Giving a bouquet to a marriage candidate results in their status changing to "boyfriend" or "girlfriend" on the "Social" tab of the pause menu. Giving a bouquet unfreezes the friendship level with each recipient, allowing it to increase to 10 hearts, and to [[Friendship#Decay|decay]]. Note that pre-bouquet, friendship points with a marriage candidate can continue to increase to just below 9 hearts (2249 points).
Trying to give a bouquet to someone that is not listed as single will simply say that you cannot date that person. The townsperson will not have any Persisting in attempting to give a bouquet to a non-marriage candidate may produce additional dialogue. , such as "I don't get it" or "Is this a joke?"
The bouquet can be sold for {{Price|100}} via the [[Shipping|shipping box]]. Pierre will not buy them back.