  The electronic structure of benzene in the presence of a high-intensity
high-frequency circularly polarized laser supports a middle-of-the-ring
electron localization. Here, the laser polarization coincides with the ring
plane of benzene. The high-frequency oscillating electric field creates
circular currents centered at each atom with a circle radius equal to the
maximum field amplitude of the laser. All six carbons have six such rings. For
a maximum field amplitude of 1.42 {\AA}, which is the carbon-carbon bond
distance, all six dynamic current circles intersect to create a deep vortex in
the middle, which supports a bound state of a pair of electrons. Such states
for benzene can be realized in experiments using a circularly polarized
XUV-laser in a range of intensities 10^16-10^17 W/cm^2 and frequencies 16 eV to
22 eV. Electronic dynamics calculations predict a minimal ionization of benzene
when the rise-time of the laser pulse is sudden, indicating a possible
experimental realization of these states characterized by a large cut-off in
the harmonic generation spectra. This stable electronic structure of the
light-dressed benzene is doubly-aromatic due to an extra aromaticity from a D6h
symmetric circular distortion of the{\sigma}-framework while the
{\pi}-electrons, with low density in the ring-plane,are least affected.
