At Takashimaya, I asked senior designer Brandon Lewtich how long a bouquet should survive before wilting. “It’s not about how long it lasts, it’s about how beautiful it is,” he said. I couldn’t imagine an arrangement more beautiful (or sexy) than the darkly exotic bundle he threw together for me. Springing from a glass vase (itself artfully wrapped in fire-striped croton leaves) was an explosion of burgundy roses, aubergine tulips, tightly curled fiddleheads, schwarzwalder calla lilies, and verdant geranium foliage. $350 is a lot to spend on something that will die in a week, but this kind of excess would surely impress my wife for a lot longer than that. 693 Fifth Ave., at 54th St.; 212-350-0111.