La Fée Absinthe Parisienne (US)
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Editor review
I wish it were better
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Color: Obvious artificial coloration. Bright green. Kind of scary.
Louche: As with many oil mixes, the louche develops well. Maybe a bit too fast.
Aroma: Lots of heat and base alcohol. Quite a bit of cloying anise.
Flavor: Overpowering anise oil numbs the tongue thoroughly. I really can't make out much wormwood or anything else for that matter.
Finish: Very oily and unpleasant.
Overall: Yet another offering from La Fee that seems to try to cut corners and cheapen the category. There's no reason to spend such money for a cheaply made product like this when you can buy a naturally produced, authentic, distilled absinthe. Sorry La Fee, this isn't one I'd buy again.
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Average user rating from: 4 user(s)
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It Doesn't Need To Be This Way
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Color
Unlouched, it’s really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really green. You know, green like the Crayola that says "green". Green like equal parts primary blue and primary yellow mixed together, or FD&C Blue #1 and FD&C Yellow #5 mixed together. Yep, it’s THAT green. Louched, it is… Green! Opaque medium green until viewed against a VERY brightly lit background, where it then exhibits the slightest glints of FD&C Yellow #5 at the edges and a little whitish FD&C Blue #1 at the meniscus.
Louche
I think we have something we can work with here. It louches, all right! At first, it’s just all over the place, but then as it approaches 1/1, the trails get really thick and a hydrogen bomb type cloud begins to expand from the bottom, eventually taking over the whole drink, leaving a green line until about 2/1. If the color had any nuance to it, this might have been quite the show.
Aroma
Well, you can’t have everything, can you? Unlouched, anise and a teeny, teeny bit of herbs and a ton of alcohol. Louched, not much improvement, although the wormwood shows itself ever so slightly. It’s still mostly anise, star anise. There’s just nothing that comes close to complexity or an indication of quality.
Flavor
Mom used to tell me “if you don’t have anything nice to say… “ Well, Mom, I can’t leave this blank. Flavors here mirror what the nose portends. Lots of anise, a little wormwood, maybe some other herbals. Hard to tell when your tongue is under attack from so much star anise. I’m typing this as I taste, and my tongue is beginning to feel like my driveway does, right after being sealed. I did take the dilution to about 3.5/1 while tasting and it did show more appropriately, although the problems with all the star anise aren’t going away.
Finish
Nothing to report. “Lingers, but unremarkable.” My tongue is not happy.
Overall
If this absinthe sold in the market for say $35.00, I might be able to find some merit in its existence. But it doesn’t sell for that. It’s at the lower end of the mainstream pack. Hell, at the price you can try Kubler, Obsello, even Lucid is a much better example… and at the same money, Vieux Carre mops the floor with this. Or throw down another week of paper route money, and you’ll have all kinds of desirable alternatives. I took one for the team. You don’t have to put yourself through this.
Done with a 1 ounce dose, diluted 3/1, and 3.5/1 and no sugar.
La Fee Parisienne 04/19/09
At this score level, will not do multiple evaluations.
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Simple Flavor
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
La Fee was a disappointing experience, and I doubt I would purchase it again. The flavor, however, is not as offensive to me as others reported. The color is not unappealing, but definitely fake. The aroma and flavor, however, are the biggest let downs. The aroma is mostly alcohol with a tinge of anise and the flavor starts with anise, is immediately overpowered by alcohol and finishes with a mild burn. In general, I don't mind those brands that have simple or one dimensional bouquets. However, other brands generally compensate for their simplicity with an appealing single-flavor.
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One step up from Pernod and I'm not talking Fils
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A crystal clear, bright green liquid in a clear bottle emblazoned with a huge eye that stares out at you and dares you to lick it. While the colour before louche is clear, it is a heightened and artificial green which makes for fun photographs but doesn't inspire confidence
Neither does the aroma which smells hugely of alcohol with a generous dollop of jelly bean liquorice. After louching, there's not much difference, except for the alcohol being somewhat dimmed
Louching is the best part of this drink. There are some lovely oil trails but it is over all too soon. The final colour is attractive but enough of that eye popping green remains to detract from it. I would have given this 3.5 if the system allowed for it
It's obvious this is an oil mix as soon as it hits your tongue and the flavour reminds me far more of a less sickly version of Pernod (the pastis), with a possible hint of wormwood bitterness that is immediately washed over by alcohol and jelly beans. The oiliness of the drink lingers like a painful memory.
Given a choice between this and Green Fairy toilet rinse for a night out on the town, I'd easily choose this. It's like the big brother of pastis and has some pleasant and gentle secondaries (but remember kids, drink for the taste!). The problem is that it costs about twice as much as a pastis and isn't anywhere near twice as good.
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Disappointing Flavor....
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Color: Fake, bright green. Similar color to that Sour Apple Pucker Liqeur. Clearly unacceptable. What saved it from a 1 is the fact that it is clear, bright, and free of sediment.
Louche: The louche was full and came in quickly even with a relatively quick pour. It took the fake green and made it more attractive, proper degree of opalescence, attractive. A 5 here was out of the question though as it still has an artificial slant to it.
Aroma: Aroma is strongly of alcohol with some anise on the side. Not complex or particularly attractive. No hint of wormwood at all.
Flavor: Sweet licorice candy. I knew this beverage would be a little funky based upon what I had read about it previously, but the flavor itself was even more disappointing that what I had anticipated. One dimensional, not pleasant, wrong flavor. No wormwood detectable. First 'absinthe' I came close to sinking half way through.
Finish: Immediately numbed my tongue, which in a way was good because it made it harder to taste the unpleasant flavor.
Overall: Disappointing. Definitely my least favorite tasting so far. I'm not overly experienced with tasting absinthe, but from what I do know, this is NOT what it should taste like.
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