Glycerine and Geranium Soap

Geranium, Lilac as the elegance and femininity of its intense perfume. In Capri, the wild geranium keeps you company as you enjoy the island’s walks and it blooms amongst historic areas, right up onto the balconies of the houses where throughout the years it has been tamed and cultivated. Its unabashed presence here has stimulated Carthusia’s imagination, who has always turned to Capri’s wild and beautiful nature to enrich its choice of fragrances with fresh sensations.

100 gr

In 1380, the father prior of the Carthusian Monastery, caught unawares by the news of the arrival of Queen Joan, picked a bouquet of the most beautiful flowers of the island. These remained in the same water for three days and, as he went to throw them away, the prior noticed that it had acquired a mysterious fragrance unknown to him. So he turned to the father alchemist, who traced the origin of the scent to the wild carnation of Capri.

In 1948 the prior of the monastery discovered the old perfume formulas and, upon obtaining permission from the Pope, revealed them to a  chemis from Torino, who then set up one of the smallest laboratories in the world, which came to be known as Carthusia.

The symbol of the firm was created in 1948 by the painter Mario Labocceta and it portrays a “flower siren” that brings to mind the surreal and mythological landscapes of Capri.

All Carthusia fragrances have a hidden yet indivisible bond with Capri.