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Leading Fragrance Brands in AI Search in the United States

The Fragrance index re-ranked using only prompts and answers from United States.

October 2026 edition

Across the six months through October 2026, Guerlain leads AI search visibility in Fragrance in United States with a Goodie visibility score of 77.9, ahead of Arabian Oud (77.8) and Chanel (75.6). The median score across the 21 ranked brands is 20.2, and a score above 20.6 reaches the top ten. The most-cited source grounding these answers is youtube.com at 4.8% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 19.1%.

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

Industry Benchmarks

October 2026 · Fragrance · United States
What good looks like in this category. Read a brand's own score against these before looking at who is winning.
Median visibility score
20.2
Half of the 21 ranked fragrance brands score below this. The midpoint, not the average, so a few dominant brands do not distort it.
Index-wide median is 73.0
Score to enter the top 10
20.6
Clearing 20.6 puts a brand in the category top ten. The bar sits 0.5 points above the midpoint, so the leaderboard is closely contested.
Brands named per answer
8.6
A typical answer names nine brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Index-wide average is 8.2
Citation mix
  • UGC 4%
  • Editorial 2%
  • Video 1%
  • Reference 3%
  • Retail 3%
  • Other 87%
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
19.1%
Owned content is weak here: third-party sources decide most of these answers.
Index-wide average is 26.8%
Industry sentiment
63/100
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
21 ranked here · 489 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
01Guerlain
77.9
10.2%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 1.163scento.com
02Arabian Oud
77.8
10.2%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▼ 3.272arabianoud.com
03Chanel
75.6
9.9%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 1.265scento.com
04Ariana Grande
75.1
9.8%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 5.072accio.com
05Dior Parfums
57.6
7.5%AI ModeChatGPTCopilot▼ 1.963scento.com
06Maison Francis Kurkdjian
56.6
7.4%AI ModeChatGPTCopilot▲ 2.868scento.com
07Amouage
39.0
5.1%ChatGPTPerplexity▲ 8.865reddit.com
08Yves Saint Laurent
35.9
4.7%ChatGPTCopilot▲ 3.540scento.com
09Billie Eilish
35.7
4.7%AI ModeCopilot▲ 3.768landyschemist.com
10Lattafa Perfumes
20.6
2.7%AI Mode—64arabianoud.com
21 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
01youtube.com
4.8%
▲ 3.6
02alharamainperfumes.com
4.5%
—
03giftexpress.com
4.5%
—
04instagram.com
4.1%
—
05wikipedia.org
3.9%
—
06reddit.com
3.9%
—
07houseofsaud.com
3.7%
—
08sphericalinsights.com
3.7%
—
09perfumebays.com
3.6%
—
10ulta.com
3.6%
—
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
01Arabian oud brands known for authenticity51209
02Fragrance companies with strong heritage105161
03French perfume houses dominating global markets83147
04Celebrity fragrances that sell well44122
05Perfume brands popular in the Middle East51121
5 of 36k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Oct vs Sep
Rising
Amouagescore 39.0
▲ 8.8
Ariana Grandescore 75.1
▲ 5.0
Billie Eilishscore 35.7
▲ 3.7
Falling
Arabian Oudscore 77.8
▼ 3.2
Dior Parfumsscore 57.6
▼ 1.9
14 ranked brands scored in both Sep and OctIndustry avg ±2.8/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
7,745,978 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Fragrance, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United States2M
02Japan1.7M
03United Kingdom1.2M
04France753K
05Germany588K
06Australia452K
07Canada313K
08Egypt221K
09Italy196K
10Saudi Arabia138K
11United Arab Emirates131K
12Singapore44K
12 tracked markets
This edition

What Changed This Month

Guerlain leads Fragrance this edition with a visibility score of 77.9, ahead of Arabian Oud at 77.8.

youtube.com is the most-cited source grounding fragrance answers, at roughly 4.8% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 19.1% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked fragrance brands is 20.2, and a score above 20.6 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.

Guerlain currently leads AI search visibility in fragrance with a Goodie visibility score of 77.9, measured across the tracked AI models.

youtube.com is the most-cited source in fragrance AI answers, grounding roughly 4.8% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked fragrance brands is 20.2. A score above 20.6 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.