Mind Games | Queening | Extrait de Parfum
Queening is a brilliantly sophisticated, comforting fragrance from the luxury house Mind Games, composed by perfumer Christelle Laprade. Taking its inspiration from the ultimate achievement in chess, where a pawn traverses the entire board to be transformed into a powerful queen, the fragrance captures the essence of perseverance, triumph, and regal elegance. It balances a crisp, clean opening of cotton, apple and cypress with a remarkably smooth heart of orris, warmed by rum and saffron. It settles into a velvety, skin-hugging base of whipped vanilla bean, fluffy musk and coconut.
Olfactory Pyramid:
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Top Notes: Clean Cotton Accord, Cypress, Apple
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Heart Notes: Orris, Rum, Saffron
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Base Notes: Whipped Vanilla Bean, Fluffy Musk, Coconut
Vibe: Fluffy-powdery, subtly sweet, clean-musky, and effortlessly serene.
Common Questions
What are the notes in Mind Games Queening? Top: clean cotton accord, cypress and apple. Heart: orris, rum and saffron. Base: whipped vanilla bean, coconut and musk. Composed by Christelle Laprade.
What does Mind Games Queening smell like? Sweet and cushioned rather than sharp. It opens on a clean cotton accord with apple and a green edge of cypress, moves through orris warmed by rum and saffron, and settles into whipped vanilla bean, fluffy musk and a soft thread of coconut. Gourmand, but powdery and soft rather than sticky.
Is Queening feminine? It is classified unisex and the vanilla-and-coconut drydown reads feminine to most noses, which is why it is discussed most often in that context. That is a convention, not a rule: the saffron and cypress keep it from being purely sweet, and plenty of men wear it.
When should I wear it? Cool weather and evenings suit it best. Vanilla, rum and musk are warming materials that suit cold air. In summer heat the sweetness can become a lot.
Should I buy a full bottle without trying it? We would not recommend it. Gourmand sweetness is the most divisive category in fragrance, and this is a 100mL extrait. Take the 1.5mL sample first and wear it twice.
Is Mindgames the same as Mind Games? Yes. The house writes its name as two words, Mind Games.
More from Mind Games: Queenside, Ruy Lopez and Scholars Mate.