Fragrances - May - 2023


The result? A comparative analysis that highlight the best performers of any ecommerce DTC niche, for any given month.

This benchmark analyze the behaviour of 15 Direct-To-Consumers (DTC) brands in the Supplement industry. Our goal is to compare their marketing velocity (how active they are in their digital marketing strategy) and how to they perform vs. each other.

Fragrances

This report is free to read and takes into consideration between 15 and 20 brands we compare month after month in the

Fragrances

industry, for the month of

May

2023

. We review data over their email marketing and advertising practices. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive exclusive reports.

Table of content

Highlights & Summary

In May, Nest New York and Scentbird maintained their leading positions in emails. Nest New York secured the first position by sending 47 emails, while Scentbird closely followed in the second position with 30 emails.

When it comes to ad creation, Scentbird outshined the competition with a remarkable 113 new ads created. ALT. Fragrances followed closely behind with 93 new ads during May.

In terms of ad strategy, both Scentbird and ALT. Fragrances showcased an emphasis on videos in their new ads for the month of May. Scentbird utilized 106 videos, complemented by 7 images. Similarly, ALT. Fragrances incorporated 57 videos along with 39 images.

Emails sent on average

12.6

Ads published on average

2

Average Spam Score

41.2

Email Marketing Benchmark Breakdown

Email Marketing Performances

In this table, we benchmark how many emails brands have send and their average email scores, which we calculate using over 50 datapoints that measure how much best practices are ensured (spam score, email authenticiation & certificates, email size, subject line lenght, word & links count etc.)

Brand # Emails Sent Performance Email Scoring Performance
Average 12.6 52.6%
scentbird
30

✅ Good

57.0%

⚠️ Fair

A.N. Other
2

❌ Poor

74.5%

✅ Good

Haeckels
4

❌ Poor

45.0%

❌ Poor

NEST New York
47

✅ Good

31.32%

❌ Poor

The Fragrance Shop
11

❌ Poor

70.36%

✅ Good

Snif
23

✅ Good

74.52%

✅ Good

Vyrao
4

❌ Poor

40.5%

❌ Poor

The Essence Vault
3

❌ Poor

79.33%

✅ Good

Creed Fragrances - EN
13

⚠️ Fair

50.15%

⚠️ Fair

Le Labo Fragrances - EN
2

❌ Poor

37.0%

❌ Poor

Scentials
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Dossier - EN
29

✅ Good

55.0%

⚠️ Fair

ALT. Fragrances
10

❌ Poor

57.9%

✅ Good

Dialect Fragrances
2

❌ Poor

70.5%

✅ Good

DedCool
9

❌ Poor

55.67%

⚠️ Fair

Email Deliverability Performances

In this table, we benchmark how much the emails are optimized for delivery ie. if they're likely to pass spam filters and not land in the Promotions tab.

Brand Average Spam Score Performance Email Size Performance
Average -1.95 2,572.28 kb
scentbird
✅ -1.85

⚠️ Fair

1,318.08 kb

✅ Good

A.N. Other
✅ -4.5

✅ Good

329.32 kb

✅ Good

Haeckels
✅ -2.0

⚠️ Fair

5,147.84 kb

❌ Poor

NEST New York
- 4,403.33 kb

❌ Poor

The Fragrance Shop
✅ -1.92

⚠️ Fair

464.07 kb

✅ Good

Snif
✅ -2.71

✅ Good

1,731.85 kb

✅ Good

Vyrao
🟧 0.05

❌ Poor

3,069.24 kb

❌ Poor

The Essence Vault
✅ -3.37

✅ Good

8.57 kb

✅ Good

Creed Fragrances - EN
✅ -2.28

✅ Good

2,837.93 kb

❌ Poor

Le Labo Fragrances - EN
🟧 3.1

❌ Poor

897.31 kb

✅ Good

Scentials
- -
Dossier - EN
✅ -1.34

❌ Poor

1,978.42 kb

✅ Good

ALT. Fragrances
✅ -1.74

❌ Poor

1,234.96 kb

✅ Good

Dialect Fragrances
✅ -3.85

✅ Good

1,097.68 kb

✅ Good

DedCool
✅ -2.69

✅ Good

5,618.29 kb

❌ Poor

Email sent over time

Advertising performances and activity

Ad Velocity

In this table, we benchmark the brands velocity and performances - how much ads they've been publishing, and how many different copy has been used.

Brand New Ads Detected Performance Unique Copy Performance
Average 41.2 15.73
scentbird
113

❌ Poor

3

✅ Good

A.N. Other
0

✅ Good

-
Haeckels
9

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

NEST New York
28

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

The Fragrance Shop
56

❌ Poor

42

❌ Poor

Snif
22

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

Vyrao
14

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

The Essence Vault
67

❌ Poor

27

❌ Poor

Creed Fragrances - EN
9

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Le Labo Fragrances - EN
57

❌ Poor

15

⚠️ Fair

Scentials
12

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

Dossier - EN
90

❌ Poor

18

❌ Poor

ALT. Fragrances
93

❌ Poor

3

✅ Good

Dialect Fragrances
0

✅ Good

-
DedCool
48

❌ Poor

10

✅ Good

Ad Diversity (Images vs. Videos ratio)

In this table, we benchmark the brands diversity of assets when it comes to Social Ads - especially the images vs. videos ratio.

Brand New Images Performance New Videos Performance Video Proportion
Average 253 337 54.53%
scentbird
7

✅ Good

106

✅ Good

93.81%
A.N. Other
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Haeckels
6

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

33.33%
NEST New York
6

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

78.57%
The Fragrance Shop
23

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

39.29%
Snif
6

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

63.64%
Vyrao
6

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

57.14%
The Essence Vault
37

✅ Good

30

✅ Good

44.78%
Creed Fragrances - EN
4

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

55.56%
Le Labo Fragrances - EN
44

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

8.77%
Scentials
9

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

25.0%
Dossier - EN
43

✅ Good

43

✅ Good

47.78%
ALT. Fragrances
39

✅ Good

54

✅ Good

58.06%
Dialect Fragrances
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
DedCool
23

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

45.83%

Ads detected over time

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Some of the assets (emails, ads) used in this benchmark to measure performance

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