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"The herbs we find on our doorstep can be made into remedies, used in cosmetics or eaten". With the new "Saint Charles Herbal Apothecary Facecare" we are filling a gap in our holistic product range. Our new natural cosmetics line...

Change Maker Hotels haben Saint Charles interviewt. Was dabei raus kam? Ein ehrliches Interview über die Auswirkungen von Reisen auf die Natur und wie eine Marke, die einer kleinen Apotheke im sechsten Bezirk von Wien entstammt, etwas bewirken kann. Nicole Spilker...

Can a soap become a cult object? Can an epidemic create something new and better? We started to prove it. Unintentionally. And are amazed. But everything in order! How flu changes lives In 2008, bird flu reached its peak in...

Climate protection and sustainability have long been a topic at Saint Charles, as you can read in this article. In 2023, the Saint Charles Apothecary team, with all its units, made a commitment to actively contribute to climate neutrality and...

The Salzburger Festspiele, one of the most renowned cultural events in the world, attracts thousands of visitors to the picturesque setting of the Austrian city of Salzburg every year. Since its foundation in 1920, the Festival has become a landmark...

A stay at the Gourmet Hotel Rote Wand am Arlberg is an unforgettable journey into the world of indulgence. The hotel, which is located in the picturesque mountain landscape of Tyrol, not only offers beautiful accommodation and breathtaking nature, but...

The new Hotel Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp sets new standards in terms of ambience, sustainable design and innovation. For in the middle of Antwerp, a listed 15th century monastery surrounded by a botanical garden has been transformed into an extraordinary 5-star...

The brief bathroom check upon entering a hotel room usually presents the hotel guest with a familiar picture. They find shower gel, shampoo, conditioner and body lotion in small plastic bottles or dispensers. So every day, countless plastic bottles, still...

Ecological. Sustainable. Fair. These three keywords describe the standards we set ourselves every day. Sustainability, the protection of the environment and fair business practices are not recent concerns of pharmacist Alexander Ehrmann and managing director Richard König. We have been...

Sustainability and the protection of the environment were already important to pharmacist Alexander Ehrmann when he founded Saint Charles and have always been a decisive influencing factor in product development. Regional products from herbal medicine should be packaged in an...

A special kind of refuge has recently opened in Lunz am See. In 2.5 years of construction, the Viennese Formdepot team around Heinz Glatzl & Joachim Mayr completely revitalised a former carriage house in the centre of Lunz am See...

Naturally pure revitalisation for body, mind and senses with a reduction to the essentials. This was Paul Divjak's artistic credo when composing the SOUL SPLASH fragrance elixir. The recipe? Of course, it was implemented in the spirit of the Saint Charles...

Special shop design to touch and feel: in the Saint Charles store in Salzburg, too, products from nature are made tangible for all the senses through selected design elements. To make this possible, care was taken to use natural and tactile...

Surrounded by meadows and the hotel's own forests on the slopes of the Asitz, the family-run Naturhotel Forsthofgut impresses with an organic bathing lake in the midst of the majestic Leoganger Steinberge mountains, surrounded by large gardens and a waldSPA...

We do not use over-cartons for all Saint Charles products and do not only protect the environment. Day after day, practice shows us that minimalist but high-quality packaging with brown or violet glass is also possible without over-cartons and is...

The Hotel Zola "Palais de Bohème" is a "laidback luxury boutique hotel" in Vienna's up-and-coming second district, which invites its guests on an incomparable journey. Saint Charles and the Zola fuse the symbolism of nature with contemporary design. Developed along...

Opposite Salzburg's popular city centre, located on the right-hand side of the Salzach, you pass the legendary Lifestyle Hotel Stein on your way into the city centre. Entering the lobby, you are greeted by generous design and skilfully placed accents...

Our Spirits Collection combines the centuries-old tradition and knowledge of the apothecary trade of alcohol-based herbal extracts from the regional plant world, which our ancestors already knew how to use as a remedy. This ancient knowledge has been reinterpreted in...

Our store in Vienna's Herrengasse was awarded the GERMAN DESIGN AWARD SPECIAL 2022! The high-calibre international jury honoured our store, which was developed in cooperation with the Wiener Architecture Office KLK with a Special Mention in Excellent Architecture. The Saint Charles...

"Joy in what you do, connection with each other and that everyone can be who they are" is what director Nina Katschnig says about the spirit of the gallery. We at Saint Charles could not have described what we do...

We are looking for franchise partners who share our passion for reinterpreting old knowledge and want to open an Experience Store together with us. There are many reasons to become part of our mission, but we consider 5 aspects to...