@Justicar - You're in the UK, right? I seem to recall you mentioning... 🤔
Anyway, I hear it's the wormwood in absinthe that gives it the crazy - there's a THC like compound. In the states, I've been able to find wormwood absinthe, but it's always missing the key ingredient.
I think you can still get the original stuff in France. But honestly, I think there's been some hype around it. Impossible for me to know 🤔 but after a mega-mushroom dose at one time, I'll bet absinthe is a let-down.