These liqueurs are very old and before a leisure product they were herbal concoctions made by monks and for treatment. In the Middle Ages it was the religious orders who have the necessary knowledge, herbology and knowledge of production processes. Originally a local and limited marketing, the number is high, and the compositions of variants are numerous and diverse.

The nineteenth century saw the triumph of chartreuse in terms of sales and reputation and according to Michel Steinmetz, author of the reference book about it: “one that was named” Queen of liqueurs “which reigned supreme in the world of digestive between 1840 and 1973 was the Yellow … 43 °. “This type of product is so in tune with the public’s consumption habits and the market is growing strongly, technical progress and the industrial revolution to a much larger production which will also be the fact industrialists.