Yes, yes, it's a spirituous drink without fruit juices that best shows its crystalline beauty when stirred rather than shaken. However, it's the one Martini...
I do my own "Vesper in Absinthia" by pouring the once-made Vesper into a chilled, absinthe-rinsed glass. I like the body that the vodka somehow adds in the Vesper, I just like the absinthe favor, and I am ever the punster, here on Vesper (& Ian Fleming) no longer being with us, plus the "in absentia" phrase frequently being applied both to trials and awards.