Information About Absinthe Fairy

The Absinthe fairy was used on Absinthe label and posters. Singer Kylie Minogue famously played the Green Fairy in the film Moulin Rouge which was based on the french Bohemian culture of Montmartre in Paris where Absinthe, the Green Fairy, was the favorite drink of artists and writers. 

Absinthe Fairy Followers

Famous devotees of La Fee Verte, the Green Fairy, were Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Gauguin, Oscar Wilde and Ernest Hemingway who created his own Absinthe cocktail “Death in the Afternoon” – a mix of Absinthe and champagne. Many pieces of art of the time feature Absinthe or Absinthe drinkers and writers and artists also said that Absinthe gave them their genius and their inspiration. Absinthe’s hey day was the Belle Epoque period of history.

Absinthe, also known as Absynthe, is a strong liquor made from herbs and essential oils. The basic ingredient of it is the herb wormwood, an extract from the plant wormwood or artemisia absinthium. Wormwood is used to give Absinthe it’s characteristic bitter taste and herbs like aniseed, anise and fennel to give it’s anise flavor.

Thujone, a chemical found in wormwood oil, was thought to be psychoactive and to give psychedelic effects, cause hallucinations and eventually insanity. Absinthe was banned in France in 1915 due to the loose morals of the drinkers in Montmartre. One had no right to buy or sell Absinthe. It was illegal in many other countries also. Countries like Spain, Portugal, the UK and the Czech Republic did not restrict the Green Fairy.

Absinthe Fairy and Prohibition

During the prohibition period, distilleries, such as the Pernod Fils distillery, started producing Absinthe substitutes such as Pernod Pastis to market to the people who were missing the anise flavor of Absinthe. Ricard was among the Absinthe substitutes.

In most of the countries bootleg absinthe was still available after distillation which focused that Absinthe distillation process has never been disappeared.

During 1900 Absinthe was made legal in most of the countries except in Switzerland which was home of Absinthe. You can now buy Absinthe and Absinthe essence kits online along with Absinthiana such as glasses, spoons and fountains. One can add to the Absinthe preparation ritual by drinking it out of a special antique or replica glass with a proper spoon.

Studies showed that the thujone content in Absinthe was safe so it was legalized in many countries. In comparison to other spirits Absinthe is much higher in alcohol then also it was never prepared to drink neat. It solution with iced water gives the clouding effects.

One can prepare his own bottled Absinthe by ordering real wormwood Absinthe and essences from many websites.com.