Founded in 1882, the Premier Fils distillery in Romans sur Isère (Drôme) became one of the largest producers of absinthe. After it was banned in 1915, the distillery closed.
In 1923, Édouard Premier (1869-1927) relaunched the brand and created the pastis "Anis Premier".
Evening daily, republican, socialist, whose main contributors are: Gabriele d'Annunzio, E. Herriot, Edouard Pailleron, Jean Richepin.
Text partially in Italian.
Oil is said to have beneficial properties for hair. In 1885, Geneva native Charles Jean Guillaume Hahn came up with the idea of combining it with a hair lotion, which became Pétrole Hahn. The product is now manufactured in Reims by the company Eugène Perma.