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Citronella

Maybe

Search demand grew +460.3% this quarter. But shoppers spend an estimated $96K a year here, so Citronella is a Maybe.

Filters Trending
Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 4% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +16 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£96K/yr143K searches / yr
90-day growth
+460.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 78 sellers

Flapen Score

Citronella against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Citronella is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Citronella market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Citronella 143K times last year and spent an estimated £96K. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 143K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +460.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £96K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
143K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+460.3%
Conversion, latest week
7.6%
Market size, estimated
£96Ka year
Peak month
July18.4× the quietest month
Top search term
citronella135K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.87.

Listings sell for £8.87 on average, from £3.79 to £19.00. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £8.87 that is £887 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.87under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.79–£19.00
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£887–£2K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #71 within Alternative Medicine. It carries 2,674 reviews at 4.12 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
0.5%
Average rank
#71in Alternative Medicine
Average rating
4.12 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,674per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Citronella products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 24, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£10K£14K£19K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

78

Est. top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 99%

Est. top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

27%

  • Zero In39%
  • Handcraft Blends10%
  • HERBTALE8%
  • SUPERSUN6%
  • 1ABOVE6%
  • NAF4%

Demand

Citronella search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

13K8KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 18.4×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Citronella

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

30%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
16%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.2%of orders come back
“Stinks”
A buyer, on “Smell”16% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Citronella questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data