PHILOSOPHY

The ancient secret of well-being

Beauty and Health have been aspects of a quiet life over the centuries.
There was a time when beauty was a sign of closeness to the gods.
The philosophy of well-being and triumphant image, in the Roman Empire, has known an importance never more equaled in history.
Feeling good about oneself was the myth to be achieved with commitment and dedication.
The cared for and radiant aspect of the Roman nobility, is a part of the legend of that civilization which dominated the world.
The life in the Roman society flowed so slowly that people could often do a lot of things like: long baths, skin exfoliations, hair removal and relaxing massages.
Their practices were aimed at achieving the integral beauty, creator of harmonious balance … inside and outside.
The great need to take care for the body and improve aesthetics, led to the realization of the Baths; multifunctional centers of social aggregation, always considered as a place dedicated to the care of appearance and refuge from the labors of life. Places dedicated to the care of appearance and the search for the balance between body and soul, the Baths reflected the goal of achieving complete and incomparable perfection.
The knowledge of the herbs, natural essences, ointments and spices, with all their specific properties, offered the Ancient Romans moments of unparalleled dedication and pleasure towards the care of the person. A sacred ritual, combined with the spirit of socialization and complete relaxation.
Wise herbalists and perfumers dedicated their lives to extracting the precious substances that gave rise to the medical and aesthetic discipline of our day.
The search for the active ingredients that give our body well-being and aesthetic improvements, were the privilege of the patricians and the prize of the conquerors.
Taking up the ancient and wise Roman galenic tradition, original recipes, just present in manuscripts and treated to us handed down, have been recovered. Through priceless works on knowledge, first of all those of the supreme writer, naturalist and philosopher Pliny the Elder, plant and mineral active ingredients and active principles of ancestral origin have been sought after, found and studied. Garagnani Cosmetic Research, with its strong cultural passion and the enthusiasm, has been able to investigate and deepen the tradition, then recover and enhance those remedies and substances used in Roman times, deciphering, reporting and updating at the compositional-functional and formulation level, a totally innovative cosmetic proposal. The most current cosmetological techniques have been combined, completely on a natural basis, with the recovery of tradition, through the timely, meticulous and totally respectful addition of extracts, ointments and mixtures of authentic substances, in addition to the plant active ingredients, present and used during the historical period of ancient Rome and still used today.

This dream has come true today to revive the heady and voluptuous spa atmosphere through what is now our Ancient Secret of Well-being THERMAE LATINAE.