Posted by: Adarsh – Search engine battler on September 22nd, 2008

Since time immemorial, flowers have been seen as an ideal way to express emotions. From birthdays to funerals, engagement to anniversaries, romance to wedding etc., people have been saying it with flowers. There are few better ways to emote than with flowers. And researchers have now proved that floral emotions can be taken to much higher levels. By exposing scented roses to volunteers in their sleep, they have found that flowers can help in having pleasant dreams. For a long time, roses have been symbolic of love and used for many occasions to express feelings, sentiments and emotions. Roses, like other flowers are incredibly beautiful and fragrant and they are certain to delight the recipient. It’s not a surprise that it has found another use. Roses are not just romantic; they can spruce up your dreams as well.

German Researchers from the University Hospital Mannheim have found that sweet floral scents can induce pleasant dreams. Evidence has always suggested that the process of dreaming is a reflection of life and this correlates with what researchers have found. Studies on a group of 15 volunteers who were exposed to smells of rotten eggs and roses for 30 nights have indicated that smell has an effect on human emotions. Researchers exposed Volunteers in the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) stage of their sleep to smells of rotten eggs, sweet smelling roses and nothing for nearly 10 seconds. After exposing them to these smells, subjects were woken up and asked to recollect their dreams. Despite the subjects not dreaming of flowers or rotten eggs, those exposed to floral scents recorded having pleasant positive dreams and those exposed to the unpleasant smell of rotten eggs were recorded as having negative dreams.

During an average of eight hours sleep, people spend two hours dreaming, which adds up to six years in a lifetime. Researchers claim that unlike other senses, brain structures involved in smelling are always awake and influence the emotional tone of sleep. While, the study will help researchers analyse the therapeutic benefits of influencing dreams of people who have nightmares, sleep aided by scented roses could be a perfect way to kick start your day, and we have a wide selection of incredibly fresh rose bouquets and arrangements to help you do just that. If in case you have already ordered flowers from us, we recommend you keep them in your bedroom while sleeping and share your dreams with us by leaving a comment.

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Filed under: Flowers, General on September 22nd, 2008

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