Santa Maria Novella Angeli di Firenze Scented Wax Tablets

Blue cornflower petals and chamomile flowers are set into the wax. The tablets are made by hand in Santa Maria Novella's workshops, so no two come out quite alike.

The scent is Angeli di Firenze, composed in 2006 for the volunteers who came to Florence after the flood of 4 November 1966. In wax it reads as marine notes, orange and jasmine. Wax gives scent back slowly and without a flame, which is why it belongs in a drawer or a wardrobe. The house asks that it stays off delicate fabric and is kept cool, dry and out of the light.

A lot of houses down here are shut from Easter until the first warm weekend of spring. They open smelling of closed rooms. A tablet left in the linen press over winter is the difference.

Spec

• Box of two scented wax tablets, 135g
• Made by hand
• Set with blue cornflower petals and chamomile flowers
• Notes: marine, orange, jasmine
• Firenze 1221 Edition
• Avoid direct contact with delicate fabrics. Store cool and dry, away from light and heat