When you drop alcohol ink on the glossy side of photo paper, it gets sticky and gunky. Alcohol inks are meant for non-pourous surfaces. You can use alcohol inks on paper, tyvek and other things but you won’t get the bloom that you get on plastic-y papers/materials.
By all means - experiment. This is just based on my own YouTube viewing and personal experience.
For reference - see Barbara at Joggles on YT.