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    Love Blossoms

    6.6/10 · 1,995 ratings·2017·1h 20m·Valentine's Day·Weirdness 4/10
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    At a glance

    4/10

    Mostly standard issue

    Holiday
    Valentine's Day
    Season
    Multiple
    Setting
    International
    Time period
    Contemporary
    Leads start as
    Complete Strangers
    Runtime
    1h 20m
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    Where to watch

    🇺🇸United States19 ways

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    Via JustWatch · can change anytime.

    The premise

    After a perfumer's death, his daughter works to meet the production deadline for his company's latest scent, which is complicated by the lack of an elusive ingredient.

    Themes:Honoring family legacyFinding one's own pathNature vs. Synthetic ScienceIntegrity in business

    How unusual is it?

    A fairly classic Hallmark setup with a quirk or two.

    Who’s in it

    Shantel VanSanten headshot

    Our Girl

    Shantel VanSanten

    as Violet Chappel

    Victor Webster headshot

    Our Guy

    Victor Webster

    as Dec Granger

    Alongside them

    • Callum Blue headshot
      Callum BlueStefan Loxley
    • Brittany Bristow headshot
      Brittany BristowKimmy Spencer
    • Jonathon Sawdon headshot
      Jonathon SawdonRaymond
    • Bobbie Phillips headshot
      Bobbie PhillipsOlivia Caine
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    • Alex Lanipekun headshot
      Alex LanipekunTy
    • Emma Samms headshot
      Emma SammsCarrie Steilman
    • Hans Royaards headshot
      Hans RoyaardsGus
    • Bernard Eylenbosch headshot
      Bernard EylenboschAl Brophy

    Behind the camera

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    Directed by

    • Jonathan Wright headshot
      Jonathan Wright

    Written by

    • Julie Kim headshot
      Julie Kim
    • Kariné Marwood headshot
      Kariné Marwood

    Wait, what?

    The quirks and curveballs that make this one a little weirder than your average Hallmark. No spoilers, promise.

    • The protagonist's father is referred to as 'The Nose' with superhero-like smelling abilities.
    • Characters sniff a dirty wool sock to 'reset' their olfactory senses.
    • The antagonist is defeated by a 'Poison Oak' perfume prank that gives her a rash.
    • The 'Herb of Apple' tree is treated as a mystical source of a 'halo note' in perfume.

    Every trope, all in one place

    Here’s everything this one has going on, from the setting to the way it wraps up. Tap any of the 29 to find more movies that do the same thing.

    Setting3

    🌍International💼Office📍Belgium

    Time & season3

    🔀Multiple💕Valentine's Day🗓️Contemporary

    Premise1

    📜Inheritance

    Characters5

    🔬Lead: Scientist/Researcher💐Love interest: Florist⏰Workaholic lead💘Matchmaking relative🖤Widow / widower

    Conflict6

    ⚖️Career vs Home/Family⚡Corporate Buyer/Merger💼Career stakes📉Business in peril💔Love triangle🗺️Long distance

    Romance6

    💕Start as complete strangers💕First kiss: late (final third)💓Instant attraction🔥Slow burn💗Love confession🎁Grand gesture

    Tone & quirks1

    🎬Light/Heartwarming

    How it ends4

    💍Proposal ending💋Ends with a kiss🏘️Stays in the small town🏪Saves the business

    How it all plays out

    Already seen it, or just can’t wait? Open this up for the whole story, ending included.

    Full story (spoilers)
    Violet Chappel, a brilliant chemist living in Boston, returns to her childhood home in Bruges, Belgium, following the death of her father, Eric Chappel. Eric was a legendary 'Nose' who left behind an unfinished trilogy of perfumes, with the final scent, SKY, missing its formula. Violet is under immense pressure from a distributor, Harv Willard, to deliver the perfume by Valentine's Day or face financial ruin. Her boyfriend and business advisor, Stefan, encourages her to sell the company to Olivia Caine, a rival known for copying high-end scents, but Violet is determined to protect her father's legacy. While searching for a new perfumer, Violet has a 'meet-cute' with Declan 'Dec' Granger, a botanist and former Wall Street trader, after they collide at a coffee shop. Realizing Dec has a 'superhero' sense of smell—able to detect a hint of apple on her scarf from a distance—she hires him to help her reverse-engineer SKY. As they work together, Dec teaches Violet to appreciate the natural world and 'slow down and breathe,' leading them to a secret 'Cultivation Garden' filled with rare plants. Their progress is hampered when Dec catches a cold, temporarily losing his sense of smell, and Stefan secretly hires a famous perfumer from Paris to replace him. The conflict peaks when Stefan is revealed to be a traitor; he steals the formula from Violet's laptop and sells it to Olivia Caine. However, Dec had anticipated the theft and planted a fake formula containing 'Urushiol' (Poison Oak), causing Olivia to develop a severe rash. In the final act, Violet and Dec discover the missing 'halo note' of the perfume is 'Herb of Apple' from a rare tree. Despite a lab flood caused by a sprinkler malfunction, the local community and Dec's friends rally to help Violet bottle 2,000 units of the reformulated scent, now titled 'Heaven on Earth,' in just two hours. Violet breaks up with Stefan, decides to stay in Belgium to run Chappel's, and begins a romantic relationship with Dec.

    Beat by beat

    1. 1

      Opening

      Violet returns to Bruges to find her late father's missing perfume formula for 'SKY' before a looming Valentine's Day deadline.

    2. 2

      Inciting Incident

      Violet meets Declan, a botanist with an incredible sense of smell, and recruits him to help her recreate the scent.

    3. 3

      Midpoint

      Violet and Declan bond over nature and the 'Cultivation Garden,' while Stefan secretly plots to sell the company to rival Olivia Caine.

    4. 4

      Conflict Escalation

      Declan loses his sense of smell due to a cold, and Stefan attempts to fire him and replace him with a corporate perfumer.

    5. 5

      Climax

      Stefan's betrayal is revealed when he sells the formula to Olivia, but Declan tricks her with a Poison Oak-based 'fake' formula.

    6. 6

      Resolution

      The community helps Violet bottle the new perfume in a race against time, and she decides to stay in Belgium with Declan.

    29 tropes in one movie

    We counted 29 distinct Hallmark tropes packed into this one — a genuine greatest-hits reel.

    How it stacks up

    Where this one’s rating lands against every other rated Hallmark movie.

    Rating 6.6 vs every rated Hallmark moviemedian 6.4This movie · 6.645678

    Higher-rated than 63% of every rated Hallmark movie. The median is 6.4.

    Where this one fits

    The corners of the catalog Love Blossoms belongs to — handy if you’re after more of the same.

    • ❤️Hallmark Valentine's Day MoviesSet around Valentine’s Day.
    • 💍Hallmark Wedding MoviesWedding bells are involved.
    • 🧁Hallmark Baking & Cooking MoviesPlenty of time in the kitchen.
    • 👨‍👧Hallmark Single Parent MoviesA single parent finds love again.

    Lines worth quoting

    The lines that stuck with us — the ones you’ll be repeating after the credits roll.

    • “He was the Nose, the perfume designer with the uncanny sense of smell. And you, the brilliant chemist.”
      — KimmyExplaining the legacy of Violet's father.
    • “I see hope, the promise of life. Nature's all around us. You just need to slow down and breathe it in.”
      — DeclanExplaining his philosophy as a botanist to Violet.
    • “I did give her a formula, for poison oak. It was meant to be a joke.”
      — DeclanRevealing how he tricked the antagonist Olivia Caine.

    Meet the characters

    Who’s who before you press play. Nothing here gives the ending away.

    • Violet Chappel

      Lead

      Chemist

      TenaciousScientificLoyalGrieving
    • Declan 'Dec' Granger

      Love interest

      Botanist / Former Stock Trader

      Partner in perfume creation and romantic interest

      NaturalistGifted sense of smellCourageousLaid-back
    • Stefan Loxley

      Antagonist

      Business Advisor / V.P. at Thompson-Langley

      Boyfriend (initially) and business advisor

      CorporateDeceptiveManipulativePolished
    • Olivia Caine

      Antagonist

      Perfume Mogul

      Business rival

      RuthlessUnoriginalStylish
    • Kimmy

      Supporting

      Office Administrator

      Employee and friend

      HelpfulObservantMatchmaker

    Questions people ask about Love Blossoms

    Where can I watch Love Blossoms?

    Love Blossoms is available via fuboTV, YouTube TV, and Philo. Streaming options change often, so check current availability before settling in.

    How long is Love Blossoms?

    Love Blossoms runs about 1 hour and 20 minutes, and was released in 2017.

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