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 f...