E 'with great pride that we present a collection of products of Pharmacy of Santa Maria Novella ...
Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Nuova, or Pharmacy of Santa Maria News, is considered the oldest pharmacy all active without interruption for nearly four centuries, and one of the oldest businesses in all.
The business was started shortly after 1221, the year in which religious Spaniards settled in the church, which was then located far outside the walls, and bore the name of Santa Maria delle Vigne. The pharmacy held at that time only an internal and preparations were used by doctors to treat fellow monks. The current
perfumery dates back to 1612quando still held the activity of pharmacy. Renowned throughout Europe, received by Grand Duke Ferdinando II de 'Casting the title of Her Royal Highness in 1659, when the direction of Fra' Angiolo Marchissi. Already in the eighteenth century since its products were exported to India and China. Many of the Workshop
preparations have made history and marked an epoch: the essences, as the most famous and popular perfumes, are still prepared in accordance with the formulas studied in 1500 for Catherine de Medici.
We are very proud to present the collection of products of the Farmacia di Santa Maria Novella ...
The Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Nuova, other Farmacia Santa Maria Novella is one of the oldest pharmacies in the world, Established by the Dominican fathers Shortly after 1221, the Year of Their arrival in Florence. In the garden, the fathers Began to cultivate the herbs That They need to prepare medications, balms and creams for the monastery's little infirmary. In 1612 the grand duke, Fernando I de’ Medici, gave the dominicans permission to open this little store - the pharmacy was opened to the public. A century later their herbal secrets had become internationally renowned.
Many of the officina’s preparations have made history and have marked an epoch: the essences, as well as the famous and much requested perfumes, are still prepared to a large extent following the formulas studied in 1500 for Caterina de’ Medici.
The history of “acqua di colonia” is quite special in this regard. Indeed, the domincan monks created this fragrance, the first hydroalcholic essence in the all history, for the coronation of Caterina de’ Medici as queen of France, where it acquired the name of “Water of the Queen” (‘eau de la reine'). Later, the italian Giovanni Paolo Feminis, who moved to cologne in 1725 and began to make it there, changed its name to “Acqua di Colonia”, as a tribute to the city where it was produced.
The production is limited and is meticulously controlled. Only the highest quality natural ingredients are used and the procedures are the same ones used by the pharmacy's founding fathers. This without to neglect the research for novelty.
Each of these products is like a journey… a journey in the history, in the tradition, in the elegance and refinement in the, where, together with an old flavor meets a delicate touch of modernity.
