Eros steals the elixir from Aphrodite. Eros uses it for her enjoyment but causes confusion and heartache among a group of 'working ladies' and their friends. Under the influence of the elixir new romances and thoughts of true love emerge that ordinarily would not have happened and are in counterpoint to the opera aria's interpretation of love.. The humans have no idea what is happening to them as Eros is laughing at the situations she has created. Aphrodite comes to earth to retrieve the elixir and things return to normal or do they?