"Bring out the big game to declare your love": in Paris, the rise of the business of marriage proposal agencies

Nina Droff// Photo credits: Joao Luiz Bulcao / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP 11:43 am, May 24, 2023

Spring is in full swing and the wedding season has started well! This Saturday 27 is the fourth date of the year most chosen by couples. For those who would like to take a knee on the ground, specialized companies offer to organize your request. The concept is especially successful in Paris, capital of love.

Romantic scenarios

Since he created his marriage proposal organization business, Nicolas Garreau has planned more than 2,000 of them." Apothéose surprise" offers some thirty romantic scenarios in the heart of the capital.

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"We have the limousine ride at the foot of the Eiffel Tower with all of a sudden the ultra bright message that appears. We also have Cinderella's carriage that pops up at Place Vendôme with a magical shoe but also a dinner on a private yacht on the Seine with all of a sudden 1,000 red roses falling from the sky," he explains.

This atmosphere worthy of romantic comedies is more and more sought after by the contenders. "We have 50% French and 50% foreigners. There's a big boom. More and more lovers are ready to come out the big game to declare their love," explains Nicolas Garreau.

150 million euros to go to the moon

In the future, the company wants to go beyond the limits of Paris to fly to the stars. "This is a scenario that will be available from 2027 that will allow lovers to propose during a tour around the moon. We engage in the cabin Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra and the suitor takes the opportunity to make his request, "adds Nicolas Garreau.

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An experiment that will still cost the modest sum of 150 million euros.