
The Niche Fragrance Playbook
Fragrance is the fastest-growing category in beauty. The niche-perfume cohort — Le Labo, Byredo, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, D.S. & Durga, Phlur, Boy Smells, Sol de Janeiro — rewrote the category's marketing playbook through founder credibility, TikTok-native discovery, gender-neutral positioning, and apothecary-style retail. The acquisitions (LVMH, Puig, Estée Lauder, Kering) brought scale. AI engines now mediate the category discovery layer.










