Soon, she was cleaning out his fridge and stocking his bar with wine and imported beer. She bought him candles, hung blinds on his bare windows and even replaced his mildewed shower curtain.

Finally, she gathered up the superhero paraphernalia that she had found scattered around the apartment and delivered an ultimatum.

“I put them in a pile and said, ‘Take your top five,’ ” she recalled.

Ms. Hannan is not the executive’s cleaning lady or lover. The 35-year-old is a one-woman consultancy called My Girlfriend, a “bachelor stylist” for men who have everything, except a clue.

“The idea is, are you comfortable bringing a woman back to your house?” she said. “I’m targeting men who are open toward dating and are willing to improve themselves.”

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“A woman is looking for things that men just don't think about, like whether or not they have clean towels."