Read more Santa Maria Novella stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23319/santa-maria-novella.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 20:19:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/18985/italian-church-pairs-perfume-with-prayer.htmlHarry Kimball<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=75712&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20111031140653' border='0' />Florence's Santa Maria Novella church has an intriguing sideline: It's home to one of the world's oldest pharmacies, which today churns out tonics and perfumes made according to medieval recipes. Smithsonian profiles the church, where Dominican monks began concocting herbal remedies and rose water, used to clean plague-touched homes, more...The cologne sold today that's closest to the one made for Catherine de' Medicihttp://www.newser.com/story/18985/italian-church-pairs-perfume-with-prayer.htmlWed, 20 Feb 2008 13:00:00 CST