Porcellana Santa Maria Novella 2010

How am I supposed to organize my countless samples and decants when I keep stumbling upon forgotten (or better: buried) treasures and let myself be distracted by them?
Fragrance treasures that make me wonder how long they have been lying unnoticed among the other samples and why they are not recorded anywhere.

And this time it is particularly special:
I am once again reading the novel "Die Galerie der Düfte" by Julia Fischer; a book filled with a lot of fragrance and beautiful words, which not only tells of one or two love stories over time, no, in the end, there are even four, no, even five!
And all of this takes place against the backdrop of the "Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella," of course in Florence and partly also in Munich.
I was made aware of it here at Parfumo back then; this community is even mentioned there.

But why do I find a decant of the anniversary fragrance "Porcellana," which was released in limited quantity in a special bottle for the 400th anniversary of the company, just now?
How fondly I remember the deep joy I felt when I tested some fragrances from this brand years ago:
The enchanting "Fresia" and the smiling Eau de Cologne "Rosa Novella" touched me, as did "Angeli di Firenze" (created in gratitude for the selfless help of firefighters after the flood of 1966, when Florence was inundated) and of course "Acqua della Regina," a fragrance for Catarina de' Medici I remember fondly.
The sound of one of the other compositions touched my soul like butterfly wings.

But now to the anniversary fragrance:
Perhaps due to the aroma of star anise, "Porcellana" initially feels cool and transparent and truly reminds me of fine, valuable, and thin-walled porcelain, which gave it this name.
White, like the porcelain angel, who plays a minor role in the aforementioned novel during the fragrance creation, many floral notes appear, with jasmine playing a significant, albeit not a leading role.
But this floral splendor is not sultry and sensual this time, but rather virginal: Let the angels carry this fragrance!
The angels of Florence surely also know the powdery aroma of the blooming iris fields that belong to this city in summer.
An anniversary fragrance deserves a fine resinous garnish, here a net of galbanum smoke.
Thus, "Porcellana" becomes a soft, romantic fragrance that is very delicate, yet possesses a graceful personality.

So now it is time for a cup of tea in one of the fine porcelain tea bowls and a few more pages of this romantic tale.
Above all hovers this finely scented white porcelain angel!