Gian Luca Perris, the chief executive officer of Santa Maria Novella. Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella Mr. Perris, a trained “nose” in perfume making, did not waste time.

The fragrance resulting from this time-consuming production is a fitting way to celebrate Santa Maria Novella’s 800 years in business.

LONDON — Florentine fragrance company Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, otherwise known as Santa Maria Novella, has partnered with Harrods on its first department store ...

But Florentine fragrance company Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, known more casually as Santa Maria Novella, did just that in New York the other night when the brand hosted ...

The perfumer is deeply linked with the great Medici family, whose famous patronage of art, architecture and music elevated Florence as the cultural epicentre of the Renaissance. The oldest fragrance ...

By the 15th century, the popularity of Santa Maria Novella began to extend beyond Florence, thanks to Catherine de’ Medici, who chose Renato Bianco, raised by Santa Maria Novella’s Dominican friars, ...

Today, Santa Maria Novella's garden produces plants and flowers used in products still made by hand, just as they were two or three centuries ago. And more than 2,000 people a day come to breath ...

Santa Maria Novella, an 800 year old Italian fragrance and skincare brand, has opened its first Australian store It began with an herb garden tended by Italian monks and is now one of Europe’s ...