Angels of Florence

Every girl wants to have her signature scent, and I'm pretty sure mine has become Angels of Florence. I treated myself to this fragrance from Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, one of the world's oldest pharmacies that was founded in 1221 by Dominican Friars in the heart of Florence, during my mother-daughter trip through Italy last summer. Not only does it have sentimental value, but it has the most gorgeous floral fresh scent. All SM Novella perfumes are all made in-house and they try to use as many local ingredients as they can. The official site lists the notes for this one as jasmine, lilac, rose and gardenia with peach, melon and violet plus a drop of grey amber. I love floral-sweet scents with hints of muskiness like sandalwood and amber so this is the perfect blend for my everyday wear. I thought I could only get my hands on this in Italy, but I've unexpectedly seen products from SM Novella in several small boutique stores and just found out that there is an online shop, too!(Though I do think that when I run out of this 100mL bottle I will just have to plan another trip to Italy to restock... and it'll give me enough time to save up for the ticket, haha). I seriously just get so happy thinking about this scent and every time I spritz this it reminds me of Italy and the lovely trip we had. Perfect qualities of a signature scent, no? What is your favorite perfume?

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Products mentioned:

Acqua di Colonia - Angels of Florence