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 collection of room fragrance diffusers, I Profumi del Mondo, take us on a sensory journey around the world. Five continents, five fragrances, five olfactory nuances dictated by Mother Nature. The Africa room fragrance represents Fire, the continent of intense colors, the warmth of the sun at dusk, geometrical designs inspired by the art of indigenous cultures.
