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No, just no. Too much elderflower liquor. Overly floral and not pleasant to drink

As noted by others, defintely on the sweeter side and I think the elderflower gets a bit lost ( I was using the gorgeous no8 distillery elderflower liqueur) but for all that, a pleasant drink.

This is infinitely better when the juice of half a lime is added.
Prior to adding the lime, it was overpoweringly sweet and bitter, and difficult to discern any specific ingredient other than the Cachaça.
Once the lime was added the flavours really opened up, and the Elderflower and Aperol were no longer overpowered.
It went from being an absolute slog to drink, to one of my favourites.

Accidentally made this reversed proportions of Aperol and elderflower, but still turned out pretty great. Will have to try again with the original recipe.

Followed recipe to the letter and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a sweet drink but didn’t spoil my enjoyment. (In fact I’m probably going to make another one right now) Looking forward to trying the Comte de Sureau next.

I took my first sip with some trepidation. I really wasn't sure how those varied ingredients were going to work but it's a terrific cocktail

Went with 1 dash orange bitters as I like a sweeter drink but wanted to try to balance it a little. Very tasty.

This drink is sweet but lovely, much better than I expected (used Capucana Cachaça and Luxardo Aperitivo). I tried with lemon bitters as well, and that helped balance the drink (also tried a lemon twist but the aroma was not as good as with the orange twist)

I’m just now sipping this drink, and thought I’d rate it because it wasn’t all to my liking. And I found that I had already done that! And I gave it a 4! I had to revise that down to 3.5, it’s too sweet for my palate. Next time I will follow some useful suggestions below from fellow discerning drinkers and add a touch of lime or lemon juice, and maybe cut the elderflower a little. And perhaps go for Campari instead of Aperol. We’ll see. Trial and error, eh?

I liked this cocktail. I used Rosso Amaro (a Campari wannabe) which worked quite well. I'm not a fan of elderflower but the St. Germain really made the drink. It's now in the rotation.

Interesting drink but seems like it's missing a bit of balance. Adding a bit of lime juice helped.

Great cocktail. For those interested, you can check out Jeffrey Morgenthaler's original 2009 post introducing the Caneflower cocktail here at https://jeffreymorgenthaler.com/caneflower/. (Now I'm going to have to check out Gonçalo de Souza Monteiro's Comte de Sureau, which inspired Morganthaler's Caneflower.)

I tried this with Campari and it was still a bit sweet. Maybe less elderflower and 1/2 Aperol, 1/2 Campari?

Pretty sweet cocktail, I liked it. Be careful about the alcohol content though. Stronger than a typical cocktail