Acqua di Stresa Camellia celebrates 20 years with the historic fragrance
Stresa, Lake Maggiore. Giovanni Castelli and Andrea Patrucco, a Bolognese and a Milanese man in love with Lake Maggiore and recently resident on the Borromeo Gulf, open a small shop in the historic center of Stresa, with a very clear idea in mind.
Which for now is only clear to the two of them. Between the curiosity of the locals ("it must be the water of the lake!" was the phrase we heard most often while they were setting up the shop), and of the first tourists of the season, who also still don't quite understand what this mysterious Acqua di Stresa, the first step of a long journey has been taken. Stresa is charm, history, art and exclusivity, and not since yesterday.
Acqua di Stresa was born from the desire of its creators to share scents and emotions: fragments of life, memories, sensations, linked to a place and a lifestyle, which can only be experienced in Stresa. Acqua di Stresa expresses the soul of those who created, wanted and raised it, but above all the "genius loci", the spirit of the territory that inspired it. The pink bottle, whose first packaging had been hand-designed by Giovanni himself, which contained the perfumed essences of the garden of Castello di Ripa, where they both lived, immediately attracted attention.
Two years later, the small shop had become an elegant shop, in the central square of Stresa, and from there, for ten years, Giovanni and Andrea offered an increasingly larger range of products: the perfumes became two, then three, then six . To the perfumes body creams, bath products, soap bars, room diffusers were added, up to today's range, which is made up of seven fragrances, all available in two formats, of a complete bath line based on coconut oil. Camelia, and a complete range of products for the environment. Acqua di Stresa then took on a more international allure. The first markets it entered were the German and Swiss ones, thanks to the first collaboration with the German company Babor. The arrival of new partners allowed the brand to enter even more distant and prestigious markets, where it is still distributed today: the United Kingdom and the whole of Europe, Russia, the United States, but even Australia, Vietnam, China and Japan.
To celebrate this important anniversary, Acqua di Stresa rediscovers its historic fragrance, which in recent years has unfairly remained distributed only locally, and offers it to the general public. Acqua di Stresa Camellia, in its original antique pink guise, returns to the market, with its delicate notes of Camellia Sasanqua, the Winter Camellia, the only scented one. That delicate pink flower, which blooms in the depths of winter and enlivens, with its faint scent and pastel colours, the coldest days of the year. The bouquet has been maintained, according to the original recipe: flowery, deliciously powdery, enlivened by the spicy notes of Black Pepper.
And deliberately a little retro. The Acqua di Stresa Camellia Eau de Parfum, available in 100 and 50 ml formats, will also be accompanied by the Room Diffuser, so that the refined and persuasive atmosphere of this fragrance can also spread into the spaces we live in.
Olfactory Pyramid Water of Stresa Camellia
Top Notes: Black Pepper, Cloves
Heart Notes: Camellia Sasanqua, Iris, Rosewood
Base Notes: Cedar Wood, White Woods, Musk