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: Top Notes: Clean Cotton Accord, Cypress, Apple Heart Notes: Orris, Rum, Saffron Base Notes: Whipped Vanilla Bean, Fluffy Musk, Coconut Vibe: Fluffy-powdery, subtly sweet, clean-musky, and effortlessly serene. Common QuestionsWhat 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.More from Mind Games: Knight's Tour, Gambit and Scholars Mate.
