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Scents

Maybe

An estimated 1.1% of orders come back. But the average product has 9,375 reviews to catch up to, so Scents is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 6% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +14 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$672K/yr571K searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
32%top-5 click share · 34 brands · 132 sellers

Flapen Score

Scents against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Scents is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Scents market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Scents 571K times last year and spent an estimated $672K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 571K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $672K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
571K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.4%
Conversion, latest week
2.2%
Market size, estimated
$672Ka year
Peak month
January2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
hotel diffuser87K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $52.98.

Listings sell for $52.98 on average, from $3.03 to $166.58. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $52.98 that is $5K to $13K a year per listing.

Average price
$52.98inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.03–$166.58
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$5K–$13K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #57 within Aromatherapy. It carries 9,375 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.6%
Average rank
#57in Aromatherapy
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
9,375per listing
Listings tracked
58

04 · Newcomers

21 of last year's 21 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

21 products launched here in the last 12 months. 21 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
21
Successful launches
21Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Scents products & what they sell for

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

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 32% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

34 falling

Sellers

132

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 90%

Top-5 click share

32%

Top 20: 64%

Open market

40%

  • Brand 121%
  • Brand 217%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Scents search demand

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

25K15KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Scents search terms shoppers use

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

  • hotel diffuser87K/yr
  • house smell good products109K/yr
  • hotel scent diffuser102K/yr
  • home scents long lasting27K/yr
  • scent machine33K/yr
  • home diffuser hotel collection27K/yr
  • best long lasting house scent28K/yr
  • home scent machine23K/yr
  • waterless air diffuser12K/yr
  • smell goods for home12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scents

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

45%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
28%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
1.1%of orders come back
“Strong chemical smell”
A buyer, on “Smell”28% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Scents questions

Answered from the same tracked data.