Absinthe, also called "the Green Fairy," is a strong botanical spirit that has earned an enchanting reputation as the ...
It’s true. Cincinnati had its devotees of “La Fee Verte,” the “Green Fairy” so beloved of habitués of the Parisian demi-monde. According to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette [4 February 1894]: ...
Absinthe beguiled Van Gogh, Degas, Picasso, Wilde—and a modern-day swindler who tricked fellow devotees of the drink.