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Leading Fragrance Brands in AI Search in Germany

The same monthly sample, re-ranked using only Perplexity answers.

October 2026 edition

Across the six months through October 2026, Chanel leads AI search visibility in Fragrance on Perplexity in Germany with a Goodie visibility score of 82.7, ahead of Amouage (82.3) and Rasasi (82.0). The median score across the 10 ranked brands is 80.5, and a score above 75.5 reaches the top ten. The most-cited source grounding these answers is alibaba.com at 5.2% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 11.1%.

36k prompts · 2.6m AI answers · 11.2m citations · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Industry Benchmarks

October 2026 · Fragrance · Perplexity
What good looks like in this category. Read a brand's own score against these before looking at who is winning.
Median visibility score
80.5
Half of the 10 ranked fragrance brands score below this. The midpoint, not the average, so a few dominant brands do not distort it.
Index-wide median is 76.3
Score to enter the top 10
75.5
Clearing 75.5 puts a brand in the category top ten. The bar sits 5.0 points below the midpoint, so the leaderboard is closely contested.
Brands named per answer
7.5
A typical answer names eight brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Index-wide average is 6.6
Citation mix
  • UGC 8%
  • Editorial 3%
  • Video 3%
  • Reference 2%
  • Retail 4%
  • Other 80%
Other leads the third-party sources grounding fragrance answers. Brand-owned citations sit in the next cell and are not counted here. “Other” covers domains we have not classified into a type yet.
Brand-owned citation share
11.1%
Owned content is weak here: third-party sources decide most of these answers.
Index-wide average is 26.8%
Industry sentiment
58/100
Mean tone of mentions across the ranked brands that carry a measured value. Per-brand sentiment sits on each brand profile.
Prompts sampled
36k
Real buyer phrasing, 4 models
AI answers analysed
2.6m
297k in October · ▲ 23.2% vs September
Citations parsed
11.2m
1m in October · ▲ 20.0% vs September
Brands observed
510
10 ranked here · 500 unranked

Brand Visibility Leaderboard

Brand visibility leaderboard for Fragrance, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentTop cited source
01Chanel
82.7
10.3%Perplexity▼ 3.448linkedin.com
02Amouage
82.3
10.3%Perplexity—47youtube.com
03Rasasi
82.0
10.2%Perplexity—49arabianoud.com
04Rihanna
81.2
10.1%Perplexity—69alibaba.com
05Guerlain
80.9
10.1%Perplexity—40linkedin.com
06Arabian Oud
80.1
10.0%Perplexity▲ 5.667youtube.com
07Dior Parfums
79.6
9.9%Perplexity▼ 5.443globalbrandsmagazine.com
08Ariana Grande
79.1
9.9%Perplexity▲ 17.872alibaba.com
09Beyoncé
77.6
9.7%Perplexity—63alibaba.com
10Abdul Samad Al Qurashi
75.5
9.4%Perplexity▲ 5.781alibaba.com
10 ranked · visibility is a six-month averageTop source = most frequent source in answers mentioning the brand · Δ compares Oct with Sep

Most-Cited Domains

The answer supply chain
Most-cited domains in AI answers for Fragrance
#DomainCitation shareΔ vs last month
01alibaba.com
5.2%
▼ 2.3
02youtube.com
5.0%
—
03linkedin.com
4.4%
—
04givaudan.com
4.4%
—
05reddit.com
3.7%
—
06belleaura52.ca
3.5%
—
07alqamees.com
2.7%
—
08harpersbazaar.com
2.7%
▲ 3.4
09globalbrandsmagazine.com
2.7%
—
10alaminaperfumes.com
2.7%
—
Top 10 of 1k domains observedΔ compares Oct with Sep, in percentage points

Prompts, Topics & Movers

What's driving this month's answers

Sampled prompts

Prompts sampled for Fragrance, with distinct brands named and sources cited
#PromptBrandsSources
01Fragrance companies with strong heritage2941
02French perfume houses dominating global markets2939
03Celebrity fragrances that sell well2338
04Arabian oud brands known for authenticity1634
05Welche Parfümhäuser haben eine Geschichte, nicht nur ein gutes Marketing?814
5 of 36k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Oct vs Sep
Rising
Ariana Grandescore 79.1
▲ 17.8
▲ 5.7
Arabian Oudscore 80.1
▲ 5.6
Falling
Dior Parfumsscore 79.6
▼ 5.4
Chanelscore 82.7
▼ 3.4
5 ranked brands scored in both Sep and OctIndustry avg ±7.6/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
113,096 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Fragrance, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United States48K
02United Kingdom22K
03Japan20K
04Germany7K
05Australia4K
06France3K
07Egypt2K
08Canada2K
09Italy2K
10United Arab Emirates1K
11Saudi Arabia1K
12Singapore409
12 tracked markets
This edition

What Changed This Month

Chanel leads Fragrance this edition with a visibility score of 82.7, ahead of Amouage at 82.3.

alibaba.com is the most-cited source grounding fragrance answers, at roughly 5.2% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 11.1% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked fragrance brands is 80.5, and a score above 75.5 reaches the industry top ten.

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Our Methodology

Our Approach to Gathering AI Visibility Data

We process millions of real prompts across AI Mode, ChatGPT, Copilot and Perplexity, then track which brands, products, and domains show up in the answers. That's the raw data behind every score in the Index.

Real Intent Capture

This data results from processing millions of real user prompts. We use advanced semantic and agentic processing to categorize them and define intent, filtering out noise to focus on high-value queries.

Global Model Interrogation

We run these prompts across the tracked models and across every market we cover, so each market is scored on its own answers rather than on a global average applied everywhere.

Attribution Mapping

We analyze the generated answers to capture the "Kingmaker" domains: the specific sources models cite most often in the answers that name a brand, so you can see which sources the models lean on where you appear and where you do not.

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FAQ · Fragrance

Questions?
We Have
the Answers.

Chanel currently leads AI search visibility in fragrance with a Goodie visibility score of 82.7, measured across the tracked AI models.

alibaba.com is the most-cited source in fragrance AI answers, grounding roughly 5.2% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked fragrance brands is 80.5. A score above 75.5 places a brand in the industry top ten.

Each edition samples the same tracked prompt set across the models Goodie follows, then ranks brands by how often they are named in those answers.

Monthly. Each edition re-samples the tracked prompt set so month-over-month figures are directly comparable.