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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...

Welcome to the new world of Saint Charles. We are delighted that you share our passion for natural products and sustainability! We would like not only to meet your expectations, but to exceed them. With our SAINT FRIENDS programme, we...

If you look at the history of packaging design at Saint Charles, and with it the preoccupation with waste avoidance, you have to look deep into the company's DNA. This starts with the magisterial preparation. Everyone knows the individual formulas...

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...

"People could close their eyes to the grandeur, to the awfulness, to the beauty and close their ears to melodies or bewitching words. But they could not escape the fragrance. For fragrance was a brother to breath." (Patrick Süßkind in...

Do you love herbs? We do! On 3 September, we opened our first SAINT CHARLES Brand Store at Herrengasse 6-8, 1010 Vienna. The focus of the new store is not on size, but on the experience: on 32 square metres,...

Europe is changing. The Saint Charles team with its staff in Vienna and Berlin is a mirror of our society. Diverse, modern and tradition-conscious at the same time. Our roots are in Vienna, but Europe has long been our home....

In the Wild Roots natural cosmetics line, we focus on a particularly popular and aromatic plant - rosemary. Known as the "prince of aromatic plants", the herb was once dedicated to Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. Not least because...

At the family-run Romantik Hotel Lindner in Bad Aibling, Germany, tradition and style are writ large. The 4-star hotel between Munich, Salzburg and Lake Chiemsee pampers its guests with first-class, modern comfort, elegance, epicurean organic cuisine and, since recently, with...

Good things take time, this was also true for our Apotheker Tonikum Shots. According to the motto "not more, but better", our tonic shots are something modern, regional and above all effective. Our partner Demeter vintner Michael Andert, who shares...

After the founding of the German Empire, Heinrich von Stephan was commissioned to create a unified imperial post office and built one of the largest and most magnificent postal buildings, the Alte Oberpostdirektion in Hamburg,for this purpose. The listed building...

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...

Only the evolution of humans over 350,000 years ago, such as the development of language or the mastery of fire, are responsible for the miracle of humankind. Only through fire was it possible to make weapons, protect oneself from predators...

To celebrate our anniversary, we will be holding a colourful birthday party with our customers and friends for two days on 18 and 19 November 2016. With the first pharmacist DJ in Austria, great offers, promotions, the new Monocle Pop-Up...

What does the Statue of Liberty have in common with SAINT CHARLES? 129th birthday! In 1886, the Statue of Liberty was unveiled and inaugurated in New York. And in the same year, our pharmacy was founded by the then pharmacist...

    The Saint Charles Pharmacy in Vienna has earned itself a considerable reputation with its exceptional range of products. Even various travel guides - including a Japanese one - recommend a visit to this interesting pharmacy. Well-tried pharmaceutical preparations...