Valentino launched a new fragrance valentino assoluto in 2012 the first variant on the theme of valentina perfume from 2011 valentina assoluto deviates from the floral character of the original and offers instead an intense mysterious and deep interpretation of the olfactory chypre characterthe composition is credited to perfumer olivier cresp who told wwd magazine that the new fragrance is much more nocturnal more seductive than the original chypre is the theme chosen for its power and