abstract:Pernod Fils () was the most popular brand of absinthe throughout the 19th century until it was banned in 1915. During the Belle Époque, the Pernod Fils name became synonymous with absinthe, and the brand represented the de facto standard of quality by which all others were judged.
The best distillers of their day, such as PernodFils and Edouard Pernod, were so concerned with knockoffs they used intricate wax seals and foils on their bottles, which, now 100 years old, are nearly impossible to fake, says David Nathan-Maister, a London rare-spirits dealer who specializes in absinthe.