{"id":400113,"date":"2026-07-16T01:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/400113\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T01:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:29:20","slug":"wedding-proposal-at-smelliest-place-in-california-is-too-perfect-for-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/400113\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding proposal at smelliest place in California is too perfect for words"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love is in the air. So is the smell of rotting flesh.<\/p>\n

A goth couple<\/a> in Southern California got engaged Monday in front of the world’s rarest \u2014 and stinkiest \u2014 flower, choosing the infamous corpse flower as the backdrop for their romantic proposal.<\/p>\n

The darkly fitting engagement unfolded at The Huntington in San Marino, where two towering corpse flowers, notorious for reeking like rotting flesh<\/a> when they bloom, are on public display from July 12 through July 19.<\/p>\n

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The man proposed to his girlfriend in front of the Corpse Flowers on Tuesday Obtained by the CA Post<\/p>\n

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Nick and Laura, the bride-to-be, spoke to The California Post about their engagement at such a stinky spot. Obtained by the CA Post<\/p>\n

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Two towering corpse flowers, notorious for reeking like rotting flesh when they bloom, are on public display from July 12 through July 19 at The Huntington in San Marino AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

“Congratulations to these two who just got engaged in front of the corpse flowers<\/p>\n

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they were so cute!!! And thank you for the makeup tips!! Their makeup stayed perfect after four hours in line, in the blazing heat and humidity,” the caption from a TikTok video showing the engagement read.<\/a><\/p>\n

“They’re a very sweet couple, and this moment is SO THEM,” the sister-in-law of the woman who received the proposal, also commented underneath the video.<\/p>\n

Nick and Laura, the bride-to-be, spoke to The California Post about their engagement at such a stinky spot.<\/p>\n

“We were both shaking and nervous<\/a>, I was shocked because he is a very shy guy that doesn’t like attention, so it was very brave of him. I cried, I know how much he loves me and how much this must mean to him to do this in front of everyone. He says he’s ecstatic I said yes,” she said. <\/p>\n

“We’re planning a Black metal wedding with coffin cookies and a corpse paint table so everyone can join us in our unholy matrimony.”<\/p>\n

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Nicknamed Odorysseus and Odora, the two flowers reached full bloom on Monday AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

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One visitor gets near the plant AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

“He just felt like it was the right place. As soon as he found out it was going to bloom, he started planning and ordered the ring. And knew I wanted to see it because I had talked about it for years and have a deep interest in unusual and toxic plants,” Laura told The Post.<\/p>\n

“It’s a flower, so it’s very romantic.”<\/p>\n

The Titan Arum<\/a> \u2013 also known as the Corpse Flower \u2013 can grow more than 12 feet tall and blooms for only a brief 48 hours once every few years.<\/p>\n

Found in the dense rainforests of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, the rare plant is on the verge of disappearing forever \u2014 with fewer than 1,000 believed to survive in the wild.<\/p>\n

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The plant only reaches it peak bloom once every few years AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

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The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA GC Images<\/p>\n

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The 207 acre estate is home to some of the rarest items and plants in the world GC Images<\/p>\n

The plants’ peak bloom <\/a>occurred on Monday, but the two “Corpse Flowers” will remain at The Huntington for the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

The Huntington is a 207 acre estate that features a library, an art museum, and botanical gardens.<\/p>\n

The library<\/a> is home to rare items such as the Gutenberg Bible and early editions of William Shakespeare’s works, while the museum<\/a> possesses nearly “50,000 works from America, East Asia, and Europe that span nearly 2,000 years.”<\/p>\n

The botanical gardens<\/a> also features over 83,000 living plants and eighteen distinct themed gardens including the famous traditional Japanese Garden.<\/p>\n

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A lady smells the rare plant at Royal Botanical Gardens in London Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Huntington first hosted the rare flower in 1999, which drew nearly 76,000 visitors. Since then, the center has exhibited 29 Corpse Flower blooms.<\/p>\n