Why Do Floral Gifts Lift My Mood?

If you had not already known, flowers can improve your mental health!

The presence of flowers evokes feelings of happiness and reduces stress and anxiety levels. So what makes flowers so magical and helpful?

The Power of Floral Gifts

Studies have shown that flowers can induce positive energy in you and make you feel better. Receiving flowers as an unexpected gift will improve your mood, and giving them is a symbolic gesture of love and affection. A behavioral research by Jeannette Haviland-Jones, Professor of Psychology at Rutgers, has said that flowers improve mental health by increasing levels of happiness and calmness and enhance the quality of wellbeing and intimacy between individuals.

In every age group, all research participants expressed excitement when receiving flowers. Positive reactions included surprise, genuine happiness, and gratitude. The study also recorded participants feeling less depressed, anxious, and agitated after receiving floral gifts. 

What makes flowers such incredibly uplifting gifts?

Scent

The sweet aroma of flowers is one reason you should send a floral basket to your friend or family. The fragrance of flowers can evoke happy memories and also create wonderful new memories. 

Experts say that scent and memory are intimately intertwined. Flowers have gentle and captivating aromas that can trigger positive memories – you can use the fragrance of flowers to kindle feelings of gratitude, affection, and joy, associating those positive feelings with the person who sent the flowers. 

The powerful and healing properties of floral gifts can also alleviate the levels of stress and anxiety. Many people cite aromatherapy, which is based on the fragrance of flowers, as an effective method for relaxing and lifting up their spirits.

Colours 

According to Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute, “Our response to color is intensely emotional, and flowers can be a catalyst for feelings that stimulate more than just our senses of sight and smell.” Flowers have an immediate impact on happiness because of their vibrant colours. Like floral fragrance, the colours of flowers affect your mood too.  

Different colours symbolise different emotions and can evoke positive feelings in you. Red is the colour of passion and romance. Yellow flowers represent happiness and good fortune. Colour therapy (chromotherapy) is the idea that colours create specific electrical impulses in your brain to help alleviate your mood and lift your spirits. Who knew that vase of pretty and vibrant flowers could affect your mood so much?

Arrangement of Flowers

The arrangement of different colours and different flowers can also create different atmospheres and paint different emotions and vibes. Creating unique and captivating decorative floral arrangements can convey different intentions and the deepest of emotions without uttering a word. Having the right colour flower arrangement at the office or your home can make you feel much brighter and chirpier.

Online Flower Delivery in Singapore

Giving and receiving flowers creates a positive connection between family and friends. The Interior Collections is a team of skillful stylists that allows you to express your love and gratitude through beautiful bouquets and floral gifts. The Interior Collections creates floral arrangements to convey different messages for different occasions. When ordering a floral arrangement or gift, it is important to keep in mind the personality and emotional state of the receiver. One thing for certain, a surprise floral basket will put a smile on your loved one’s face.