We visited the SM Novella Perfume Pharmacy in 2011, but the place warrants a few new pix for its beauty, uniqueness, and relative antiquity. The Dominican friars of SM Novella have been selling these wares since 1381 (or 1221?). The place is famous world-wide, and it is not unusual to see someone buying hundreds of euros' worth of perfume. It was two blocks from our apartment, and we passed by it every day we were in Florence.
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| Entry...always a crowd |
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| Main showroom |
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| Archives |
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| One of the sales rooms is the former sacristy of the chapel of San Niccolo; frescoed top to bottom in the late 14th century by Mariotto di Nardo di Cione; Passion scenes |
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