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Patchouli Essential Oil

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($4.13–$11.27) — Patchouli Essential Oil doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

39
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Market size 18Growth 14Conversion 94Competition 22Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 20Brand share 45Review moat 23Quality gap 52
This niche Category average

Is Patchouli Essential Oil profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Patchouli Essential Oil is a £70K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (82K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

Patchouli Essential Oil: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -21.3% over the last 90 days and 11.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£70K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-21.3%82K
Conversion rate11.8%
Avg price£7.23

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand, so 22% of the market is open.

22%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 23
Top-5 product click share74%
Open market22%
Avg brand age73 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 14 products

Sponsored placement93%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews6,877

Top Patchouli Essential Oil products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 74% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

16%

  • nikura30%
  • MAYJAM19%
  • EVOKE OCCU14%
  • HIQILI8%
  • Mystic Moments6%
  • Naissance6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 16%)

Patchouli Essential Oil demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume82KCVR11.8%Products14Brands12Top 5 Brands78%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.4★Reviews6,877Avg BSR#21
4K3KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Patchouli Essential Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • patchouli essential oil44K/yr
  • patchouli oil21K/yr
  • patchouli17K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Patchouli Essential Oil

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Smell45%

Lasting smell

Quality-Overall17%

The oil is good quality

Value For Money12%

Great value

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

As described

Ingredients-Overall2%

Proper essential oil

What buyers complain about

92% of reviews
Smell66%

Very strong smell

Strength11%

Not very strong as it should be

Measurement/Reading Accuracy4%

oddly the dropper / measuring tool was smashed to bits leaving me no way of precisely measuring my oil

Dilute/Watery3%

Appears diluted and not strong smell

Color2%

almost brown instead of the normal yellow colour

Patchouli Essential Oil return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.4%

Return rate

14%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Smell
73%
2Size-Overall
12%
3Dilute/Watery
3%
4Quality-Overall
2%
5Leak-Proof
2%

Common Patchouli Essential Oil questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Patchouli Essential Oil 39/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £70K/yr across 14 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -21.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Patchouli Essential Oil on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.