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Considered the oldest pharmacy in the world; Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella was founded in 1221 as a Dominican friars convent when the friars were granted the use of Santa Maria Inter Vineas (Holy Mary Among the Vines) — a small church just outside the city walls where they cultivated a botanical garden of herbs and plants to craft medicines; ointments and balms. A reproduction of the pomegranate fruit; handcrafted in terracotta. The pomegranate is soaked in its Melograno fragrance which is released slowly over time to gently scent the room.