Pre louche color: Artificial Green, emerald/ candy-like green.

Pre louche aroma: Anise and alcohol

Louche: Tons of oil trails, fast forming.

Post louche appearance: Phantom Green.

Post louche aroma: Anise threshold.

Flavor: one dimensional. It's an anise bomb. The star anise leads to the "black jellybean" licorice flavor mixed with a threshold of wormwood. mouthfeel is pretty decent.

Finish: cloying, tongue tingling and then some numbing obviously from the star anise.

Overall: while not a terrible drink, it is very iconoclastic and too unbalanced/un nuanced to be a good absinthe. It lacks depth. I am however fortunate for it being my first and that from it, I have found greener pastures.

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.