Valentine's Day is associated with love, closeness and the feeling that we matter to someone. For some, it is a romantic evening together. For others, it is time with someone who is becoming special. It can also be a chance to show affection to a friend, a partner or anyone who brings something good into your life.
It is a day for noticing one another and making gestures that say more than words. Whether you have an elaborate plan or something wonderfully simple in mind, what matters is that the moment feels shared.
Over time, we remember the atmosphere as well as the words and gifts. Fragrance can bring back a particular evening, someone's perfume or a place that mattered, even years later.
That is why candles so often accompany these moments. Scented or unscented, they can be chosen to suit the mood. Their soft light adds to a feeling of warmth and closeness.
Valentine's Day celebrates relationships: new, long-established, romantic and just beginning. Sometimes one evening becomes a memory you want to return to.