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Why Most Brands Fail When They Try to Crack the U.S. Market | Ep. 435 with Nicole Eckels Founder of Glasshouse Fragrance
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- Founder's Story
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- Aug 21, 2026
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- 1962
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Summary
Daniel Robbins sits down with Nicole Eckels, Co Founder and Creative Director of Sapphire Group, Glasshouse Fragrances, and Circa Home, to unpack how she built one of the most recognizable fragrance businesses out of Australia and brought it into the U.S. market. Nicole shares why she still struggles to say she has “made it,” how patience and experience helped her crack America, and why understanding the customer at the deepest level became her advantage. The conversation explores category creation, luxury consumer psychology, speed to market, AI in creative production, the cost of success, motherhood, work life balance, and why Nicole is not chasing an exit but still chasing the next level of growth.