Gardez
Gardez by Mind Games is an unisex extrait de parfum from 2022 in the luxury price tier. It opens with apricot and blackberry, moves into iris, sambac jasmine, rosewood and blackcurrant and dries down to leather and cedarwood. Expect around 9 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Apricot Warm, jammy stone fruit. Often hiding inside osmanthus.
- Blackberry Dark, jammy and wine-like. Deeper than most berries.
Heart
- Iris Cool, powdery, slightly carroty and expensive. The luxury note.
- Sambac Jasmine Greener, more tea-like jasmine. Less indolic than grandiflorum.
- Rosewood Soft, rosy wood. Gentle and slightly floral.
- Blackcurrant Tart, dark and slightly catty. Adds bite to florals.
Dry-down
- Leather Smoky, dry and a bit animal. Can be a new jacket or an old saddle.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
Smells like this
- Diptyque Eau Rihla
- Valentino Uomo Intense
- Frédéric Malle Rose & Cuir
- Penhaligon's Iris Prima
- BDK Parfums Bouquet de Hongrie
- Penhaligon's Solaris
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