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gardenia candle

Worth a look

Shows low returns (0.9%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 29Growth 39Conversion 66Competition 52Returns 96Price range 82Avg price 89Brand share 61Review moat 73Quality gap 72

Returns

Incredible0.9%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Great$20.77

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$7.80–$51.58

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Review moat

Good563.38

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Quality gap

Good4.3★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Conversion

Good5.9%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Brand share

Good68%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Competition

Good54%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Growth

Okay+11.0%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Market size

Okay$125K

$125K/yr · 101K searches

Competition

The top 5 products take 54% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

85

Top-5 brand share

68%

Open market

26%

  • Bath & Body Works23%
  • Chloefu LAN19%
  • Village Candle14%
  • 1OAK8%
  • M&SENSE5%
  • POOTES5%

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%5%$6K10%$12K15%$19K20%$25K1101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 26 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +11.0% search growth over the last 90 days.
4K3KPrime Day '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Smell69%

“Fragrance is wonderful”

Value For Money5%

“Worth the price”

Gifting Purpose4%

“Great gift”

Durability4%

“The glass is solid and durable, the kind you can clean out after the candle is done and actually reuse, which I love”

Brightness/Shine/Glow4%

“It has a nice glow”

Quality-Overall3%

“Very lovely jar”

Size-Overall1%

“it fits the space perfectly”

Design-Overall1%

“I also like the overall look”

Ease Of Use1%

“which makes it easy to use without any hassle”

Ease Of Cleaning1%

“trim cleanly with scissors between burns”

What buyers complain about

Smell57%

“Doesnt smell good at all”

Value For Money11%

“It was cheap money wise”

Quality-Overall7%

“Its okay not as good as Yankee candles wont buy again”

Size-Overall4%

“The wicks are too short”

Strength3%

“two they are fragile”

Durability2%

“totally had to be taken apart”

Flammable1%

“But as it burned”

Leak-Proof1%

“The oil leaked in the box”

Moist/Dry1%

“Unfortunately it is a too wet candle”

Design-Overall1%

“Bad design”

Top return reasons

Smell70%
Size-Overall8%
Advertised Vs Actual Product7%
Value For Money3%
Defective Material/Parts3%
Flammable3%
Functionality-Overall2%
Durability2%
Leak-Proof1%
Color1%