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Fragrance Oil

Fail

Demand is soft, at -54.1% this quarter, so Fragrance Oil is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,348 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£35K/yr122K searches / yr
90-day growth
-54.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

Fragrance Oil against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Fragrance Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Fragrance Oil 122K times last year and spent an estimated £35K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 122K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -54.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £35K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
122K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-54.1%
Conversion, latest week
3.5%
Market size, estimated
£35Ka year
Peak month
December4.3× the quietest month
Top search term
candle scents for candle making26K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.38.

Listings sell for £8.38 on average, from £3.33 to £15.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £8.38 that is £0 to £838 a year per listing.

Average price
£8.38under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.33–£15.62
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£838
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #16 within Alternative Medicine. It carries 1,461 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
7.5%
Average rank
#16in Alternative Medicine
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,461per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Fragrance Oil products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£3K£4K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

35%

  • MAYJAM17%
  • Hyppry16%
  • Moments of Bliss Cosmetics9%
  • Pure Scented8%
  • freshskin beauty ltd8%
  • Essican Purelife7%

Demand

Fragrance Oil search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.3×

Search terms

Top Fragrance Oil search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • candle scents for candle making26K/yr
  • candle fragrance oil19K/yr
  • scents7K/yr
  • candle making scents10K/yr
  • candle fragrance oil for soy wax9K/yr
  • candle oil6K/yr
  • fragrance oil for wax melts5K/yr
  • wax melt fragrance oil4K/yr
  • candle scent5K/yr
  • wax melt scents4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fragrance Oil

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Smell47%

Artificial smell

smell was so strong

Horrible smell

Oily/Greasy8%−0.04

Oil sense small a mazing

Oil

Oils

Size-Overall5%−0.04

Smaller bottles than expected

I wish they came is a larger size

very small bottles

Strength5%−0.10

Not strong

Very weak

oh so weak

Durability2%−0.04

does not last

Stopped working after 4 weeks

Doesnt last, Ive poured a whole bottle,

Love

Smell66%

Beautiful scent

Beautiful fragrance

smells divine

Value For Money9%+1.75

Great value

GOOD PRICE

Well worth it

Quality-Overall8%+1.48

Good variety

This is very good quality set for the price

Excellent Product

Gifting Purpose3%+0.53

Lovely gift

Quality gift

Lovely as a gift

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%−0.05

Better than expected

As described

Perfect for what I wanted

Return

0.3% Return rate 9% Fixable by listing

Smell60%▇▇▇█▆▇

Artificial smell

smell was so strong

Horrible smell

Leak-Proof8%▇█▅▃▄▃

Bottle leaked everywhere

Leaks

Each time unscrew pipette it leaks

Functionality-Overall6%▂▅▁▆█▃
Quality-Overall6%▃▄▃▁█▂
Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▁██▁▆▃

Misleading Description

Not what's advertised

most of them are very different from what they describe whilst also being recognisable

FAQ

Common Fragrance Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.