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Smell

Maybe

An estimated 0.5% of orders come back. But the average product has 23,018 reviews to catch up to, so Smell is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 21% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +7 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$191K/yr532K searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
25%top-5 click share · 34 brands · 330 sellers

Flapen Score

Smell against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Smell market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Smell 532K times last year and spent an estimated $191K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 532K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $191K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
532K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.9%
Market size, estimated
$191Ka year
Peak month
November1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
ambientadores para el hogar129K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $19.09.

Listings sell for $19.09 on average, from $1.90 to $92.30. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $19.09 that is $2K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$19.09inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$1.90–$92.30
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$5K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #31 within Air Fresheners. It carries 23,018 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#31in Air Fresheners
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
23,018per listing
Listings tracked
95

04 · Newcomers

15 of last year's 15 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

15 products launched here in the last 12 months. 15 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
15
Successful launches
15Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Smell 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 25% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

34 rising

Sellers

330

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

25%

Top 20: 55%

Open market

24%

  • Brand 134%
  • Brand 223%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Smell search demand

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

13K8KSpike '25Prime Day '25MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Smell search terms shoppers use

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

  • ambientadores para el hogar129K/yr
  • smell good72K/yr
  • ambientador46K/yr
  • smell43K/yr
  • best air freshener for home19K/yr
  • aromatizante26K/yr
  • home freshener18K/yr
  • house freshener14K/yr
  • smell goods23K/yr
  • scented25K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Smell

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

56%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
44%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.5%of orders come back
“Chemical Scent”
A buyer, on “Smell”44% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Smell questions

Answered from the same tracked data.