… that in 1797 Henry-Lui-Perno built the first absinthe production factory in Swiss. Then he opened the biggest absinthe factory in Pontarlier, France. His absinthe was distributed all over the world, but one day the factory was hit by the lighting. The factory was on fire for four days and finally burnt to the ground.

… that absinthe popularity quickly increased during the French colonial wars in North Africa, which had begun in 1830. French military men were given certain quantity of absinthe to prevent the malaria, dysentery and other diseases. Absinthe turned out to be very effective and became a part of french military life at that time.

… absinthe was one of characteristic features of the Napoleon times in Paris. After the revolution was pressed down in 1848 bourgeois got absolute power, and bourgeois manners to drink absinthe became general. It was regarded that absinthe stimulated appetite and salutary influenced on deep night sleep. Time between 5 and 7 o’clock was called «l’heure verte» - green hour. Everyone could drink a glass of absinthe before supper or even before dinner but drinking absinthe all night long considered to be “a little bit” ridiculous.

... in 1905 a tragedy happened… A farmer Jin Lanfrey took a lot of absinthe and other alcoholic drinks after what he killed all his family. In 1906 was a judgment day and court brought in a verdict of guilty. Swiss legislative authorities voted on putting a ban on absinthe because for their opinion exactly wormwood drink drove mr. Lanfrey crazy.

... in 1900 German scientist F. Zemmler published chemical structure of thujone (chemical formula: C₁₀H₁₆O), which is a part of wormwood oil. Thujone is a fragrant substance acting to brain impellent centers. It is regarded that fatal dose of thujone is 0,28 mg/kg.

Thujone chemical structure: