Considered the oldest pharmacy in the world, Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella was founded in 1221 as a Dominican friars convent when the friars were granted the use of Santa Maria Inter Vineas ("Holy Mary Among the Vines") — a small church just outside the city walls where they cultivated a botanical garden of herbs and plants to craft medicines, ointments and balms. Discover the secret of abundance, hold the nectar of distant lands. Melograno is one of the most iconic and well-known fragrances of Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella. A journey through the senses where spices and sweet tones walk toward a luxurious, evergreen garden.
