Improve your love life with flowers!
Roses and lilies have been
found to have a positive effect on male and female libido.
The secret of maintaining healthy libido - sex
drive - is to keep a vase of roses or lilies beside your bed. Work
done by Helen Farmer-Knowles, a counsellor on natural remedies and
cosmetics and an aromatherapist, points to the beneficial effects
of scented flowers - and particularly roses and lilies (as these
are the ones that have been investigated) to improve our love life.
Flowers, particularly scented
ones, can aid sensuality and alleviate stress.
The texture of rose petals is sensuous and silken
to the touch. Not only are the senses of sight and touch stimulated
by the rose, but its fragrance hides a scientific secret that aids
'falling in love'.
PEA, phenylethylamine, is a substance found in
fresh roses, which helps give them their distinctive scent. PEA
contains an amino acid known to slow the breakdown of beta-endorphins.
Beta-endorphins are "happy hormones", which give us a
high and the euphoria of being in love. PEA is also present in chocolate.
A suitor who comes bearing a bunch of red roses and a box of chocolates
has long been seen as a romantic. We are just beginning to understand
why. The effect of PEA has been described as a mood-altering chemical
that is able to prolong feelings of sensuality.
Life's simple pleasures, such as savouring the fragrance of a favourite
flower, have a measurable affect upon mood in relation to the immune
system. A good mood and good health boost our immunity, and are
necessary to well-being and a healthy sex life.
Some romantics, men or women, may prefer clear scents, such as
spring flowers like sweet violets (so dear to French Latin lovers,
especially Napoleon and his Josephine), or lily-of-the-valley. Others
may have more exotic tastes in natural flower perfumes and respond
well to the deep aroma of tuberose, erotic jasmine, or narcotic
narcissus.
The lily may be traditionally association with purity and the Virgin
Mary - as the Madonna lily suggests - but lilies have a particular
strong feminine appeal. Perhaps their ancient use as a scented ointment
to treat 'female' complaints, remains in our unconscious collective
memory. In modern times the ancient 'Oil of Lilies', that took at
least 2,000 stems to make, is no longer within our grasp. However,
to lull and relax lovers, a bedside bowl of heavily scented lilies,
redolent of the orient can work wonders on sexuality. The scent
is very calming, and a relaxed attitude is important to successful
sex.
Libido, the intensity of sexual desire, can be increased by floral
aids to arousal. For example, tobacco flowers (Nicotiana) or romantic
gardenia, with their sensual aromas, a heady hyacinth plant, or
a vase of luxurious cut flowers, can help pave the way to sensuous
and sensitive 'love-making'.
In our high-tech busy stressful world, the power of flowers, and
their sexual appeal to our senses, should never be underestimated
or forgotten.
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