Carolina Herrera 212 VIP Black EDP opens with a strong projection of sweet, liquorish, fruity, and spicy notes. The opening is playful, inviting, intense, fresh, sharp, and very pleasant. The absinthe, anise, and fennel are the prominent opening notes; the absinthe is a complex note; in this fragrance, the absinthe can be described as a sweet, fresh spicy, herbal, green, with ginger, liquor, and fruity cocktail drink undertones.