Santa Maria Novella Eau De Cologne Gardenia is a fresh, sweet, single floral scent with hints of green, symbolizing grace, elegance and charm. The plant is native to the Orient and reached Europe in the mid 1700s. Its fragrant white flowers were very much in vogue in the 1800s, when it was very common in corsages. It reached the height of its popularity in the 1920’s when men too – intellectuals and the literary crowd – chose gardenias to pin on their suit jackets. Top notes: Lemon Grass, Neroli Middle notes: Gardenia, Broom Base notes: Rosewood