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the one you wantMind Games QueeningUSD 395, 100 ml
smells like it, for lessDua Fragrances Queen Of The Chessprice varies, 34 ml

Smells like Mind Games Queening.

4 bottles the community rates close to Queening, with the one thing each does differently. vanilla, powdery, sweet, unisex.

Scent overlap

Both bottles' accords, strongest at the top, facing each other. A bar joined through the middle is one they share.

Mind Games Queening5 accords
4of 5 accords shared, 80%
Dua Fragrances Queen Of The Chess4 accords
not listed

Notes of Queening

What Mind Games publishes. Black means Dua Fragrances Queen Of The Chess shares the note.

Top

  • clean cotton accord
  • cypress
  • apple

Heart

  • orris
  • rum
  • saffron

Base

  • whipped vanilla bean
  • musk
  • coconut

Notes of Queen Of The Chess

What Dua Fragrances publishes. Black means Queening shares the note.

The house has not published a note list for this bottle; the accords above come from its own description.

The 4 worth trying, ranked

Similarity is the owners' vote plus the note overlap. Price is a typical US bottle price when the house publishes one. Bars are each match's own accords.

No. 1
Queen Of The Chess
Dua Fragrances, EDP, 34 ml
86similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
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Where it differs: Queen Of The Chess comes across slightly sweeter than Queening and owners say it lasts longer, while keeping the crisp freshness, warm spice and soft gourmand finish.

Buy Queening ifChoose Queening if you want the airier, effervescent original.
Buy Queen Of The Chess ifChoose Queen Of The Chess if you like it a touch sweeter and longer-lasting.
No. 2
The Grand Move
Mod Fragrances
78similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
shares 1 of 9 notes
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Where it differs: The Grand Move centers on vanilla, orris root and musk, so it reads more powdery and less boozy than Queening, with little of the apple and rum lift.

Buy Queening ifPick Queening if you want the rum and apple sparkle.
Buy The Grand Move ifPick The Grand Move if you prefer a powdery orris-vanilla skin scent.
No. 3
Zenith
Riiffs
75similar, well documented, inspired by it
shares 2 of 9 notes
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Where it differs: Zenith leans on creamy coconut and vanilla and drops Queening's effervescent sparkle, so it smells like a plush body cream with weaker projection and shorter longevity.

Buy Queening ifGet Queening if you want the sparkling cotton-and-rum lift.
Buy Zenith ifGet Zenith if you want a soft, office-friendly creamy vanilla.
No. 4
Signature
Montblanc, EDP
58similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
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Where it differs: Montblanc Signature shares Queening's soft vanilla-musk feel but lacks the rum, saffron and apple sparkle, so it smells simpler, cleaner and more office-safe.

Buy Queening ifGo for Queening if you want saffron and rum depth.
Buy Signature ifGo for Signature if you want an easy, inexpensive vanilla-musk.

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Side by side, the way people actually decide

Two bottles, two prices, one honest sentence. Every match on the site has this card.

Read about Dua Fragrances Queen Of The Chess
Mind Games Queening
USD 395, 100 ml
Dua Fragrances Queen Of The Chess
price varies, 34 ml
86 similar. Queen Of The Chess comes across slightly sweeter than Queening and owners say it lasts longer, while keeping the crisp freshness, warm spice and soft gourmand finish.

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