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Grand Master by Mind Games

Mind Games· 2022

Grand Master

8.825Typically ~$500

Opens on blackcurrant, settles into an ebony-floral base.

FloralSmokyOrientalWoodyLeathery

Perfumer: Alexandra Carlin

Scent profile

Top notes

Blackcurrant Peony Rose water

Heart notes

Kona coffee Rosa centifolia Violet

Base notes

Ebony Frankincense

Same DNA, per our similarity engine

Smells similar

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95%

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77%

Summer

56%

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100%

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83%

Night

100%

Where

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73%

Casual

85%

Date

100%

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63%

Formal

94%

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Sport

30%