First founded in 1221 in Florence by Dominican friars creating herbal remedies to use in their monastery, Officinia Profumo Farmaceutica de Santa Maria Novella is one of the world's oldest standing pharmacies. Santa Maria Novella specializes in luxury bath and body products, as well as divine colognes still true to their centuries-old formulations. Some of their most sought-after creations include rich hand and foot creams, aromatic potpourri (still fermented in terracotta jars as it was 800 years ago!), and fragrant bath soaps. Not to mention their fragrances, which have a cult following of their own! The products are still made on-site at their own factory in Florence, Italy, never tested on animals, and made using local ingredients whenever possible. Carefully handmade according to age-old recipes and artisanal methods, the preparations maintain a spirit of historical elegance.
Gardenia Eau de Cologne
A Fresh, Green Floral
Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella's Gardenia fragrance is a fresh, sweet, floral scent with hints of green. The plant is native to the Orient and reached Europe in the mid 1700s. Its fragrant white flowers were very much in vogue in the 1800s, when it was very common in corsages. It reached the height of its popularity in the 1920’s when men too – intellectuals and the literary crowd – chose gardenias to pin on their suit jackets. The gardenia flower symbolizes grace, elegance and charm.
Notes:
Top: Bitter Orange Flowers, Lemongrass
Middle: Broom, Gardenia, Lilac
Base: Benzoin
Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water-Eau), Limonene, Linalool, Eugenol, Benzyl Alcohol, Citronellol, Citral.
The ingredient list of this product can be updated without notice. We therefore invite you to always consult the ingredients list on each package.
Warnings
For external use only.