I wouldn't pay for expensive vodka. Vodka is specifically supposed to not have a taste other than alcohol and water and Smirnoff accomplishes this goal without being $100 a bottle/ridiculously overpriced per ounce. In fact, Smirnoff wins in blind taste tests among top world tasters nearly every time when put up against those expensive-as-shit vodka brands. Akroyd's 'Crystal Skull' is nothing more than a novelty marketing scheme imo.

If you're going to go expensive, pay for the stuff that actually matters and gets bolder and more accentuated flavor over time. Get some JD Reserve or a nice, expensive, solid scotch or cognac.

Fuck, now I want a cognac. Goddamn you you classy bastard!