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No other name would smell as sweet | Name a Rose with GettingPersonal.co.uk

21 October 2009

To paraphrase Shakespeare beyond all recognition, no other name would smell as sweet as that which has been assigned to a Name a Rose gift pack. Whilst the great Bard would not likely have known about name a rose gift packs, he would certainly have been able to appreciate the significance of them if they existed at the time. Indeed, although his timeless character of Juliet spoke that a rose "by any other name would smell as sweet", it is clear that he had given no consideration to such gifts. If he had, Juliet would most likely have qualified her infamous line with something like "unless it has been specifically reserved as a unique name a rose gift pack, which can be purchased from all good gift shops at a reasonable cost". Literary improvements aside, a rose that has been uniquely named will smell sweeter than any other.

In fact, there is a considerable poetic charm about attributing names to roses in any official capacity. Historically, roses have been employed as symbols of love, beauty and war, whilst they have also been used to denote geographical regions and political factions. For instance, the Labour party, which is apparently doing everything it can to remove itself from UK Government, uses the rose as its insignia in order to project an image of peace, love and prosperity, although it could also be that the rose itself is surrounded by thorny little pricks.

Nevertheless, roses, which are thought to be around 35 million years old, were cultivated by ancient Chinese and Roman cultures. In fact, the rose was a mainstay of Roman gardens for its beautiful aesthetic value and delightful aromatic charm. Moreover, the rose as a symbol of war – chiefly in respect to the War of the Roses, which saw the competing factions of York and Lancaster fight it out for control of England – is the antithesis to the more popular image of the rose as a symbol of love.

However, literature has often framed roses in this delicate balance between love and war, which will no doubt be appreciated by anyone who has had the pleasure of marriage. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, for instance, highlighted how roses can be misleading, fake or manufactured in so far as the gardeners were busy painting white roses red. Shakespeare, notwithstanding his inability to spot the commercial benefits of name a rose gifts, also described roses as possessing contrasting qualities whilst further alluding to the nature of people. Indeed, Shakespeare's sonnet 54 marks the difference between integral and external human beauty and compares this to the scented or unscented rose, which "…looks fair, but fairer we it deem; For that sweet odour, which doth in it live". In short, the rose is an ideal gift for a loved one, whilst it continues to be symbolic of many different things, both good and bad.

The Name a Rose gift set will include a pack of unique rose seeds, which will be registered to the recipient's name, in addition to a gift certificate, welcome letter and various information leaflets and a rose calendar poster. Presented in a stylish gift box, the name a rose gift pack is the perfect way to tell a parent or grandparent that they are very much loved and appreciated. Furthermore, it will provide them with endless joy as they toil away in their precious gardens to ensure that the rose bush grows up as well as – or better than – their children did. In fact, the recipient of a name a rose gift pack need not be green fingered by their nature, as the present itself is a very personal gift that does an excellent job of communicating love and affection as intended.

As an additional benefit, the (presumably grown up) offspring of parents who receive a Name a Rosee gift pack will be able to watch as the seeds grow into delicate stems and then into a sturdy and healthy rose bush. Furthermore, this can be considered a very wise commercial investment as, over the many years that a rose bush will produce new buds, the roses can be picked and handed to love interests. Despite a few grumbles from parents who are driven to the mistaken belief that a devilish magpie or demonically possessed garden gnome is stealing their roses, the crime against Valentine's Day commercialism will no doubt go smoothly. Indeed, even if the love interest finds out that the roses were not purchased at extortionate prices, the defence that hand-picking flowers is more romantic will likely smooth over any arguments. Moreover, new roses will grow back the following spring just in time for a brand new, completely unsuspecting love interest!



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