Lily of the valley
It was in 1561 that Charles IX offered strands of lily of the valley to his entourage, thus initiating what was to become a tradition that is still firmly rooted in customs today.
Beyond the symbol linked to the 1st of May, the lily of the valley has a meaning all its own in the language of flowers.
The lily of the valley is the symbol of happiness and more particularly of happiness regained.
We offer it when we want to mark the joy of the return of happiness in our lives, or when we want to wish the person to whom we offer it to find happiness as soon as possible.
It is also lily of the valley that you can offer to someone you have fallen out with, to invite him or her to reconcile, in order to regain the happiness of being together.
This can be the case for a friendly relationship such as a love relationship, to invite his or her companion to get closer, after an argument or a quarrel for example.