Character Name: Dr Benoit Yves Gerard Palmeston

Age: 29

Affiliation: Vitner Guild and Perfumers Guild

Profession/vocation: Perfumer, Owner of La Pomme d'Ambre, Consulting Oenologist.

Skills:
Educated - He has a wide general knowledge through a privileged education.

Scientist - He is skilled in various biological and chemical fields. 

Businessman - You can hav all the advisers you need but a savvy business head on your shoulders stands you in good stead. 

Traits:
Artistic Flare - Always a snappy dresser Benoit has an eye for what looks good and often has a major say in his advertising campaigns and window designs. 

Charming - He is a smooth talker and can often guile either sex into following his carefully made plans.

Wealthy - If this counts as a trait he has a substantial monetary value.

History: 
Benoit was born the only child to Lord Frederick George Palmeston and Duchesse Violetta Marie Genevieve Vaundeleur of Le Vignesin D'amiens in Eronia. Both lesser known families were facing hard times, a variety of investments becoming obsolete with the growing technological revolution. The couple met at a wedding and after an initial familiarity both realised that as well as the passionate romance that developed over the coming months, that the combined Palmeston merchant fleet and Vaundeleur wine production could be a powerful combination. Their collective efforts saved both families and they became the major wine producers in Eronia and leading importer for The Union. With this new found respect his mother claimed a seat on the Open Council become a lead advocate for all forms of equality, whilst his father continued to expand the business investing in other beverages, pharmaceuticals and exotic foods. 

Benoit spent his early years split between both homelands gaining a passion for travel and culture from his ranging experiences of both countries, before completing his formal education on the contingent at his mother's insistence. Pushed by his parents he achieved high grades and then moved to Kingstone to continue his studies further through a scholarship, taking an interest in biology, initially viticulture and botany, before turning his hand to zoology and medicine. He embraced his new social standing, as well as his business ventures with his father and art patronage though his mother, soon becoming a highly eligible batchelor within a multitude of social circles. 

He spurned advances in order to focus on academia and business, combining the recent scientific discoveries emerging in Kingstone with his practical agricultural experience from the continent to revolutionise viticulture and earning him a respectful standing within his family's company. Now with means of his own through his investments, Benoit used his botanical knowledge and chemical advances to create his first range of perfumes spotting a niche in the Kingstone market and then expands the perfume range following the success of the first ever perfume shop in Kingstone, La Pomme d'Ambre. He is granted an honorary doctorate from the Society of for his documented work in Botany and Viticulture and then two more branches of La Pomme d'Ambre open, one back on huge continent, the other in Wrenscote.

Benoit declines all his fathers suggested brides and this gives his industrial opponents, provoked by some anti-continental politicians, the fuel to brand Benoit both a heretic geneticist involved in Remade activities and a homosexual. His mother's open acceptance of his sexuality results in the smear campaign backfiring with him admitting such a preference. Sales increased and a sense of celebrity was cast on Benoit, as one of the new age industrialists, combining business, industry, science and art. His parents have recently relocated to Richmond in order to take advantage of any new opportunities that may arise in the new continent, leaving the company in the safe hands of it's elected board members and Benoit with his mother's Council Seat. His current stress being is lack of political intrigue or interest but rather a preference for socializing and new experiences.

Couple of things I'd like to note.
1. Still on the lookout for a good photo, any suggestions gratefully received.
2. If you want to link back story's feel free to PM me and we'll write something in. It's always nice to have somewhere to start or fall back on in an RP.
3. My region of Eronia was more inspired by the south of France whilst Dr Belasco has gone Austrian. Sini is there that scope on the continent?

Super psyched!