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Candles and Mood: Love & Romance

Fragrant Elegance
May 21, 2015
1 min read

Dr. Alan Hirsch, director of the Smell and Taste Research Foundation, once said, "Your first impression is to a large degree based on smell. So we talk about love at first sight, we really should be talking about love at first sniff...Smell is a pure emotional sense.''

Scent is one of the most powerful triggers of emotion and memories. Certain smells can bring sharp images to our minds and emotions to our hearts. The reason for this is that smell affects the areas of our brains that project feelings, emotions and perception. Smells can stimulate a strong emotional response when linked to pleasant memories of comfort foods, locations and life experiences. This also works when it comes to love and romance.

It's hard to resist the ambiance created by the warm scent of a glowing candle. Fragrance oils, body lotions and body sprays are other options, but none of those can offer the dim, romantic light that a few carefully placed candles can offer. A perfect night, surrounded in a perfect fragrance, may forever bring up fond memories in your mind whenever you smell that particular aroma.

Certain scents overwhelmingly appeal to men and women when it comes to love. Some of the top romantic scents are:

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