Good morning, Brotherhood! Boy what a rough couple weeks, Im glad to be able to come to a place where I can share what I am passionate about. Today I’m bringing you my personal take on Mentor by Mind Games. Our very own legend @Henry Clay was kind enough to let me give this one a spin and I told him to pick something for me. This choice alone proves the man knows my taste. So be sure to smash that subscribe button and hit like… Wait wrong format. LOL! I’ll be the first to admit I’m not the best at pinpointing individual notes, so I wanted to challenge myself and train my nose a bit. Because of that, I intentionally did not look at the note breakdown before wearing it. On the first spray, there was an immediate sense of familiarity that completely hooked me… yet I couldn’t put my finger on it right away. What I got was a juicy sweetness with a deep floral touch. The sweetness felt familiar like a rich, dark fruit, wrapped in rose petals. As it dried down, it settled into this deep yet bright sugary, slightly powdery, smooth resinous vibe that lingered beautifully. After sniffing my hand and clothes for a couple of hours, it finally clicked, this reminded me of a much higher quality Al Nashama by Lattafa. Now before anyone comes for me, hear me out. Both fragrances feature a prominent plum note, and Henry knows how much I love plum. Sure enough, once I finally checked the note breakdown, plum was front and center here. To me, this smells like a ripe plum dipped in caramel, wrapped in fresh rose petals, and lightly dusted with a creamy, powdery iris. The lemon adds just enough lift to keep things from becoming overly dense, and it works beautifully. I know rose and iris aren’t officially listed, but I swear I get traces of them, maybe someone can explain where that’s coming from. My guess is that the powdery feel is coming from the tonka bean and sandalwood combination but not sure of the rose. All in all, I think Mentor is a very beautiful and well composed fragrance. This is a dressed up, formal leaning scent in my book, something that deserves a nice outfit and the right occasion. Since I was working with a decant, I didn’t go full T-Bone mode with 12 sprays. Even with just 6 sprays, I got very good projection, excellent sillage, and consistent wafts for about 4 solid hours, followed by a skin scent that hung around for roughly 7 hours total.

Decant hooked up by @Raul Olveda , thank you! Clean and fresh, minty pop in the opening. the first few reminds me if YSL Y and Torino 21 got together to make a frag, not quite as fruit sweet as Y and not quite as herbal as Torino 21. After about 15 min or so, comes to a nice clean shower gel scent, the smell on your skin after you get out of the shower and dry off. I dig this one and for the price, can respray all day, keep in your gym bag ,etc. I may need to go heavier on this, did 6 sprays or maybe I am just dried out from the winter chill, I didn't put any hand cream on this am <- Rookie move Thank you Raul for hooking me up with the Drakkar lineup!