Devil Tender Ex Nihilo 2016

She is beautiful and many men turn to look at her, but still she is lonely, for she has yet to find true love.
Often she dreams of an attractive stranger who will enter her life when she least expects it........!
She is a bit shy, so it would never occur to her to make the first move with a man.

One day she came home exhausted from work; it had been yet another long and tiring day, and she longed for a bubble bath with rose petals, for she loved roses above all.
As she stood in front of her apartment door, something caught her attention........a light pink rose was stuck to the doorknob.
She searched in vain for a corresponding message, but the enchanting scent reached her nose and made her a little dizzy.
Who was the secret rose cavalier? Had he perhaps mistaken her door and she was not the intended recipient?
She took the rose into her apartment and placed it in a vase.

In the following days, the vase filled up, as every day of the next week she found a new rose at her door.
Her thoughts revolved only around the mysterious stranger, and she was torn between romantic feelings and fear.
On the eighth day, there was no pink rose; no, this time she was greeted by a fully bloomed deep red peony that smelled absolutely intoxicating and completely clouded her senses.
Additionally, there was a small, beautifully wrapped package on the doormat, with a little note attached.
With trembling fingers, she opened the envelope and read the letter:
“Please wear the scent tonight when I come to you, your tender devil.”
She opened the package and found a beautiful bottle with a pink liquid inside, an unfamiliar fragrance that she eagerly sprayed on herself.
The scent greeted her fresh; for a moment she thought she smelled rhubarb, but no, it was pink grapefruit with a splash of peach juice, delicious and refreshing.
Quickly, this sprightliness gave way to a fine creaminess, and there they were, the lovely roses and the peony that had swept her into a whirlpool of romantic feelings for days.
A subtle woodiness rounded off the fragrance, a tiny hint of a light suede glove still clung to the bottle, which the “tender devil” had held in his hands before.

No one had ever given her something so beautiful, and when the doorbell rang, she already sensed that this could be the beginning of an exciting relationship..........!