Strega Del Castello

Strega del Castello is an Italian artisan perfume house founded by Caterina Roncati, daughter of the Genoese perfumer Gingi Roncati, whose family operated a pharmacy with roots in the early twentieth century. Gingi began composing fragrances from the 1970s onwards, and Caterina inherited both the raw materials and the methodology, developing what the house describes as an alchemical approach to scent construction — reading olfactory archetypes and translating them into deeply personal compositions. The name itself — Witch of the Castle — signals a commitment to mystery, tradition, and the transformative power of scent. Caterina worked alongside her sisters Giovanna and Emanuela to build the house's current catalogue, which spans warm exotic beaches, eastern spice markets, citrus groves, and cedarwood forests, each fragrance conceived as an olfactory memory capable of reviving forgotten feelings. The brand operates with the quiet intimacy of its Genoese origins, distributing through niche fragrance specialists.