The absinthe sold today is not the same as what was available in the 1800s.
-SB
Not exactly true, there is are several modern distilleries that that try to match specs from most popular brand from that era. Jade Terminus Oxygénée Absinthe Supérieure is a good example; I have several bottles of it, good stuff.
“The absinthe sold today is not the same as what was available in the 1800s.”
indeed ... no one knows exactly what those absinthe’s contained, so they have to fake the best they can today ...