2 clones found

01Maison AlhambraAquilo

Aquilo

by Maison Alhambra

● Top pickHigh match

~$18–30

02Dua FragrancesEthereal Sea

Ethereal Sea

by Dua Fragrances

Moderate match

~$33

The 2005 Jacques Cavallier original opens on bright mandarin, orange and petitgrain over its signature marine heart — posidonia seaweed, clary sage and a touch of lavender/cotton flower — drying to a clean woody-amber base of Virginia cedar and patchouli; it reads as a salty, green oceanic scent whose main knocks are modest longevity and quiet projection. Its clone landscape is real but narrow: the community consensus centers overwhelmingly on Maison Alhambra Aquilo, a near-1:1 EDP that copies the pyramid outright and is repeatedly tagged in YouTube and Fragrantica discussion as 'the Bvlgari Aqva clone,' trading only a little longevity for a fraction of the price. Beyond Aquilo the field thins out to oil/impression houses — Dua Fragrances' Ethereal Sea is the credible one (an explicit Aqva Pour Homme inspiration from a well-regarded house) — while most other 'inspired by Aqva' listings are unbranded aggregator products or actually target the flankers (Atlantiqve, Amara) rather than the original. Confidence is moderate: Aquilo is solidly vetted, but the second tier rests more on house product pages than on deep independent thread consensus, and this scent is genuinely under-cloned relative to Bvlgari's better-known aquatics.