This Italian luxury fashion house, founded in 1960 by Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti in Rome, expanded into fragrances with its first perfume launched in 1978. Over the years, the brand has introduced notable scents like Valentina in 2011 and the Uomo and Donna lines in 2014 and 2015, respectively. In 2024, Alessandro Michele, formerly of Gucci, was appointed as the creative director, bringing his distinctive aesthetic to the brand's legacy of refined craftsmanship.