Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 77 most popular Fragrances in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 77 largest fragrances in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Fragrances, Forever (Mariah Carey fragrance) and Coco (perfume) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.6M people. Across all 77 entries the average audience size is 45k, and the largest, Fragrances, reaches around 2.3M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each fragrances, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 77, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Coco Mademoiselle 11k 32.0 45.8% Fragrances
27 Fragrance oil 11k 36.7 69.8% Fragrances
28 Clive Christian 9.5k 35.6 89.9% Fragrances
29 Acqua di Parma 8.2k 31.6 81.0% Fragrances
30 DKNY Fragrances 7.8k 21.4 100.0% Fragrances
31 Black Star (fragrance) 7k 37.6 93.7% Fragrances
32 Aramis 6.4k 32.4 76.3% Fragrances
33 Opium (perfume) 6k 31.0 41.1% Fragrances
34 Cool Water (perfume) 4.7k 40.2 100.0% Fragrances
35 L'eau d'Issey 4.3k 31.2 100.0% Fragrances
36 Montale 4.2k 41.2 41.3% Fragrances
37 Francis Kurkdjian 3.7k 31.5 65.7% Fragrances
38 Penhaligon's 3.5k 29.4 79.6% Fragrances
39 Serge Lutens 3.1k 29.7 74.2% Fragrances
40 Dolce & Gabbana - Light Blue 3.1k 32.9 41.8% Fragrances
41 Initio Parfums 3.1k 36.8 62.9% Fragrances
42 Ferrari Perfumes 3k 35.2 52.0% Fragrances
43 John Varvatos 2.6k 25.7 42.2% Fragrances
44 Lacoste Essential 2.3k 36.9 88.1% Fragrances
45 Shalimar (perfume) 2.1k 35.9 53.0% Fragrances
46 Lalique 1.8k 39.4 54.4% Fragrances
47 Cacharel 1.6k 48.3 100.0% Fragrances
48 Davidoff Cool Water Woman 1.6k 21.6 30.0% Fragrances
49 Solid perfume 1.5k 27.3 59.7% Fragrances
50 Roja 1.3k 34.7 53.1% Fragrances

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular fragrances compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each fragrances by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest fragrances in South Africa?

Fragrances currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.3M people in South Africa.

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