Kingside Giftset

Mind Games Kingside Gift Set

Pistachio, cardamom, grapefruit, hazelnut, rum, peony, almond milk, Peru balsam, and tonka bean — the 2025 Perfumer Extraordinaire addition to the Mind Games lineup by David Apel, and the fragrance that earns "this is my favorite from the house" from the collectors who find its pistachio-hazelnut-rum gourmand irresistible: a richly nutty, slightly boozy, deeply creamy composition that earns comparisons to the finest pistachio gelato in a luxury Roman gelateria.

Gift set includes: 3.4 oz Extrait de Parfum + two 0.10 oz mini travel EDPs + testing papers.

The gift set format makes Kingside the perfect entry point for a new Mind Games collector — the travel minis allow for testing at different concentrations and sharing, and the testing papers extend the discovery experience beyond skin application. The packaging alone justifies gifting consideration: Mind Games' Fragrance Foundation award-winning bishop-shaped bottles in the gift presentation the house designed for exactly this purpose.

The fragrance itself: Kingside is the house's most unabashedly gourmand and most immediately crowd-pleasing addition since the founding collection. David Apel — the perfumer behind Hermès' Twilly d'Hermès and multiple Guerlain compositions — built the composition around pistachio and hazelnut as primary aromatic instruments, rendering them in the specific creamy, slightly sweet, slightly nutty quality of premium pistachio gelato rather than the synthetic confectionery direction that lesser fragrance houses take with nut notes. Cardamom adds warm, slightly exotic spice that gives the composition a slight aromatic complexity beyond the immediate sweetness. Grapefruit provides a brief, clean citrus brightness in the opening. Rum deepens the heart with warm, slightly boozy depth. Peony adds a delicately floral, barely-there softness. The almond milk and Peru balsam base are the composition's most indulgently appealing materials: almond milk is creamy and slightly sweet; Peru balsam adds warm, slightly vanilla-adjacent balsamic depth; tonka bean anchors the base in the warm, coumarin-rich sweetness that earns "syrupy depth in the most appealing way" from devoted wearers. Longevity: 8+ hours for most collectors; strong sillage.

🔺 The Scent Pyramid

Top Notes (0–20 min) Pistachio · Cardamom · Grapefruit

The opening is immediately rich and creamy. Pistachio is genuine and refined — not synthetic, not candy-shop, but quality gelato. Cardamom provides warm aromatic spice. Grapefruit adds clean brightness.

Heart Notes (20 min–2 hrs) Hazelnut · Rum · Peony

Hazelnut deepens the nut-cream character. Rum adds warm boozy depth. Peony provides barely-there delicate floral softness.

Base Notes (2 hrs and beyond) Almond Milk · Peru Balsam · Tonka Bean

The base is the composition's most luxurious chapter. Almond milk is creamy. Peru balsam is warm and balsamic. Tonka bean is sweet and rich. Longevity: 8+ hours; good sillage.

What it smells like on skin:

The pistachio-cardamom opening is immediately rich and distinctive. As hazelnut and rum develop, the fragrance takes on its most deeply appealing gourmand character. The almond milk-tonka drydown is the warmest and most indulgent chapter. Fall and winter primary; the Mind Games fragrance for the collector who wants the house's most immediately accessible, most crowd-pleasing, and most genuinely addictive composition.

Why Collectors Keep Reaching For It:

🍦 Pistachio, hazelnut, rum, almond milk, and tonka — the Mind Games 2025 addition that earns "straight-up addictive" and "my favorite from the house" from the collectors who encounter it as the line's most irresistibly creamy and most beautifully indulgent nutty gourmand

🎁 Gift set format: 100ml Extrait + two 0.10 oz travel minis + testing papers — the ideal first Mind Games purchase for a collector who wants the pistachio-hazelnut composition and the discovery experience together

🔍 Authenticated and independently sourced. Same Mind Games extrait. Below retail.

💸 Below retail on the house's most immediately crowd-pleasing 2025 addition, in the gift set format that makes it ideal for collectors new to the brand — Kingside at below-retail pricing makes the pistachio-hazelnut extrait the best accessible.

⚡ Fall and winter primary — safe blind buy for gourmand-lovers — the creamy nut-vanilla direction has no challenging elements.

Who actually buys this: Collectors who want the house's most approachable, most immediately addictive, and most broadly appealing gourmand in the gift set format. Gift buyers who want the full Mind Games experience with the travel minis included. Pistachio and hazelnut fragrance devotees who want a luxury niche execution of those notes.