Cheaper alternatives

Cheaper alternatives to Mind Games Scholar's Mate

Scholar's Mate by Mind Games is a masculine-leaning extrait de parfum from 2022 in the luxury price tier. These 4 fragrances cost less and smell close to it.

What to wear instead

• Escentric Molecules Molecule 04 premium · 74% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share mysore sandalwood.
• Masque Milano Alcove niche · 55% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share cardamom, bergamot, grapefruit, mysore sandalwood, fig and cypriol.
• Aesop Above Us, Steorra premium · 54% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share cardamom, bergamot, cinnamon, elemi and cypriol.
• Floraïku What A Day niche · 51% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share cardamom, cinnamon, iris, pimento, vetiver and cypriol.

How these were picked

Ranked by shared notes, counting rare notes for more than the vanilla and musk nearly everything has, and base notes for more than the opening. A price tier is a band (budget, designer, premium, niche, luxury), not an exact price. “Sold as a dupe” means the catalogue records it as an imitation; the rest only match on paper.

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