Tokyo Milk Dark - Novacaine No. 85 Eau de Parfum

Novacaine is an aromatic spicy fragrance that launched in 2016.  Novacaine opens with a warm, spicy ginger and smoky frankincense with a touch of a sweet vanilla orchid.  There is a kind of a Fall-like heated potpourri feel.  The spicy notes counterbalance the soft vanilla; this prevents the fragrance from becoming cloying.  As Novacaine wears, it becomes slightly more earthy with a dry heat.  The vanilla comes forward somewhat and the spice becomes a more rounded accord.  Beyond this, I get no additional development with the fragrance.  In the drydown, the fragrance retains a cozy, yet somewhat unconventional spiced tone.

Novacaine wears on me with soft projection for roughly 5 hours.

Notes: crushed ginger, Thai pepper, frankincense, vanilla orchid, black cardamom

Perfumer: Margot Elena

Note:  Thanks to Nir Guy of Perfumology (King of Prussia, PA) for the sample of this fragrance.