heart then opens into a floral sequence led by rose and jasmine, softened by iris and sharpened by ylang-ylang. Apple adds a crisp, luminous edge to that floral center. Beneath it, White Musk and Ambroxan create a smooth, skin-like trail, while sandalwood and patchouli add dry wood and earth. The top notes lend freshness, but the composition steadily gathers spice, floral texture, and woody depth.
The evolution
Star Glow begins with lemon, saffron, and Styrax, a combination that moves from brightness into warmth, resin, and spice. The opening feels almost polished, like sunlight on stone, yet it never becomes simply fresh. As the fragrance develops, the floral heart comes forward. Rose and jasmine supply softness and body, iris keeps the center composed, and ylang-ylang adds a creamy, exotic tilt. Apple keeps the arrangement from turning too lush, giving it a fresh edge that survives beneath the petals. Then the composition settles into its deeper center. White Musk and Ambroxan smooth the transition, while sandalwood and patchouli bring dry warmth and a faint earthy depth. The floral notes do not vanish completely, but they become a rose-like trace woven into the woods. The scent moves from luminous spice and polished petals toward soft leather, musk, and warm timber.
Cultural impact
Star Glow brings together a varied set of fragrance notes in a composition built around contrast. Lemon, saffron, and Styrax establish a bright, spiced opening, while rose, jasmine, iris, and ylang-ylang create a polished floral heart. Apple keeps that floral center from becoming overly lush, and the combination of White Musk, Ambroxan, sandalwood, and patchouli gives it a dry, musky foundation. Additional notes associated with the composition include white amber, oud, vetiver, and leather, adding further depth around the floral and woody core.
The House
Hawk PerfumesHawk Perfumes is an Omani fragrance house founded in Muscat in 2021. The brand draws its name from the hawk, a bird admired for its poise and power, and translates that image into a line of modern scents. Its catalogue includes a series of 2025 releases such as Cazar, Bakhur Leather, Sarab, Royal Oud, Dun, Star Glow, Beyond Love, Miran, Deep Incense and Noble. Each fragrance is presented as a compact, travel‑friendly bottle that invites the wearer to explore the aromatic heritage of Oman while staying rooted in contemporary design.
The Creator
Marzia TissinoHer method transforms mood boards into olfactory form, capturing atmosphere and emotion before selecting materials. Tissino favors bold contrasts and layered complexity, allowing compositions to reveal themselves gradually over time on skin.
