Angeli di Firenze / Angels of Florence by Santa Maria Novella

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Angeli di Firenze
Angels of Florence
Santa Maria Novella 2006

7.3 / 10 151 Ratings

A perfume by Santa Maria Novella for women and men, released in 2006. The scent is floral-fruity. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Fruity

Fresh

Creamy

Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Peach

Orange

Heart Notes

Jasmine

Marine notes

Blackcurrant

Base Notes

Musk

Sandalwood Vanilla

Vanilla

Ratings

Scent

7.3151 Ratings

Longevity

6.3117 Ratings

Sillage

6.1118 Ratings

Bottle

7.7107 Ratings

Value for money

6.460 Ratings

Submitted by Ripieno · last update on 01/19/2026.

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8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/03/2025

10Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Caroleanne81
220 Reviews

Caroleanne81

5

Fresh, Clean & Unique

This is not something I’d usually go for but I really love it. I also love the history behind Santa Maria Novella.

In 1966, Florence suffered heavy rainfall causing the Arno River to flood the city. This resulted in everything being covered in thick mud. Volunteers from across Europe flocked to Florence, risking their lives to help rescue important art, artefacts, and to clean up the city. They were aptly named the “Mud Angels”. Angeli Di Firenze was created in their memory.

This is the perfect spring or summer fragrance. The peach and orange notes combined actually give the impression of a juicy cantaloupe or honeydew melon. This is refreshing, light, clean, and crisp. It’s sweet, but not too sweet. I find this really very unique. I’ve never smelt anything like it. This doesn’t smell like a marine scent to me either, and I honestly can’t pick out a single one of the listed notes. I don’t get any woodiness, musk or powder in this fragrance. I’ve had my bottle a year and it hasn’t changed either. All I smell is this gorgeous, light, fresh, sweet melon. While I do find most of their scents very soapy, I don’t get any kind of soap from this. It’s just a great feminine freshie!

I’d say ignore the notes because if you like melon scents (but the jolly rancher watermelon in Wavechild was too much for you, like it was for me) this is a brilliant option! It was a successful blind buy for me, and one I’ll definitely continue to repurchase in the future. I absolutely adore this scent!

Updated on 03/04/2025

07/29/2025

ClaireV
969 Reviews

ClaireV

2

Nostalgic, golden-sweet floral

Angeli di Firenze (Angels of Florence) is a sweet, soapy floral mélange of jasmine and rose that creates a golden aura around the wearer. Angeli di Firenze spikes the buttery, floral heart with a juicy apple shampoo note, giving it a fun, youthful vibe that I quite like. My positive reaction to Angeli, in fairness, is probably due to a nice memory it conjures up for me than the actual smell itself. Specifically, Angeli reminds me strongly of J'Adore by Dior, immediately taking me back to my days of living in Belgrade, when I exclusively wore that scent.

My job at the time was to travel around the Balkans, often on local buses, trying to sweet talk donors into giving us more money, a job I was really terrible at. I was only really at the office in Belgrade once or twice a week before heading off on my lonely travels, but I remember that I never felt welcome there, or part of the team. However, the receptionist at the front desk, a beautiful Serb girl with the highest heels I have ever seen on anyone, would always take the time to stop me and say, 'You smell sooooo beautiful'.

The day I handed in my notice, I walked up to the receptionist, handed her the rest of my big bottle of J'Adore, kissed her and told her that she had made my life in Belgrade bearable. I remember that her eyes filled up with tears, which embarrassed me because I suddenly understood I could have made her this happy earlier. Why hadn't I just handed over the bottle to her the first time she complimented me on it? I never wore J'Adore again.

05/05/2025

7Scent 4Longevity 5Sillage

Raluko111
490 Reviews

Raluko111

2

Summery, flowery, marine scent.

This scent is incredibly similar to Il Sentiero degli Déi minus the pool float accord. It's a pretty delicate citrus and white flower scent that has some marine notes which, probably due to the acerbic quality of the black currant, turn a bit funky on me. This is why it's so important to try everything on your skin before writing a review or blog post, and most importantly before making a purchase: on paper and in the tester pod at the Santa Maria Novella store, this is absolutely incredible and potent; on my skin, performance leaves a lot to be desired, and the scent evolution does not resemble the perfume on paper at all.

If you're lucky to have a different pH than I do, this could be a pretty, delicate, unisex summer cologne.

01/19/2026

6Scent 3Longevity 1Sillage

MartaRegina
577 Reviews

MartaRegina

1

Subtle scent

Like the brush of an angel’s wings: charming, airy, delicate, and almost imperceptible. An exceptionally gentle, almost ethereal composition with a subtly sweet fruity opening. A safe and classic fruity-floral feminine fragrance. So far, the most delicate Santa Maria Novella perfume I’ve experienced.

07/31/2011

7Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Amandan
65 Reviews

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Amandan

Top Review 18

Angels of Mud

Angels of Florence was released in 2006 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the catastrophic flooding of the city. What happened was that on November 3, 1966, three air currents collided: warm polar air, a Moroccan sirocco, and arctic cold air. The result was a wild high-altitude hurricane that swept from Rome across northern Italy over the Alpine ridge into Austria at 120 kilometers per hour. However, northern Italy was hit the hardest. Millions of livestock were lost in the Po Valley, thousands of houses were partially severely damaged, there was no light, no drinking water, no gas, no telephone. Hundreds of people drowned or were crushed by collapsing walls, and hundreds of thousands had to evacuate their homes.
Perhaps the worst thing for the population was that meteorologists had been aware of the potentially threatening development. However, only the prison directors (!) were warned by the authorities, who could transfer the worst offenders to other parts of the country. The general population, on the other hand, was completely taken by surprise by the disaster! The Uffizi was flooded, artworks, paintings, and books were irretrievably destroyed.
But even after the disaster, the Italian authorities did not cover themselves in glory, as they argued more about who was responsible for the cleanup than actually getting to work! In the end, it was the people from the community - the very first were hippies, by the way - who joined forces with their usual adversaries, the police, to rescue families trapped by the water! Soon, helpers came from many other regions and countries, and these helpers became known as "angeli del fango" (which is also the reference for the name of the perfume). This November 4, 1966 is deeply ingrained in the collective memory of the Florentines, so it is no surprise that this event should be remembered even after 40 years, and the helpers were honored with a newly created perfume by the Florentine-based Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella.
One would expect that the house SMN would have made a special effort in this regard. The fragrance starts with a fresh-citrusy note (orange blossom), which is soon accompanied by floral aspects - I particularly detect jasmine. The heart note also has a slight fruity hint (peach, melon?). What is very nice about the fragrance is that this floral-fruity medley has a green-spicy undertone (whatever that is, I unfortunately cannot identify). In the drydown, a very discreet woody (?) base with a vanilla tone joins in. However, one should not imagine the progression to be very dramatic; the fragrance does not change its character significantly.
Overall, I must say that Angels of Florence (in comparison to the windy catastrophe) is rather a mild breeze. But perhaps the fragrance refers to the time afterwards, when everything was in bloom again the following year?
Be that as it may, for those who enjoy citrus-floral scents, it is a very nice alternative. A beautiful, solid fragrance, but somehow it lacks excitement in my eyes. The longevity is very good! One can therefore make a dose last a long time.

PS: There is also a very good film in which the flood plays a role. It is called "Die besten Jahre" in German and is something like an Italian cult film.

Update from 06.08.2011:
After multiple applications of this fragrance, I have the impression that it bears a distant resemblance to La vie de Chateau by Nicolai. The latter has a more grassy-green-spicy opening, while Angels comes across as more floral-fruity. However, both are warm and soft, calm, and a bit noble in the base.

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43 short views on the fragrance

KimJong

1 year ago

5.5Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

3

An olfactory homage to domestic cleanliness. To put it simply, it's laundry soap.

Annebertran

1 year ago

2

It's unfortunate that the marine notes turn very sweaty on me... this sounded so good on paper and yet :')

RisingChaos

2 years ago

7Scent 5Longevity 4Sillage

2

Fluffy, powdery musk tinged with jasmine, marine notes, fruits. Fresh ozonic scent with a woody and vanillic base. Like fresh clean linens.

MartaRegina

2 months ago

6Scent 3Longevity 1Sillage

1

Like the brush of an angel’s wings: charming, delicate, and almost imperceptible.

Coffeecat283

1 year ago

7.5Scent 4Longevity 4Sillage

1

Clean aquatic floral, pleasant enough, but a bit too boring and reminiscent of dryer sheets for my taste.

Pollita

5 years ago

8.5Scent 6Sillage

37

25

When the angels from Florence arrive with their delicate flowers and fine fruits, it's summer. No matter where. Soft & unsweet, Summer Breeze.

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Ergoproxy

1 year ago

7Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

28

32

Delightful! A delicate, soapy floral veil with a hint of fruit, green spice, and a creamy base.

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Bastian

5 years ago

7.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

22

15

Fresh floral scent, delicate in its nature.
Like just out of the shower. Close to the skin and a pleasant summer companion. Well done. Fits perfectly with beautiful Florence.

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