Fragrances - November - 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

November

2023

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

Table of content

Highlights & Summary

Email Marketing Mastery: Within the Fragrances sector, Dossier stands out as the email maestro, sending a commendable 10.93 emails on average. Snif follows closely, maintaining both quantity and quality, showcasing a robust email strategy. However, DedCool lags, struggling with both email volume and scoring, indicating room for improvement. The Fragrance Shop and NEST New York strike a balance, excelling in performance metrics. A.N. Other, unfortunately, fails to engage effectively, grappling with subpar email performance. In this space, a delicate balance between frequency and content quality is key for optimal customer interaction.

Deliverability Dynamics: Deliverability-wise, scentbird leads with an excellent spam score and optimized email size. Conversely, Le Labo Fragrances faces challenges, marked by a higher spam score and smaller email size. Haeckels demonstrates an efficient balance, excelling in both spam score and email size optimization. The Essence Vault and ALT. Fragrances present a mixed picture, emphasizing the need for refining email content and size. The fragrances industry must refine strategies, ensuring emails not only reach inboxes but also offer a seamless user experience.

Ads Versatility and Vigor: In the advertising arena, scentbird takes the lead with 120 new ads, displaying both diversity and velocity. The Essence Vault and ALT. Fragrances follow suit, showcasing vibrant and varied ad strategies. Dossier excels in ad velocity but could enhance diversity. DedCool, unfortunately, lags behind, struggling with both variety and frequency in ad campaigns. The fragrance market demands a dynamic ad approach with a balance between captivating images and engaging videos for sustained consumer interest and interaction.

Emails sent on average

10.9

Ads published on average

51

Average Spam Score

1.7

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 10.93 53.7%
scentbird
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

A.N. Other
3

❌ Poor

62.0%

✅ Good

Haeckels
4

❌ Poor

54.75%

⚠️ Fair

NEST New York
25

✅ Good

35.4%

❌ Poor

The Fragrance Shop
26

✅ Good

62.15%

✅ Good

Snif
27

✅ Good

70.52%

✅ Good

Vyrao
7

❌ Poor

47.14%

❌ Poor

The Essence Vault
12

⚠️ Fair

50.67%

⚠️ Fair

Creed Fragrances - EN
13

✅ Good

62.0%

✅ Good

Le Labo Fragrances - EN
2

❌ Poor

41.0%

❌ Poor

Scentials
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Dossier - EN
29

✅ Good

48.28%

❌ Poor

ALT. Fragrances
8

❌ Poor

49.38%

⚠️ Fair

Dialect Fragrances
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

DedCool
8

❌ Poor

47.0%

❌ Poor

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 -1.73 2,541.31 kb
scentbird
- -
A.N. Other
- 677.37 kb

✅ Good

Haeckels
✅ -3.85

✅ Good

1,644.82 kb

✅ Good

NEST New York
✅ -3.1

✅ Good

3,688.82 kb

❌ Poor

The Fragrance Shop
✅ -2.57

✅ Good

986.23 kb

✅ Good

Snif
✅ -2.46

✅ Good

1,951.81 kb

✅ Good

Vyrao
✅ -0.36

❌ Poor

6,960.85 kb

❌ Poor

The Essence Vault
✅ -1.14

❌ Poor

2,092.98 kb

✅ Good

Creed Fragrances - EN
✅ -2.79

✅ Good

852.92 kb

✅ Good

Le Labo Fragrances - EN
🟧 3.7

❌ Poor

778.54 kb

✅ Good

Scentials
- -
Dossier - EN
✅ -1.25

❌ Poor

3,858.37 kb

❌ Poor

ALT. Fragrances
✅ -0.87

❌ Poor

2,001.54 kb

✅ Good

Dialect Fragrances
- -
DedCool
🟧 0.3

❌ Poor

2,901.39 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 51.27 19.33
scentbird
120

❌ Poor

0

✅ Good

A.N. Other
0

✅ Good

-
Haeckels
0

✅ Good

-
NEST New York
18

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

The Fragrance Shop
85

❌ Poor

53

❌ Poor

Snif
39

✅ Good

33

❌ Poor

Vyrao
21

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

The Essence Vault
120

❌ Poor

48

❌ Poor

Creed Fragrances - EN
18

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Le Labo Fragrances - EN
50

⚠️ Fair

13

✅ Good

Scentials
43

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

Dossier - EN
90

❌ Poor

4

✅ Good

ALT. Fragrances
120

❌ Poor

11

✅ Good

Dialect Fragrances
0

✅ Good

-
DedCool
45

✅ Good

5

✅ 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 355 414 53.84%
scentbird
20

✅ Good

100

✅ Good

83.33%
A.N. Other
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Haeckels
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
NEST New York
8

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

55.56%
The Fragrance Shop
60

✅ Good

25

✅ Good

29.41%
Snif
20

✅ Good

19

✅ Good

48.72%
Vyrao
5

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

76.19%
The Essence Vault
72

✅ Good

48

✅ Good

40.0%
Creed Fragrances - EN
14

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

22.22%
Le Labo Fragrances - EN
39

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

22.0%
Scentials
31

✅ Good

12

✅ Good

27.91%
Dossier - EN
62

✅ Good

28

✅ Good

31.11%
ALT. Fragrances
15

✅ Good

105

✅ Good

87.5%
Dialect Fragrances
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
DedCool
9

✅ Good

36

✅ Good

80.0%

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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