Driven Women Episode 28: The woman who beat Chanel and bottled Britain | Azzi Glasser

Driven Women Episode 28: The woman who beat Chanel and bottled Britain | Azzi Glasser

We're joined by Azzi Glasser, one of the world's most celebrated and unconventional perfumers, for a conversation that is as rich, layered and surprising as the fragrances she creates.Azzi has spent over 30 years in the industry, first as creative global director for major fragrance houses, then launching her own brand Agent Provocateur's debut scent, which outsold the entire Estée Lauder counter at Harvey Nichols with a single product and sat at number three in Selfridges for three years alongside Chanel No.5 and Angel. Ten years on, her company The Perfumer's Story is celebrating a decade of doing things entirely on her own terms.She talks candidly about why she launched against every trend in the industry, why most department store fragrance counters make her want to walk straight out, and why she believes the perfume world is about to be turned completely upside down.She speaks about her work with Helena Bonham Carter, creating fragrances using headspace technology from poisonous flowers for her role as Bellatrix in Harry Potter, and why Jude Law's personal scent makes you want to get closer and never leave.She also talks about her AI-powered fragrance diagnosis tool, what she knew about Julie's scent personality before they even met, why smell is the most powerful sense we have, and the ingredient that literally smells of poo but makes you irresistible.And she reveals her Smell of Britain candle, commissioned by the prime minister, that beat Diptyque and Jo Malone to become the bestselling home fragrance of 2025.

Driven Women Episode 27: The woman who chaired everything and changed everything | Stevie Spring

We're joined by Stevie Spring CBE for one of the most wide-ranging, thought-provoking and genuinely inspiring conversations we've had on Driven Women.Stevie's career has taken her from accidental marketer to managing director of a top five global advertising agency, from running a public company through the 2008 financial crash to chairing PRS for Music, one of the most powerful organisations in the music industry. Along the way she has chaired four major national charities including Mind, served on the board of the BBC and received a CBE from Prince William at Buckingham Palace.She speaks candidly about a childhood shaped by her father's quiet brilliance, growing up without money in a railway flat in Camden, and how weekly family meetings with a proper agenda taught her everything she needed to know about governance, fairness and social justice.She talks honestly about the mental health crisis in the UK, why 2 million people are missing from NHS waiting lists, why a suicide attempt is not always enough to qualify for treatment, and what Mind is doing to change that.She also talks about PRS for Music, what it actually means to protect the rights of creators in an age of AI and streaming, and why processing three times more transactions than Visa worldwide is just a Tuesday.And she reflects on what it means to receive a CBE, why luck is only ever preparation meeting opportunity, and why her answer to every challenge has always been the same: the answer is yes, now what's the question?

The perfumer who can smell your personality | Azzi Glasser

In Episode 28 of Driven Women by Cash and Rocket, Julie Brangstrup sits down with Azzi Glasser, one of the most extraordinary perfumers in the world, for a fascinating and genuinely surprising conversation about scent, identity, instinct and what it really means to bottle a person. The full episode drops tomorrow. ❤️ #drivenwomen #cashandrocket #womeninleadership #perfume #fragrance #azziglasser

She turned tragedy into a 33-year global success story | Tanya Rose

We're joined by Tanya Rose, founder and CEO of Mason Rose, for a wide-ranging and thoroughly enjoyable conversation about luxury travel, building a business that lasts, and why genuine human connection will always be worth more than any algorithm. Tanya grew up in Switzerland, had her path to hotel school derailed by personal tragedy at 18, and ended up building one of the most respected luxury travel PR and sales agencies in the world, entirely from scratch. Thirty-three years on, Mason Rose has a team of 40, clients that include some of the most extraordinary hotels on the planet, and a podcast that reaches 5 million people. She speaks candidly about what it takes to run a business for three decades, why she hired people to do the things she couldn't, and what lockdown really felt like when every single client closed overnight. She also talks about her Travel Secrets podcast, why actors make the best interviewees, and what she has learned from 100 episodes of asking the same questions and getting completely different answers every time. And she reflects honestly on motherhood, why she wasn't cut out for Monkey Music, and why her 7-year-old son requesting a formal meeting with his dad to ask for boarding school was one of the best things that ever happened to their family. This episode is a reminder that the best businesses are built on genuine connection, that reinvention is never optional, and that it is always worth going out of your comfort zone, even if the first attempt is terrible.

She turned preparation into power and never looked back | Stevie Spring CBE

In Episode 27 of Driven Women by Cash and Rocket, Julie Brangstrup sits down with Stevie Spring CBE for a remarkable and wide-ranging conversation about a career built on saying yes, a childhood that shaped everything, and why the answer to every opportunity should always be not yet, never no. The full episode drops tomorrow. ❤️#drivenwomen #cashandrocket #womeninleadership #business #mentalhealth #prsformusic