Hi Foodnfoto,
If your drink/extract tastes extremely bitter, you are on the right track. REAL absinthe can only be drunk with copious amounts of sugar. The liqueur was poured on sugar cubes.
The said hallucinogen in absinthe is called thujone a mild toxic. Thujone is found in particularly high amount in a specific variety of wormwood called Grand wormwood or officially, Artemisia absinthium. That was the plant used to make the liqueur. If that was not the herb that came with the kit then probably you will not get the appropriate effect out of the product your making.
Thujone containing ingredients are regulated in many countries so I doubt it would be possible to legally buy any plant material with high enough thujone content in it to make an effect.
One inconspicuous herb that contains thujone is Sage. Too much sage can be toxic.
Historic factoid: one of the reasons prohibition was instigated in the US was to prevent absinthe taking a hold in the US particularly since alcoholism was already so rampant.
Luc H
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