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In collaboration with the Paris National Museum of Natural History, Carri?re Fr?res highlights an exceptional collection of plants that are unusual, exotic, and?packed with history.

Absinthe is a perennial shrub native to continental, temperate zones in Europe, Asia and North Africa. Called ‘the green fairy,’ absinthe was reputed to provide creative powers, and before being banned was the infamous muse that inspired writers like Emile Zola and Paul Verlaine, painters Vincent Van Gogh and Edgar Degas.