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The presence of flowers in a room made women much more likely to say yes to a date request, a study found.
Researchers first invited several dozen undergraduate women into a room, one at a time, and asked them to form an impression of a man whom they watched in a video. In half the cases, vases filled with roses, French marigolds and daisies were placed around the room; in the other half, the vases were empty. With flowers, the women rated the man in the video somewhat higher on physical attractiveness and date-worthiness than without.
A series of women were then brought into a room, with or without flowers, and again told they would be asked about their perceptions of a video. This time, an attractive man watched the same video in an adjacent room, and the two were brought together to discuss it. A researcher made excuses to leave the room twice, and the man asked for the subject's phone number. In the no-flowers condition, she said yes 50% of the time. With flowers, the proportion shot up to 81%.
"'Say It With Flowers': The Effect of Flowers on Mating Attractiveness and Behavior," Nicolas Guéguen, Social Influence (2011, Issue 2) 
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