An extravagant and glamorous trip to Capri in the years 1919/1920.
A refuge for intellectuals, aesthetes, musicians and the adopted home of a lesbian homosexual colony with guests from all over the world: In those years, cosmopolitan eccentrics and Haute Volée in their grand mansions on the cliffs overlooking the sea populated the island of Capri, which was once a favourite retreat of the great Roman Emperor Tiberius.
At that time an artist and intellectual commissioned the House of Carthusia to create an extraordinary fragrant composition. A perfume that would capture the harmonies and contrasts of this legendary age yet coupled with the unique and fascinating appeal of a Medusa.
Carthusia Lady is likewise a sublime, eccentric and aristocratic fragrance and a tribute to a lady from another era - extravagant and mysterious. We do not know which lady the artist dedicated the original fragrance to, but even today this perfume from a bygone era suffuses a touch of avant-garde and Mediterranean dolce vita.
Carthusia Lady evokes a type of woman who feels at home surrounded by a retinue of servants and peacocks or audaciously walking with leopards on a leash over the piazza. These evocative images are not part of a film set, but symbols and signs of an era on Capri that inspired so many patrons, artists and writers in their work.
