L'Amaro San Simone, now prepared by the company of the same name, takes its name from a brotherhood of monks that existed in Turin in the 16th century in the Dora Grossa district (the current Via Garibaldi). Scholars of natural sciences and astronomy, they were recognized as highly learned in the medicinal virtues of plants, their fruits and their roots.
In the early 1950s, the ancient depurative recipe was found in the archives of the Antica Officina Farmaceutica San Simone. To better respond to the tastes of customers, the need to create a more pleasant version of this elixir was sensed: around 1960, after more than two years of laborious refinements, the current Amaro formula was created in the same Pharmaceutical Workshop. San Simone.
At first even the new liqueur was destined only for pharmacies, but its immediate success suggested that it be produced in grand style in the same original location, now transformed into a factory. After various denominations that have succeeded each other over time, the current one was born Amaro San Simone srl, which still continues the work of the founding pharmacist, respecting tradition and good practice.