{"id":13380,"date":"2015-02-20T13:37:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T17:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?page_id=13380"},"modified":"2016-05-25T10:46:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T14:46:04","slug":"dominique-ropion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/dominique-ropion\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominique Ropion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"centeredbox\">\n<div class=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DOMINIQUE-ROPION-PERFUMER.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dominique Ropion\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"photos\">photo by <b>Hajime Watanabe<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"with500_normal\">At once an excellent team player and an imposing soloist, Dominique Ropion is considered to be one of the most technically advanced perfumers of all time by some respected industry experts.&nbsp; His profound knowledge of French perfumery and his singular versatility in creating scents are his critical contributions to many current significant projects.&nbsp; Wild at heart, he is not averse to executing surprising twists.&nbsp; What We Do In Paris Is Secret goes one step further.&nbsp; It unveils what lies under the perfumer\u2019s virtuosic skill &#8211; the secret of a perfumer\u2019s soul.<\/div>\n<div class=\"with500_italic\">(Dominique Ropion is the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/a-lab-on-fire-what-we-do-in-paris-is-secret\/\" title=\"A Lab on Fire What We Do In Paris Is Secret\">A Lab on Fire What We Do In Paris Is Secret<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/mon-musc-a-moi\/\" title=\"mon musc \u00e0 moi Dominique Ropion\">\u3010mon musc \u00e0 moi\u3011Dominique Ropion<\/a>.)<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/contact\/?refresh=true\"><small>Have a Question?<\/small><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photo by Hajime Watanabe At once an excellent team player and an imposing soloist, Dominique Ropion is considered to be one of the most technically advanced perfumers of all time by some respected industry experts.&nbsp; His profound knowledge of French perfumery and his singular versatility in creating scents are his critical contributions to many current [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13380","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dominique Ropion - A LAB ON FIRE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Perfumer Dominique Ropion is considered to be one of the most technically advanced perfumers of all time by some respected industry experts.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/dominique-ropion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dominique Ropion - A LAB ON FIRE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Perfumer Dominique Ropion is considered to be one of the most technically advanced perfumers of all time by some respected industry experts.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/dominique-ropion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WHAT WE DO IS SECRET\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-25T14:46:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DOMINIQUE-ROPION-PERFUMER.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/dominique-ropion\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/dominique-ropion\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominique Ropion - A LAB ON FIRE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/dominique-ropion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/dominique-ropion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/DOMINIQUE-ROPION-PERFUMER.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-20T17:37:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-25T14:46:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Perfumer Dominique Ropion is considered to be one of the most technically advanced perfumers of all time by some respected industry experts.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/dominique-ropion\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/dominique-ropion\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/dominique-ropion\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/DOMINIQUE-ROPION-PERFUMER.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/DOMINIQUE-ROPION-PERFUMER.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"DOMINIQUE ROPION\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/dominique-ropion\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dominique Ropion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/\",\"name\":\"WHAT WE DO IS SECRET\",\"description\":\"What is explained is consumed. 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