Every Fragrance and Clone Release of 2026 (So Far)

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]There have been and there are so many new releases coming out and this is the video where you're going to get every single one of them. But because we're going through I would say about 20, we're going to blast through them relatively quickly. I'm going to narrow it down to what it smells like, how good it is, where I would recommend it, etc. And so let's start off with a designer release. This is Aaro Forever Wanted Absolute. And this smells nothing like Aaro Forever Wanted, the original. And in fact, it's much more of like this ambery, sexy, sweet, and even earthy undertone. And initially I was super excited about it. I was like, "Damn, this smells really good." Until I made a connection and never forgot it since then. This is remarkably close to something like Leol Elixir. And I think it has something to do with the lavender and the tonkab bean. It has a powdery aspect that kind of reminds me of like Lola Parfam, but it's not anything brand new, boys. And it's kind of crazy because I was reading a lot of the reviews and people were saying the best one, etc. I'm not saying it's not, but it definitely reminds me of the Lal DNA.

[00:00:54]It's still pretty good. I wouldn't say it's the best one, but it definitely is better than the Forever Wanted Elixir because that even in itself was a lot more oriental. The raspberry, saffron, and leather. Not many people really gravitated towards that. So, yes, for those who grab the Forever Wanted, you're going to like this one more. The performance for this one is 8 plus hours. It'll last on clothing. It's one of the longer lasting performing ones.

[00:01:14]Also, I'd wear this for dates. I'd wear this signature scent for cooler weathers. It'll work for multitude of different seasons. Is it worth it? If you really like Lal DNA, I would say yes. I mean, there's nothing bad to say about this except for the fact that it reminds me of Lal Elixir. Still, it's not that bad. Speaking of which, Rifts came out with this. It's called Gladius.

[00:01:32]This is sorry, Nusuk, which is a sister company. This one has that saffron, raspberry, and leather DNA that the original Forever Wanted. It does. The one thing that I will say, it's not as crystallized, not as metallic. It doesn't necessarily smell exactly the same, but it is absolutely the closest thing. I think there was about three other inspirations or twists of it.

[00:01:50]Nothing gets this close. It's very good quality. Actually, better than I even remember it from initial impression. It makes it make more sense when people feel like that was a scent that wasn't really worth it at $130 or $90 or harder to get into, I should say. It makes it a lot easier for you to be able to try it.

[00:02:07]You can absolutely get more of an idea and potentially even replace the Forever Wanted Elixir because of the quality of this one. I haven't tested this for performance yet. This is just an overview of everything that's coming out. For most part, a lot of these I have. This one, all I can tell you is that the quality is an A+. It's the closest thing to it and it could potentially even replace it if it lasts and it continues to perform the way that it does right now. Two from Lee that I've been experimenting with. This is called Elixir. Lee elixir. A lot of you guys already know about this one. It kind of smells like that Creed Aventus DNA with a lot more wet woods and oak moss. What this is actually really close to is Dontelerio or Andros is better than this. It has a musky old man smell in the backdrop or like a man who wore the same shirt for too many days. You know that musk smell? This has that.

[00:02:53]Cario oros doesn't. It's richer in the fruits, but the scents are like literally damn near the same. Okay, but is just better. Performance is good, but the trade-off is that musk. Now, this one, man, is pretty damn nice. This place me in the vein of like a sport style of scent with a little bit more of a classical vibe. Instead of using iris, there's the note of jasmine. And the performance for this is not anything to run home about either. It's like a 5-hour performing fragrance at best. But still, whenever I smell this, man, it does put me in the Dior Sport vein. And it smells pretty nice. From Maison, this is called Vanilla Aura. A lot of hype, a lot of traction was around this. I gave it some time before, you know, I made a video, etc. This is the closest to Veni Planopologia, which I paid $650 for, which is absolutely ridiculous, and it's definitely worthy of the hype. I mean, this is as close as you're going to get to something like that. And considering the the price gap of 500 bucks, this is worth it every single time. It's a very strong and diffusive at the same time powdery style of vanilla. Personally, to me, has like this suede style of texture. Beautiful in the air. For the performance, this is 10 plus hour scent.

[00:04:04]It's not going anywhere on clothing and it's actually remarkable how close this one gets for the price point. Ahmed has been dropping some scents. This one's called Prometheus the Moon series and I'm not a fan. This is one of a flop that I haven't honestly I haven't seen them do a flop in a while, but I'm just not feeling this man. It smells like an older fragrance. I feel like a lot of people might still enjoy this. It reminds me of like Nautica Voyage, just stronger. Like Nautica Voyage times 2.

[00:04:33]Speaking of which, this is an extrate and it's a 44% oil. Honestly, the more that it dries down, the better it gets.

[00:04:40]I think it's just the opening. I think that a lot of people for the right price will be very satisfied with this.

[00:04:44]Nautica Voyage at 44% is absolutely outrageous. I'm just not the most in love with it. And you guys should know that. Nuk also released this one. It's called Rakam. And Rakam is this very fresh aquatic and woody scent. There's what smells like this salty aquatic in the backbone as well. Kind of placing me in the vein of what Aquade Dehjo or Parfam meets some like is Miyaki vibes and it's a really damn good one.

[00:05:07]Definitely more towards the issiyaki but potent. For the most part is myyaki fragrances were very light and they didn't really last that long and I don't suspect that this will give you more than about 6 hours especially considering the fact that it's pretty light but it doesn't smell cheap and that's what I love about this one. Nuk has really been and I'm telling you guys from like a back standpoint focusing on quality of their oils and also performance because once upon a time they had good fragrances but the performance was not really the best. I think that we can really see where they started to shift is when they dominated the fragrance moment by riffs and that is such a beautiful saffron sugar and rose this one aquatic and fresh yuka signature scent this if you like fragrances like Dolce Gabbat light blue this one seems to have a bit more body but it's definitely in that vein. Rahan is coming through with some hot ass drops, too. And they're only getting better and better. This is Wolf by Rahan, the newest release. And I can't believe that where we came from, Imperia, right? Like the Aventus Inspo that a lot of people I don't know, bro.

[00:06:06]I loved that It is what it is. But now we're at Wolf. And what this smells like is this ambery praline along with this cardamom and some aromatic that's sexy crisp and it smells like Azaro the most wanted intense but jamier more citrusy stronger. I cannot believe that for this is the fourth time I've smelled this.

[00:06:28]Okay, the fourth time. I'm still testing but up until now every single time I've done comparisons side by side in the opening especially in the opening three times out of three I favored Wolf. So that's where I'm at. Moving into Ahmedabi. This is another one that they dropped. They've dropped quite a few.

[00:06:42]This is called Duluk. And my god, it's another if you're into Middle Eastern rude, authentic smelling that you're going to personally love. I do feel like we're getting in a territory where it's like, all right, we've smelled this DNA.

[00:06:55]You're known for this DNA. If it continues, it might get a little bit too much, but it's still fantastic. Oh my god, bro. It smells aged. It smells rich. It's anim animalistic, but in the best of best qualities. It has an incensey aromatic backbone that also has that really amber and rich Indian oud that has the backyard of a barnyardy effect, something animalistic which gives it what it smells like authenticity. I've been spraying this in the room whenever I'm burning oud or bakur. This is the one that I'm also complimenting it with from Paco. This is 1 Million Elixir. Yeah, you guys, this is so damn good. This one has like a maple syrup and that's basically the most of what I remember. But that citrus mandarin with the maple syrup and cinnamon. And what this reminds me of is like a re-release of their best flanker done more modern and gourmandi. The pree. The cinnamon and the maple syrup makes it smell like prebe just without the tobacco. There's some earthy undertones to this. This is a 10 out of 10. It actually is like mouthwateringly good. Wear it for dates, wear it for special occasions or even like going out, a night out. Where something like Duke, you definitely have to wear it for special occasions. Something like wolf can be night outs but dates but because of its potency also you can wear this one wherever you're going to impress and you're this is going to project more than the most wanted easily. All right going back to riffs they've now released their version of the parody the angel share parody. This is a prime example of showing how they've increased also with their quality and it's still a pretty good take. There are some differences between this and the original. But if you're still looking for a take and you like the house of riffs or it's more accessible, it's definitely deserving of being there.

[00:08:33]Main difference is the tart nature of that fruity raspberry isn't as effervescent, isn't as popping as you'll find in a lot of the other inspos or even the parody. Okay, still a good take. I've been spraying this around the house and spraying on my clothing. It lasts for a good amount of time, but I can't give you guys like a definitive answer for performance for now. Another one from Rahan is called Nocturno Elixir and this is their take on Blue Day Chanel Lexusifi. It's a good one. We also now have four of those and I think there's one coming out by another brand too, bro. It's kind of crazy to me where it's like, "Oh, wow. That's so damn good." You can't deny it, right? Like, it's good. I love the fragrance itself.

[00:09:09]So, there's no way I'm going to smell it if it's good quality and not say that.

[00:09:13]It's strong. It's rich. One of the more ambery ones. But if you want to know which one's best, you guys just have to stay tuned and subscribe for the Clone War. And I'm waiting for that one more to come through and then I'll tell you guys. And in the Clone War, there isn't one definitive winner, right? Like we'll tell you which one gets closest. We'll give you all the breakdowns, the values, the performances, and we'll do it like that and let you guys be ultimately the decision maker as to which one you get.

[00:09:35]You want the closest, you want the most performing, you want the best twist. And that's how we structure it uh moving forward. But what I will say is this is the most ambery rich version of it. Oh man, it's the sexiest version of it, but you do lose some of the fresh aspects.

[00:09:47]Maybe we'll have to test it, but damn, that's good. All right. Now, Mason also just released this. It's called Maestro.

[00:09:53]On first impression, it was kind of surprising. I hadn't really smelled anything like this. It's a jammy tart style of fruits. At first, I thought it might have been raspberry, but it turns out to be black currant. There's black currant, there's ambers, what smells like this almond booze effect, which is amordedo and rum. And then as it dries down, you get some aromatics and woods.

[00:10:14]And oh my god, this is so niche. Long lasting on skin, I got 6 hours, I would say. And on clothing, easily to the next day. And this is, it took me a while, but really close to Saspiro's il padrino. This is not a common scent profile, man. a jammy style of black currants that you just basically turned into a jam. Literally, you made it even more of like this syrupy style of fruits because of the ambers that's also included, a vanilla undertone to it that's kind of creamy. And you basically douse all of that in this amordo and rum. You have to be careful with the trigger if you're going to make that into like a date night fragrance because most people who are thinking sexy and ambery are going to make it into dates, but just make sure you're not spraying it more than like three to four times. I wouldn't necessarily spray any more than that, especially for dates. Another one from Ahmed Mabi is this one and it's a remake of their flagship cough except this one is Raf or no not remake. It's just another one of in this bottle. Raf smells like Castly but stronger. If you're going to spray this on and you thought that cough was strong, you have to be careful because don't spray this on more than four times. Super strong, potent style of musky, peppery woods with a mildly clean and soapy undertone. I would personally say that this is richer, has more body, and deeper scent than even Castly. When you compare them side by side, this one just has more going for it. I mean, there is a nice aspect to the lightness of the Castle, but even altogether, whenever I smell the fragrance, I've always veered towards going for this one. I haven't really done too much more than maybe about two wears for this scent. So, I haven't really finalized all of my thoughts in comparison to why I think it's better exactly, but I can tell you now that it's a beautiful scent. It's doing a similar vibe but stronger and it lasts the entire day. You have to be careful with the projection because this isn't one of those scents where you touch the atomizer and it's going to be on your hand the entire day. And when it comes to value, that's amazing. On the other side of the spectrum, they also did something that's citrine, a little bit older. This is their take on this fizzy style of fresh mango along with this ambery dry down and woods. It smells like God of fire. I wasn't expecting Citrine because they usually do their own twists and their inspirations and things like that and usually they don't follow trends and it's been a while since God of Fire, but they do have a pretty good track record for strength and this one is considered a 44% concentration. I haven't worn it yet. I'm already over the God of Fire and I'm sure a lot of you guys feel like that. But if you're not and if you're one who's just discovering the fragrance, then there's a you know what, why don't you let me know down in the comments section how you feel about that. Another one that they came out with Ahmed is on a run right now, you guys. This is called blush noir and it comes after the rose noir, right? The creamy strawberry and rose scent. This is much different. This smells like you took a musky rose, right? That's very light, diffusive, and airy, but you injected it with that marge DNA which has this aromatic incensey rose water vibe. And that's kind of what this one does. And for that reason, I really think it's unisex, just having some tinges of what smells pretty feminine coming from the rose and the clean white muskado vibe. But other than that, it's new. but familiar if that makes any sense. Still the quality is amazing and I mean as you guys can see look at the dent only has been two weeks and yeah it's it's pretty much gone. This the women in my life just they love this fragrance. On the opposite side they came out with cough pink and they're not too crazy about this one but I find that it's pretty unique. I haven't smelled aquatic freshies for women. This is a salt fresh fragrance with some style of pink roses or pink florals. And I think that that's why most of the women in my life at least they like the oudy vibes.

[00:13:44]But if you like salty aquatic fresh, you know, the only one that I can think of is what? Divine I think by JPG, then you may enjoy this one. Okay, I'm not saying that it smells anything like that, but that's the family of fragrances that it treads in. And as you guys can see, we have done so many damn fragrances. I tried to power through these giving you guys essential information. And forgive me if I skipped one or two, but there's just too many fragrances for us to cover. And no no cap, giving you guys the honest truth as to what's coming out. There's one more that I forgot over here. This one is called Rifts Villoce. And this is Angel Share on the Rocks is what it smells like.

[00:14:17]Now, this is one that is going to make it to the Clone War. I will be comparing it with like Obsidian. There's a couple of other inspirations, but I can tell you guys right now off the bat, this is beautiful. Okay, Angel Share on Ice is okay. I will say that holy smokes, that's strong. God, I will say that the other inspiration I tried, I didn't really like. Something about the pines or the ambers that was in that fragrance specifically went sour on my skin and I thought that it was just the fragrance overall. But then more recently, I tried the angel share on ice in itself on skin a couple more times and even this one and it didn't do that. So, with that being said, this is so damn good. This is a good way to get a snapshot of where perfumes are today. And this is a good idea to find out of the latest niche, designers, and all that stuff. This week alone, I just grabbed the entire discovery set for the Aqua Dearma Fresh Collection. So, we're not keeping it to just niche or designers or Middle Eastern. We're doing them all. And this is that video that gets repeated every single week to find out whether or not your favorite fragrances or what seems like it may become the best release of all time is actually worth it. breaking it down into an objective and also giving you my subjective opinions for each one of these. I hope you guys enjoyed watching this video. Make sure to leave a like and share this video with anyone you think might enjoy or benefit from seeing all these fragrances in one place. Doing research, it takes a lot of time, effort to really find every single one of these. And the goal of this video was to help you in any way.

[00:15:45]And I hope we did exactly that. My name is Ne. Thank you guys so much for watching. I'll see you in the next video. Peace.