Considered the oldest pharmacy in the world, Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella was founded in 1221 when the friars of a Dominican convent were granted the use of Santa Maria Inter Vineas ("Holy Mary Among the Vines”) — a small church just outside Florence where they cultivated a botanical garden of herbs and plants to craft medicines, ointments and balms.
Musk and floral notes chase each other in a green and crystalline meadow, evoked by the unmistakable Fresia Eau de Cologne and its pure and delicate nuances. A Firenze 1221 Edition, it's made using only the highest quality raw materials.
