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Tried this to celebrate Night of the Dead and Halloween. Will follow up with A Corpse Reviver #2 and finish with a Physcoville #2 (my take courtesy of The Hideout in Bath).

Tastes like dishwater

We celebrated Halloween by charting Life, Death and Resurrection though the metaphor of cocktails.

We started with a Bouvardier, renamed as a BOO-vardier, the idea being to shout BOO to scare hapless souls to death...upon which they had to utter their Last Word.

We then drank a Corpse Reviver No. 2 to bring back the dead.

All recipes from Difford's. All delicious.

Must try the Obituario !

The tequila/mezcal base is terrific, and the bianco vermouth and absinthe are very nice complements. As suggested by Morten Carlsbaek below, I used 1/4 t of absinthe (vs. 1/2 t) - that was appropriate and balanced.

Fine cocktail, but in my opinion dominated by absinthe (I like absinthe) and the other ingredients too much in the background. To the already mixed and tasted drink, I addded 15 ml extra mezcal and 15 ml extra vermouth bianco. Then I found it more balanced. Next time, I will half the amount of absinthe instead. (I used El Cortijo Tepextate mezcal 45 % and Chazalettes Bianco, great products but maybe a bit weak tasting for this kind of cocktail?).

Excellent.
Living in San Diego, CA, USA, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a big event. Could never find a cocktail with the respect of the day in honouring the dead. This one is perfect. Thank you, Simon.

Although I appreciate very much all information provided by Simon Difford's, I am almost sure that this cocktail was not created on the Day of The Deaths 2014

Very nice! Quite boozy, definitely a sipping drink. Looking forward to trying this with different mezcals. I think the choice of vermouth can make a big difference too - I only had Belazar in the fridge which is a touch sweet but the drink was still well balanced.