10 reasons to give flowers this Valentine’s Day

It’s Valentine’s Day and if you haven’t yet bought your lady a beautiful bouquet of flowers, here are 10 things that might change your mind:

1. Flowers are beautiful and everybody loves to look at beautiful things. Every time she looks at those flowers, she’ll think of you.

2. It will make her happy. A study has shown that flowers have an immediate impact on happiness. All the women who were presented with flowers as a gift expressed ‘true happiness’ or ‘excitement’.

3. Most flowers smell great and smell is the most powerful sense we have. It is intimately connected to our memory and thereby, our emotions. Your lady is going to walk by those flowers and associate good feelings towards you.

4. Flowers make intimate connections. Scientists have found that the presence of flowers leads to increased contact with our loved ones.

5. If you struggle with words, a bouquet of flowers will relay the message quite clearly. In fact, in Victorian times flowers were used as secret code to show how a man felt about a woman.

6. Giving flowers makes you look good. Men who give flowers are perceived as happy, achieving, strong, capable and courageous people.

7. 92% of women remember the last time they received flowers.

8. 86% of survey respondents say receiving flowers make them feel really special.

9. Flowers have a long-term positive effect on moods. Study participants reported feeling less depressed, anxious and agitated after receiving flowers, and demonstrated a higher sense of enjoyment and life satisfaction.

10. They make you sexier. A recent study suggests that women find flower-bearing men more attractive than men who show up empty-handed.

So, what are you waiting for? Make sure you present the love of your life with a stunning bouquet of flowers on this Day of Love.

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