The Candy box that time forgot

When I was young,my father told me that a good gift to give my girl friend was a box of chocolates,as more sophistication was required it was generally teamed with a bottle of perfume.The picture is part of Crichton castle in Lothian,Scotland,this section was built in 1580, for James
 Hepburn 4th Earl of Bothwell. He was the husband eventually of Mary Queen of Scots.
Going on my dad's theory what did you give a queen ? Well perfume certainly because in 1580 you really needed it . It really was "The Scent of Time," then
The air round a castle, where there were no flush rest rooms was to say the least bracing, as well as being inhabited by rather a lot of flies. Back in those days or 'in days of yore' they did not understand the link between flies and disease. If you had perfume and it was strong enough you could pretend the malodorous odor was not there,so they must have walked around with nice smells under their noses. Even some of the hard-bitten guys saying to one another ;"I say old boy can I have a splosh of your attar of oranges." to which the other would reply "This Brandy smells nice and after a while you start singing."  Which as every guy knows is something else the lady likes to hear -imagine the 1580 version of "You ain't nothin'but a Hound dog"
Okay suppose the Earl of Bothwell had a thought. "I would really like to give Mary a box of chocolates."Then it would dawn on him that chocolates would not be invented for about another 200 years ,which as every time traveler knows limits the opportunity for presenting the gift. If you are in 1588 and you want to get the Mrs. a box of chocolates you have to get to the nearest Wal-Mart, which requires a time machine - a thing not in common use in 16th century Scotland AS FAR AS WE KNOW HA HA,said he mysteriously.
 Ah but the good earl was smart, he thought "If she cannot have chocolates at least I can give her the box -and he did for the unusual wall of the castle has given it the nick name of the 'chocolate box castle' - all because the lady loves Milk Tray!!! I will explain that to any American readers that Milk Tray were famous chocolates over here to which the guy went to incredible lengths to get to the object of his desire. Whew what we guys do for you girls.Ladies enjoy your next box of Chocolates,you never know how far they have come.