By
Wendy Ward
Valentines Day casts a spell with an invisible and transporting power that can trigger the senses with the force of a tornado.
Tantamount to celebrating the day are the ultimate symbols of love ~ delicious and decadent chocolates and magnificent, long stemmed red roses.
Other traditional love offerings include intoxicating fragrances, lush bath oils, a passionate shade of creamy lipstick in a rich, deep red or a classic gold compact.
This festival of love is celebrated by millions of lovers across the world and has been depicted and illustrated through romantic songs, poems, love letters and spells.
Appreciation for our sweetheart and to reveal immense love, this season of love and the mood for Valentine’s Day can be awakened and channeled through visual cues of opulent colour, like intense red.Representing enduring love it is the all time most romantic colour. Red has been tied to romantic love across cultures since ancient times.
Other potent and powerful components to spark the heart at the deepest level are whiffs of divine aromas that can stir and ignite feelings and carry us back. Seductive vanilla, beloved tuberose, orange blossoms and soft florals like fresh gardenias. All can mysteriously telegraph desire and passion.
Arousing the senses for just a moment, capture the beautiful essence and the heavenly scent of an extravagant bouquet of one hundred rose blossoms or thousands upon thousands of jasmine flowers. Now imagine floating in a tub surrounded by rose petals and a drizzle of haunting and sensuous neroli oil for a perfect Valentine’s Day rendezvous
This special day is steeped in history.The red rose was reported to be the chosen flower of Venus, the goddess of love.Signifying passion and love it is the autograph and universal rose of Valentine’s Day.Red symbolises strong feelings, while White is recognized for its purity. A modern representation of young love and a new relationship is Pink for Valentine’s Day, a midway blend of red for passion and white for innocence. While red hearts abound and long stemmed reds flourish, the colour Purple is striking and impressive. Signifying royalty, it embodies luxury and wealth and is spectacular in nature like the Purple rose, iris and violet. Mystical, feminine and rare, the Purple rose is an exotic and cherished bloom that deeply expresses eternal feelings and symbolises love at first sight.
When giving to your lover this Valentine’s Day, whatever your choice remember you are sending a message from your heart to express the nuances of deepest feelings.
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