Mind Games

United States

Chess-themed extraits de parfum in bottles topped like chess pieces, made with Symrise perfumers; Blockade and French Defense drew Fragrance Foundation notice.

Alex Shalbaf, who runs the New York perfume distributor The Fragrance Group, and his wife Mariana launched Mind Games at Neiman Marcus in September 2022 with ten chess-themed perfumes by Symrise perfumers. Two more collections followed; the group still owns it.

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The Fragrance Group, the New York perfume distributor of its founder Alex Shalbaf; independent. Mind Games makes its own perfumes with Symrise perfumers. Checked October 2026.

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One of its perfumes is here.

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Queening2023 · Extrait de Parfum · UnisexClean cotton, cypress and apple over powdery orris, rum and saffron, drying to whipped vanilla, soft musk and coconut.

Its perfumers here: Christelle Laprade.