Plenty of bottle: the reinvention of perfumer Jo Malone
Jo Malone’s autobiography begins with a scented page; it is a fitting start for the story of how a former school dropout became an unstoppable businesswoman
Before we begin; there’s something you should know. Jo Malone, the name attached to those black-ribboned boxes, Brown Thomas queues, those Blackberry & Bay Colognes, is not Jo Malone. She is not Jo Malone London, the luxury fragrance brand, that is. Over a decade ago, the living, breathing Jo Malone – who sits in front of me today at Dublin’s Brooks Hotel – sold her business, lock, stock and scent-filled bottle, to Estée ...
