Valentina Rosa Assoluto

Valentino · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2014

≈ $78 · 80ml · approx. retail

Valentina Rosa Assoluto centers on a triple-rose heart of Taif, Bulgarian and garden rose warmed by praline and patchouli. It was co-created by Olivier Cresp and Hamid Merati-Kashani and released in 2014.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

FallWinterEvening

Perfumer

Olivier Cresp

French · 67 in collection

A Grasse-raised master perfumer at Firmenich and 2018 Fragrance Foundation Lifetime Achievement honoree, Olivier Cresp is one of the most influential noses of his generation, responsible for the genre-defining Mugler Angel and a string of bestsellers.

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Hamid Merati-Kashani

German · 9 in collection

Perfumer behind several Parfums de Marly pillars.

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