The Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, Firenze, Italy, 06/06/2019
I wanted to visit the monastery's pharmacy, which was successfully commercialized. Herbalism and medical research that the monks had made to practice love for their own health and neighbors had developed around 800 years. Even though it smells like capitalism because of its large scale, there might be different from drugs developed by multinational pharmaceutical companies at the expense of countless living things. However, it was a bit disappointing because it looks like a traditional cosmetics store rather than a pharmacy. Is it necessary to be pretty or handsome to develop spirituality?
The Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella can trace its roots back to the Florence of 1221. In that year, Dominican friars founded the convent of Santa Maria Novella, and began to cultivate - among other things - a vegetable garden. From that same garden, many centuries of experience in pharmacopoeia and natural preparations began to develop. And in later years that experience would expand to include the worlds of cosmetics, fragrances and wellness products. 800 Years of History
