Well that's the thing, I do like ouzo! But as you say it is such a pervasive flavour. I wonder if it might work best as a rinse, a la absinthe. Anyway, I do like the sound of the Greek Martini, thanks for the suggestion. I don't have any mastiha unfortunately. But I'll continue to experiment!
I wanted to love this one, but couldn't quite manage it I'm afraid Simon! I didn't hate it by any means, but even at .25 oz I found the ouzo pretty dominant. Maybe a more robust vermouth than Martini might stand up to it better. I may try again with Punt e Mes and more scotch one day.
I do feel like there must a drink out there that can make really great use of ouzo! I'm not sure if this is quite the one though.
Ouzo has a huge pervasive flavour so I guess you need to like ouzo to like a cocktail with a decent slug of ouzo in it. My other attempt at a cocktail with ouzo is a Greek Martini.