Santa Maria Novella Acqua della Regina Bath Gel

Caterina de' Medici carried this scent to the French court when she married Henry II. It is the oldest thing the Officina makes and it is still citrus.

The bath gel is the least ceremonious way to own it. Vegetable-origin surfactants, so it lathers without stripping, and it layers under the cologne rather than competing with it.

Start here if you want to know whether eight hundred years of formula is worth the price of the bottle.

Spec

• Bath and shower gel
• Vegetable-origin surfactants
• Acqua della Regina, citrus