Dua Queen of Chess vs Mind Games Queening

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Thank you to

for sending me a sample of Dua Queen if Chess, so I could do this side by side.

These open up extremely close in both scent profile and strength. I literally have to close my eyes and constantly go back and forth to tell the difference. The first 5 minutes, Dua just has ever so slight and I mean slight, apple shower gel touch to it, but you can only tell if you put your nose into, close your eyes and no distractions around you, so let's just say the opening is a 1:1.

Going into the mid, about 15 minutes, the powdery orris and rum come into play on both. Apple fades on both and the itsy bitsy teeny weeny shower gel note on the Dua is gone. At about the 20 min mark, the saffron in Dua makes an appearance and Mind Games shows up about a minute later, which is interesting, because I did spray on the Dua first. So even the transitional time line between the 2 are parallel.

Into the dry down the powdery orris sticks around longer and lil bit stronger with the Dua for a few minutes longer than the OG. Vanilla, coconut and soft musk come to the party.and about 45 min in the powdery orris drop to the same level as Mind Games. They are now back to a 1:1 and stays that way.

At one point I did question if

@Jeffrey Conyers

sent me a sample of the OG to trick me😂

Final thoughts - This is a beautiful soft, cuddle with your SA, 3rd date, and/or bedtime scent. So far Dua has nailed it with the Mind Games. Dua is at $33 for 34ml (no sale) and I picked up Mind Games Queening tester at $179 for 100ml. If you don't care about the bottle, Dua is the clear winner, even if you get it at regular price. For me, I have 2 other Mind Games, French Defense and Grand Master, I am more than happy to add this one to my collection, for the price I scored it at, thanks again to

@Ben E

for thinking of me when he found the sale.

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