Vanilla, amber, and musk are pretty much the dry down and the absinthe and spice is hardly noticeable. VIP, isn’t a fragrance for everyone, many people won’t enjoy a bomb of a fragrance with a vodka note at the center of it. Understandable, but I still like throwing it on, because of it’s sweet boozy demeanor and very nice dry down. It’s a club banger, at an affordable price. It wins this head to head rather easily. All right, so, both of these are pretty limited colognes and are designed specifically for nightlife wear. They both are good in cold weather, but not when it gets warm. Neither is very casual or an office safe type of scent. They pretty much fit the same bill, as to be expected with flanker fragrances. VIP has been known as a strong scent, with beast sillage. It is the type you can spray and people will definitely notice it. VIP is absolutely a nightlife fragrance, as such, it is going to be loud and boisterous.