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Pot Pourri

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But demand is soft, at -27.4% this quarter, so Pot Pourri is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 40% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +2 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£152K/yr289K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Pot Pourri against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Pot Pourri is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pot Pourri market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pot Pourri 289K times last year and spent an estimated £152K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 289K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -27.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £152K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
289K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.4%
Conversion, latest week
5.7%
Market size, estimated
£152Ka year
Peak month
December2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
potpourri91K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.16.

Listings sell for £9.16 on average, from £4.63 to £16.30. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £9.16 that is £916 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.16under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.63–£16.30
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£916–£2K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 26.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #29 within Home Fragrance. It carries 1,001 reviews at 4.04 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
82%
Out of stock, average day
26.9%
Average rank
#29in Home Fragrance
Average rating
4.04 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,001per listing
Listings tracked
39

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 13 launches as successful.

13 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
13
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Pot Pourri 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 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£5K£9K£14K£18K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

12%

  • Qingbei Rina34%
  • SCENTORINI23%
  • Scent-Hi12%
  • Soul & Scents9%
  • Shop4allsorts6%
  • IKEA4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 12%)

Demand

Pot Pourri search demand

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

15K10KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top Pot Pourri search terms shoppers use

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

  • potpourri91K/yr
  • pot pourri78K/yr
  • pot pourri scented79K/yr
  • potpourri scented16K/yr
  • pot pourri bags10K/yr
  • popuri3K/yr
  • poperie5K/yr
  • potpourri bags3K/yr
  • autumn potpourri5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pot Pourri

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

Complain

Smell57%+0.76

Smells very chemical

Awful smell

all smell of chemicals

Size-Overall13%−0.39

Very small

really small bags

Smaller than a coke can

Value For Money9%−0.11

Not worth the price

Bit pricey

Expensive for such a small amount

Quality-Overall5%+1.29

Disappointing: very poor quality contents

Not good quality

Rubbish

Allergies2%−0.08

the solvent/oil is giving me a headache after just a few minutes

However, it is VERY dusty so much so that it gave me allergy type symptoms

I started wheezing

Love

Smell60%+0.76

Fantastic smell

Lasting fragrance

good long lasting scents

Quality-Overall9%+1.29

Excellent product

Good quality

Beautiful product

Color8%+1.33

Beautiful colour

Good vibrant colour

Perfect colour for my needs

Value For Money5%−0.11

Good value for money

Good value

Great product for the price

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+1.04

Just as described

exactly as depicted

Exactly what I wanted

Return

0.4% Return rate 50% Fixable by listing

Smell35%█▅▇▆▅█

Smells very chemical

Awful smell

all smell of chemicals

Size-Overall32%▃▆▆█▇▅

Very small

really small bags

Smaller than a coke can

Color14%▁▆▁▃█▁

Colour is red and different colours

Value For Money9%▅▃█▁▃▁

Not worth the price

Bit pricey

Expensive for such a small amount

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▁▄▁▁▁█

Any impression that there might be more than 1 flower-head per box is misleading

Definitely not as advertised

FAQ

Common Pot Pourri questions

Answered from the same tracked data.