{"product_id":"v728-566992-mind-games-as-sulis-diamond","title":"As-Suli's Diamond","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eMind Games As-Suli's Diamond Extrait de Parfum\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFig leaf, mandarin Madagascar, bergamot, ylang-ylang Madagascar, broom flower, tonka bean, incense, opoponax, amberwood, and myrrh — the Artisan Collection's most Middle Eastern-coded and most resinous composition, created by the legendary perfumer Annick Menardo: an exotic, smoky, fruity-floral-incense that earns \"an intricate composition with substantial sillage and up to 10 hours of longevity\" from its most devoted reviewers and \"this takes you on a journey to an exotic place and time\" from the house itself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\"As-Suli\" was a 10th-century master chess player in the Abbasid Caliphate, considered the greatest of his age. His \"diamond\" was a specific endgame puzzle that stumped chess masters for centuries. The fragrance built around his legend is the collection's most explicitly Middle Eastern and most resinously ambitious composition — Annick Menardo, whose career credits include Lolita Lempicka (the defining iris-violet gourmand of the 1990s), chose fig leaf, ylang-ylang, and broom flower as the floral-fruity bridge over a resinous base of incense, opoponax, and myrrh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe fig leaf and mandarin orange opening is simultaneously fruity and slightly sharp — the fig leaf providing green, slightly milky sharpness; Madagascar mandarin adding warm citrus sweetness; bergamot contributing clean brightness. Ylang-ylang arrives in the heart as the composition's most dramatically polarizing note: warm, slightly tropical, and narcotic in the specific way of quality ylang-ylang that has been properly sourced from Madagascar — the world's premium ylang-ylang origin. Broom flower adds slightly smoky, slightly honey-adjacent depth. Tonka bean provides warm sweetness. The incense, opoponax, and myrrh base is the composition's most ambitious and most rewarding chapter: opoponax (sweet myrrh) is warm, balsamic, and slightly sweet; incense is sacred rather than harsh; myrrh adds resinous depth. The combination earns \"extraordinarily mystical scent profile of the Near East\" and \"10 hours of longevity\" from Parfumo's most experienced reviewer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003e🔺 The Scent Pyramid\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(0–20 min)\u003c\/em\u003e Fig Leaf · Mandarin Madagascar · Bergamot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe opening is fruity-green and immediately unusual. Fig leaf sharpness alongside warm mandarin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeart Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(20 min–2 hrs)\u003c\/em\u003e Ylang-Ylang Madagascar · Broom Flower · Tonka Bean\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eYlang-ylang is the composition's most distinctive material — warm, narcotic, and deeply polarizing. Broom flower adds slightly smoky warmth. Tonka bean provides sweet depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(2 hrs and beyond)\u003c\/em\u003e Incense · Opoponax · Amberwood · Myrrh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe base is the composition's most ambitious chapter — warm, balsamic, resinous, and genuinely Middle Eastern in character. Opoponax is sweet myrrh. Incense is sacred and warm. Myrrh adds depth. Longevity: up to 10 hours; good sillage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eWhat it smells like on skin:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe fig-mandarin opening is fruity and slightly sharp. Ylang-ylang transforms the heart into a warm, slightly narcotic-floral character. The opoponax-incense-myrrh base is the most richly resinous and most deeply beautiful chapter. Fall and winter; evenings; for collectors who want the house's most explicitly Middle Eastern and most resinously ambitious entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eWhy Collectors Keep Reaching For It:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e🔮 \u003cstrong\u003eFig leaf, ylang-ylang, opoponax, incense, and myrrh — the Artisan Collection composition by Annick Menardo that earns \"an extraordinary and mystical scent profile of the Near East\" from experienced niche reviewers: the most explicitly Middle Eastern-coded, most resinously ambitious, and most genuinely unusual composition in the Mind Games founding collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e🌙 \u003cstrong\u003e\"An intricate composition with substantial sillage and up to 10 hours of longevity, where warm resinous elements in affinity with the exotic flowers create an extraordinary and mystical scent profile\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — the reviewer's summary that earns As-Suli's Diamond its most distinguished placement in the collection's performance hierarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e🔍 \u003cstrong\u003eAuthenticated and independently sourced.\u003c\/strong\u003e Same Mind Games extrait. Below retail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e💸 \u003cstrong\u003eBelow retail on the most resinously ambitious and most Middle Eastern-coded composition in the Mind Games Artisan Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e — As-Suli's Diamond at below-retail pricing makes Annick Menardo's exotic incense-opoponax-myrrh accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e⚡ \u003cstrong\u003eFall and winter evenings — not blind-buy safe — ylang-ylang is the decisive factor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho actually buys this:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oriental and Middle Eastern fragrance devotees who want Annick Menardo's resinous-floral-incense interpretation in the Mind Games context. Collectors who've worked through the Artisan Collection and find the opoponax-myrrh base of As-Suli's Diamond the most genuinely distinctive entry. Anyone who finds \"extraordinary and mystical scent profile of the Near East\" an accurate description of what they want to wear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mind Games","offers":[{"title":"3.4 OZ \/ 100 ML \/ EXTRAIT","offer_id":44705297793139,"sku":"V728-566992","price":364.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1876\/0051\/files\/566992.jpg?v=1775594100","url":"https:\/\/aromatick.com\/products\/v728-566992-mind-games-as-sulis-diamond","provider":"Aromatick","version":"1.0","type":"link"}