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. The Fresia scented candle has a fresh and clean tone. It opens with brilliant notes of fresia that characterize the bouquet followed by violet and centifolia rose notes, giving the mélange a delicate nuance, and at the base, a powdery accord provided by the iris note combined with soft musk notes. All of its candles are manufactured in the Via Reginaldo Giuliani facility in Florence using the highest quality raw materials. Each candle features the Santa Maria Novella logo hand painted with gold.
