A friend and myself brought back a couple bottles of 180 proof absinthe(the higher proof the more thujone that it is allowed to contain, 180 maxes that out) from Spain to the U.S. this summer. I think we payed like 15 euros per bottle at some old liquor store in Seville(sp). Anyway, it does smell and taste similar to liquorish, and if you drink it straight it pretty nasty, the after-taste is what kills. We did the classic sugar, spoon, water thing tho, and that helps alot with the taste. All and all, its a more euphoric drunk, and sorta lighter feeling than the normal heavy feeling you get when you are really drunk. I am thinking about ordering some 10x wormwood extract to smoke, to see if thujone alone produces any effects. Anyone ever tried wormwood by its self?