Linguaggio dei Fiori - Collezione Heart Books

I picked this up mostly for the floriography lists, and now I keep flipping back to look up what each bloom supposedly means before I text a friend. The small heart-shaped format makes it easy to tuck in a bag, though I kind of wish the pages were a touch thicker.

The Victorian etiquette angle is what sold me—learning that people used flowers to say what they couldn't out loud makes every page feel like a little secret. The illustrations are lovely too, and I've already started matching blooms to people I know.

I had no idea floriography was a whole Victorian etiquette thing until this little collection explained it. The idea that people used flowers to say what they couldn't out loud is such a neat angle for a gift book.