Perfume house · 
United States · Since 2022
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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2 of its perfumes are here.
All 2 here
2 perfumes · the best known first
Queening2023 · Extrait de Parfum · Unisex · Luxury $$$$Clean cotton, cypress and apple over powdery orris, rum and saffron, drying to whipped vanilla, soft musk and coconut.No sales evidence yet for the 1 below, so A to Z
Mentor2024 · Extrait de Parfum · UnisexSalted caramel, lemon and dark plum over coffee, cassis and amber resin, settling into sandalwood and tonka bean.Its perfumers here: Christelle Laprade. 1 of its 2 don’t name one yet.