Dominican friars arrived in Florence to build a monastery outside the city gate. They began studying and experimenting with the medicinal properties of herbs grown in their gardens in order to prepare ...

In 2021 the world’s oldest skin, body care, and perfume brand is turning 800 years old. Just to reiterate — this year marks Officina Santa Maria Novella’s eight-hundredth birthday. I first heard ...

Just off Florence's Piazza Santa Maria Novella, where a church of the same name has stood since 1360, sits another cathedral of sorts. It may not look like it from the outside but inside, it's truly a ...

Need a throat lozenge? How about some pasticche whose original formula dates from 1612? Or Catherine de' Medici's favorite perfume? You can find them in Florence in one special place: The Officina ...

While Santa Maria Novella is not nearly as grand as the world-famous Duomo, it is still one of the most important Gothic churches in Tuscany. Located just 750 feet from Firenze Santa Maria Novella ...

The lowdown: Mama always said, “Like a fine wine, life gets better with age,” and such is the case with Santa Maria Novella. Seeing as the Florence, Italy-based apothecary has been around for almost ...

Italian investment company Italmobiliare is investing 120 million euros to acquire an additional 60 percent stake of 400-year-old pharmaceutical laboratory Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria ...

When I was in my college years, I spent a lot of time in Florence (Italian boyfriends), and always wanted to go into the Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella (aka the Santa Maria ...

There’s the grooming stuff that was good enough for your father, the stuff that was good enough for your grandfather, and then there’s the stuff that was good enough for your ancestors. Santa Maria ...