Discover the captivating tale behind Santa Maria Novella's Gelsomino Eau de Parfum, inspired by Cosimo III de’Medici's cherished "Stufa dei Mugherini". A love story unfolds as the Granduca's senses are enraptured by a unique jasmine variety from Goa in 1688, resembling a delicate rose. Entranced, he commissioned a special greenhouse and forbade its cultivation elsewhere, entrusting only select botanists to propagate it in the secluded "Stufa dei Mugherini" at Villa Medicea di Castello. Today, this enchanting fragrance preserves the essence of that timeless romance.
Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella sets its roots back to 1221. Founded as a Dominican friars conventum, it is renowned from its beginnings for the cultivation of medicinal plants, the formulation of perfumes and cosmetics, the creation of candles and liqueurs. Its apothecary art legacy crosses eight centuries and is deeply intertwined with Florence history, personalities, power and social tissue in an alchemy of tales and wonders. The oldest pharmacy in the world, it carries its activities in the very places where they all began, uniquely, more than 800 years ago.
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