Mind Games
French Defense
French Defense is a cherry and amber fragrance for women and men from Mind Games, launched in 2023. It opens with cherry, violet leaves and chamomile, settles into rose and geranium and dries down to amber, blonde woods and cedarwood.
Top Notes
CherryViolet LeavesChamomile
Heart Notes
RoseGeraniumMimosa
Base Notes
AmberBlonde WoodsCedarwood
Accords
cherry· Dominantamber· Dominantsweet· Prominentrose· Prominentwoody· Moderateozonic· Moderatepowdery· Moderateherbal· Moderatefloral· Moderatearomatic· Moderate
Best Clone
The best clone of Mind Games French Defense is New York the City of Dreams by Lattafa, with a 80% accuracy score.
Community Insights
★ 4.4 from 1.7K ratingsWhat people who wear Mind Games French Defense report, based on votes and reviews from a large fragrance community. Created by Christelle Laprade.
Main accords
cherry
amber
sweet
rose
woody
ozonic
powdery
herbal
Longevity
Very weak2%
Weak3%
Moderate29%
Long lasting59%
Eternal7%
Sillage
Intimate5%
Moderate58%
Strong35%
Enormous2%
Who wears it
Female7%
More female12%
Unisex58%
More male21%
Male2%
Listed as Unisex
Day or night
Day
Night
Value for money
Way overpriced37%
Overpriced41%
Ok18%
Good value3%
Great value1%
People say it reminds them of
Banana Republic Dark Cherry & Amber 111Lattafa Perfumes New York the City of Dreams 58Clive Christian Jump Up And Kiss Me Hedonistic (2021) 31Houbigant Ambre Rubis 20
What people like
- Non-cloying juicy cherry profile
- Smooth high-quality blending
- Versatile for office and date nights
- Realistic prominent black cherry note
What people dislike
- Extremely high price point
- Risky blind buy due to cost
- Performance doesn't justify the price
- Smells like cherry Kool-Aid or candy
What wearers say
“Delicious juicy black cherry opening, realistic cherry note which is also the perfect sweetness. Dries down into a beautiful amber-rose-dried cherry type thing, one of my favorite frags i’ve ever tried. Darker, more masculine, better version of Lost Cherry and Electric Cherry with a beautiful twist. Got it today so can’t be for sure about performance but I got 2 compliments about 4 hours after spraying it and it lasted on skin through 2 showers and a gym session, so i’d say long lasting and decent projection. Best mind games by FAR and I personally own 3. 11/10.”
“I smelled this fragrance over a year ago in Chicago, and my friends and I loved it. I found a bottle this summer, and it is my all time favorite scent. For all of you concerned about performance for the price, it has very good performance for a mind games fragrance. It lasts about 6 hours on my skin, and a day on my clothes.”
“Smells like Michael Malul quality. Not a compliment. Smells like a cherry candy. Needs tobacco. Missing something maybe even cinnamon. 3/5. Unisex. Doesn’t smell like something worth more than $80. I got annoyed of the smell after 40 minutes. Up close it has a bubblegummy smell.”
