The age-old belief that flowers are the way to a woman’s heart is indeed right as their presence makes women significantly more receptive to men’s advances and have a powerful impact on romance, a new study has claimed.
A team of psychologists from the University of South Brittany in France found that women shopping on their own are more likely to give their phone number to a handsome young man who approaches them if they are stopped outside a flower shop, rather than a cake or shoe shop.
Psychologists discovered that the presence of flowers make women more receptive to men’s advances, even when the flowers are in the background rather than a gift.
The university recruited five young men who had been previously judged as being attractive by a group of women.
These men were then told to approach young women between the age of 18 and 25 in the street to try to get their phone numbers. Each man was told to say their name, tell the woman that she was very pretty and ask for her phone number.
Of the 600 women appro-ached, around a quarter or 144 agreed to give their number if they were asked outside a flower shop, the Daily Telegraph reported.