# Absinthe revival **URL:** \ **Category:** Spirits\ **Created:** [October 4, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/absinthe-revival/174 "2019-10-04T12:17:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nosestradamus](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/user_avatar/spiritsandcocktails.community/nosestradamus/32/1309_2.png) [@Nosestradamus](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Nosestradamus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/absinthe-revival/174/21 "2026-07-03T14:06:32Z")
> [@martin](#): > > truffles, but I also don’t really care about them, because to me, they are mild and un-engaging. My unresponsiveness to truffles is an enduring puzzle, given how orgasmic other people get over them. I’m otherwise a mushroom fanatic. Truffle preference might have a genetic component. Androstenone is one of the key molecules of truffle aroma (and an important pheromone in pig mating, since you asked), and there’s a particular olfactory receptor gene that determines your degree of sensitivity. Truffle oil is oil flavored with 2,4-dithiapentane, and probably nothing else. That molecule is actually present in truffles, but along with a lot of other things, so on it’s own it can be quite off-putting. ---
**Author:** ![EvanD](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/user_avatar/spiritsandcocktails.community/evand/32/818_2.png) [@EvanD](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/EvanD)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/absinthe-revival/174/22 "2026-08-19T23:06:19Z")
Hot take: was absinthe a Chartreuse imitation? From “Absinthe: Sip of Seduction”: ![IMG_0101](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3dfb9aa8aa425a01d9cf010435acfbe8e6b88d26.jpeg) Note that another “green wonder tonic,” which had been produced in the nearby French Alps since 1737, ceased production in 1793 when the Carthusians were expelled from France during the Revolution. Was Dr. Ordinaire prescribing Chartreuse for digestion before he was forced to create an alternative? [Previous page](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/absinthe-revival/174.md?page=1)