This oddity is a rarity: despite having the genetic characteristics of the bitter orange, it produces fruit from both that citrus fruit and those of the lemon and citron. In the garden of the Villa di Castello, where botanical experiments took place, plants of this oddity are still preserved.

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The greenhouses of the Medici family in Florence were the most famous in Europe; brimming with citrus fruits from all over the world, their collections were unparalleled. One of Florence's villas, Villa di Castello (also known as Villa Reale), houses the largest collection of potted citrus trees in Europe. These citrus trees, also known as Oddities, are the result of grafting and experimentation on all known species since the time of the Medici. In the same villa, adjacent to the two large lemon houses, we also find other gardens, including the Aromatic Garden, home to lush specimens of lavender, fennel, thyme, and rosemary. These aromas can also be felt in the surrounding streets. In this candle, we wanted to recreate this historic, almost magical atmosphere, which instills peace and serenity while simultaneously purifying the environment through the antiseptic action of the lemon and rosemary essential oils contained within. Sixteenth-century Medici Florence was renowned for its magnificence: the cradle of civilization, the city of artists. The Medici themselves, bankers and patrons who ruled Florence, demanded excellence in every field. Some of the most representative figures of this family also had a great passion for plants, for botany, both for medicinal purposes—to bring a fresh scent to a city that, like all the rest of the world, did not yet have a functioning sewer system—but also, and above all, for ornamental purposes. During that period, thanks to the travels of Marco Polo and the great explorers, splendid plants with elegant fragrances and delicious, healthy fruit had arrived in the city from the Near and Far East: citrus fruits: oranges, lemons, and citrons. The Medici wanted the great agronomists, who tended the renowned gardens of the Medici villas with their lemon groves, to create a Florentine citrus fruit, invented in Florence; a plant never before seen that had the marvelous characteristics of the citrus fruits that had arrived in the city. A citrus tree, the epitome of excellence, that would define Florentine magnificence. The idea was the same one that generated innovation, discoveries, and timeless masterpieces, but something went wrong for the zealous agronomists at the Medici court. At the time, grafting and hybridization techniques were based on the writings of Pliny the Elder, Varro, and Virgil, and despite great resources, determination, and the best talents available, what emerged was a bizarre creature, part citron, part lemon, part orange, but without, unfortunately, ever taking on the specific characteristics of a new citrus fruit. The fruits that grew from this plant had streaks of various colors and a wrinkled surface, full of cocoons and excrescences. The Medici family's sense of taste, still tied to a sense of beauty based on harmony and perfection, dismissed the plant as "bizarre," in the negative sense of the word, and sent the agronomists involved in the failed operation home. However, that plant has continued to be reproduced ever since, living a life of its own in some garden, by the hands of a few scrupulous gardeners who have cared for a special plant. The bizarre plant is a rarity: despite having the genetic characteristics of the bitter orange, it produces fruit from both that citrus fruit and those of the lemon and citron. In the garden of the Villa di Castello, where botanical experiments took place, bizarre plants are still preserved.