carthusia

The legend, the real history and the tradition of Carthusia.

Legend has it that in 1380 the father prior of the Carthusian Monastery of St. Giacomo was taken unawares by the news of the arrival on Capri of the Queen Giovanna D' Angio' and so made a flower arrangement with the most beautiful flowers of the island. When the flowers were thrown away, the prior noticed that the water acquired a beautiful fragrance. That water became the first perfume of Capri.

History, on the other hand, relates that in 1948 the prior of the Monastery discovered the old formulas of the perfumes and, by permission of the Pope, revealed them to a chemist of Torino, who created the smallest laboratory in the world and called it Carthusia, i.e. "Certosa".

The tradition is now being continued and the limited production means being able to use the same methods as the Carthusian monks. All the Carthusia preparations are made from genuine products of high quality and are even hand-wrapped.