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Mens Cologne

Maybe

Shoppers spend $47.1M a year here. But the average product has 19,662 reviews to catch up to, so Mens Cologne is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 3% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +16 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$47.1M/yr46.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
31%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 256 sellers

Flapen Score

Mens Cologne against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Mens Cologne is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Mens Cologne market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Mens Cologne 46.8M times last year and spent an estimated $47.1M. The top 5 brands take 60% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 46.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $47.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
46.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.4%
Conversion, latest week
1.9%
Market size, estimated
$47.1Ma year
Peak month
December3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
mens cologne11.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $51.62.

Listings sell for $51.62 on average, from $8.08 to $125.69. Amazon reports units sold in ranges, and this niche reaches the top one: 800K units or more a year. The average listing sells 12,500 to 15,000 of them. At $51.62 that is $645K to $774K a year per listing.

Average price
$51.62inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.08–$125.69
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
800K or moreAmazon's top range
Units per listing a year
12,500–15,000
Revenue per listing a year
$645K–$774K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #29 within Men's. It carries 19,662 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
0.4%
Average rank
#29in Men's
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
19,662per listing
Listings tracked
57

04 · Newcomers

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

1 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 66 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Mens Cologne 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 31% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$1.9M$3.8M$5.7M$7.5M1001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 flat

Sellers

256

Top-5 brand share

60%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

31%

Top 20: 66%

Open market

36%

  • Versace22%
  • Nautica18%
  • Ycz8%
  • Armaf6%
  • Afnan5%
  • Bella Vita Luxury5%

Demand

Mens Cologne search demand

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

2.5M1.5MSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top Mens Cologne search terms shoppers use

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

  • mens cologne11.3M/yr
  • cologne for men9.1M/yr
  • cologne5.4M/yr
  • perfume for men4.4M/yr
  • men cologne2.6M/yr
  • versace eros1.7M/yr
  • perfumes for men1.3M/yr
  • mens fragrances1.0M/yr
  • perfume para hombre1.1M/yr
  • versace cologne for men1.7M/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mens Cologne

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

Complain

Smell50%+3.54

Awful Scent

Very strong chemical smell

Scent doesn't last long

Durability9%−0.10

Bottle breaks easily

Does not last

Not durable

Value For Money5%+0.43

Not worth the price

Overpriced

Expensive

Quality-Overall3%+0.30

Not Versace quality

Bad quality

Cheap quality

Leak-Proof3%

Leaking package

spilled everywhere

Leaked

Love

Smell69%+3.54

doesnt smell bad

Fresh Fragrance

Clean Scent

Value For Money8%+0.43

Decent price

Affordable price

Fair price

Quality-Overall5%+0.30

The bottle is super nice quality

Amazing quality

Bottle quality is amazing size is great

Durability4%−0.10

Has good staying power

Stays on all day

Very durable

Gifting Purpose2%+0.30

Great gift

Christmas Gift

Perfect gift

Return

0.1% Return rate 15% Fixable by listing

Smell67%████▇▇

Awful Scent

Very strong chemical smell

Scent doesn't last long

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▅▆██▇▇

False advertising

False advertisement

Title is misleading

Leak-Proof7%▃▂▂▃█▇

Leaking package

spilled everywhere

Leaked

Size-Overall6%▅█▃▄▄▄

So big

Ridiculously small

Bottle was smaller than I expected

Durability2%▃▃▅▇▃█

Bottle breaks easily

Does not last

Not durable

FAQ

Common Mens Cologne questions

Answered from the same tracked data.