Post #186721 by PiPhiRho on Thu, Sep 15, 2005 12:00 AM

Absente, according to the information that comes with the bottle, is made from a different variety of wormwood that does not have the same levels of thujone as the more commonly used variety. it also uses less wormwood and more anise so that it is kind of a absinthe/pastis hybrid. Absente does contain thujone, but in levels low enough to be within legal limits. It tastes more like absinthe than pernod or herbsainte (pastis) but less bitter and more licorice-y than real absinthe.