Kind of echoing some of the other comments (anise prominent, surprisingly delightful), but this combo was turned out nice: Cocchi di Torino, Dewar's White Label, Ricard Pastis.
So simple but an astounding cocktail.
Possibly one of the least expensive cocktails I have made in a long time as well!
I used Ricard, Cinzano Rosso and M&S 8 year blended whisky.
Added one 1/6 ounce of lemon juice to this and used Irish whiskey as my husband is from Ireland and we don’t have any scotch whiskey in the house lol! Was outstanding!
An excellent drink. Being out of Pernod, I replaced it with 5 ml Anisetta Meletti. This made the cocktail a bit too sweet for an aperitif, in my opinion. But I think this would make a great digestif.