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    LAST NIGHT from Edward Bess

    Following the 2016 trio launch of Spanish Veil, Genre and La Femme Boheme, Edward Bess just released a new scent to inspire our senses with. Created in collaboration with the esteemed perfumer Carlos Benaim, Last Night aims to portray the atmosphere of being close to the one you’re in lust with using notes of Bulgarian rose, leather and smoke. Shadow figures blanketed only by the darkness of night. The hours felt infinite while we vowed to keep the sun from rising. I belonged to you and you were all mine if only for the moments of this ecstatic dream. As the moon shone upon your skin like marble, all the…

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    Dominique Ropion to receive Lifetime Achievement, Perfumer Award

    The Fragrance Foundation has announced the recipient of its 2019 Lifetime Achievement, Perfumer Award—International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) master perfumer Dominique Ropion. Over a career spanning three decades, Ropion has worked on a lot of iconic fragrances including Lalique’s Le Parfum Lalique. He is known in the industry for his passion mentoring young talent, and offered insights into the industry in his 2018 book Aphorisms of a Perfumer. “I’m proud of receiving this Award and am eager to see future generations of perfumers receive it in a few decades! A perfume contains endless combinations with the power to rouse the most diverse sensibil­ities. They’re definitely worth dedicating a lifetime of…