Jo Malone

The Travel Diaries

Holly Rubenstein

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4.6 • 758 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Jo Malone's superhuman sense of smell took her from life on a council estate, leaving school with no qualifications, and catapulted her into becoming one of the world’s most successful businesswomen, creating two globals brands- first Jo Malone London, and now Jo Loves.

Her name may conjure the smell of lime, basil and mandarin or the citrusy scent of pomelo - but what you might not know is how these scents are in many ways inspired by the travels that Jo has been on, and in this is episode she evokes so vividly the many destinations that have shaped her life.

Destination recap:

Elizabeth Street, Belgravia, London
Philip Treacy, London
Peggy Porschen cupcakes, London
Wild by Tart restaurant, London
Rhodes, Greece
Embonas wine festival, Rhodes, Greece
COMO Parrot Cay, Turks & Caicos
Grasse, France
Mougins, France
La Colombe d’Or Hotel, St Paul de Vence, France
Thula Thula Game Reserve, South Africa
New York City, New York, USA
The Boat House, Central Park, New York, USA
Wheatleigh Hotel, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
The Surrey Hotel, New York, USA
The Lowell Hotel, New York, USA
The Peninsula Hotel, Paris, France
The PuLi Hotel, Shanghai, China
One & Only Royal Mirage, Dubai, UAE
La Bastide Saint Antoine, Grasse, France
Hacienda de San Rafael, Seville, Spain
Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Canada
India

You can visit the Jo Loves store on Elizabeth Street in Belgravia, or shop online.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast.
0:09.9	I'm Holly Rubinstein. I'm a travel journalist and editor.
0:13.7	And here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about their adventures around
0:19.1	the world and the travel experiences and destinations that
0:22.5	have shaped their lives. And what a guest we have today. Her name may conjure the smell of
0:29.2	lime, basil and mandarin or the citrusy scent of pomello. These are just a couple of the classic
0:35.9	fragrances that took her from life on a council estate with no qualifications after leaving school and catapulted her into becoming one of the world's most successful business people creating two global brands.
0:49.2	First, Joe Malone London and now Joe loves. It is of of course, Joe Malone. Now, we all know Joe for
0:57.0	revolutionising the way that we wear fragrance. But what you might not know is how these
1:02.2	scents are in many ways a product of the travels that Joe has been on. And in this episode,
1:07.4	she really evokes so vividly the destinations that have shaped her life.
1:12.9	I think it's fair to say that Joe's been on quite a journey.
1:16.0	We talk about some of the amazing highs and some of the life-changing lows.
1:20.6	But what pervades throughout is how extraordinarily inspirational Joe is as a person and a businesswoman and how important travel has been to her over the years.
1:32.5	So no surprises then that this is a long haul feature length episode. I really hope you enjoy it.
1:38.6	Let's hear now from Joe Malone, CBE.
1:47.1	Well, Joe Malone, CBE. Well, Joe Malone, I can't believe we're here.
1:50.8	Thank you so much.
1:52.0	Welcome to the Travel Diaries.
1:53.3	How are you?
1:53.8	Oh, I'm good snowing this morning, Holly.
1:56.8	I'm really happy to be here and thrilled to be asked.
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