VARIOUS FRENCH LIQUORS inc. ABSINTHE ________________________ p>In 1906 Henry was summoned to France by then French President Felix Faure to discuss ways to curb the use of Absinthe, a highly addictive green spirit that had become the scourge of Paris. On Henry's departure, Faure presented him with a dozen bottles of the finest French liquor and wine. Only these five bottles remain, the others having been sold at auction after the closing of the PB Museum.