This week’s race
Tom Ford leads; Parfums de Marly climbs 7 spots.
Power ranking
Who leads this sub.
The reviewer check
The machines rank these brands. We checked their products against the people who filmed them.
Every score is distilled from independent YouTube reviews of the products the AIs name here — then set beside the AI rank.
This week?
Maison Margiela charged fourteen spots to claim the number eight position in fragrances, the week's largest climb. Jo Malone London followed with a thirteen-position surge from number twenty-six to thirteen. Tom Ford held the lead. Xerjoff fell thirteen places to twenty-eight, and Kilian Paris made its entry at eighteen, joining a category that shifted more than most weeks on record.
The questions?
These rankings answer 6 buyer questions. Open any one for the head-to-head.
The subcategory score is an aggregate. Each question has its own AI ranking, reviewer check and weekly movement — that's where the picks actually come from.
Act one
Where the machines rank them.
Three AI models rank every brand in this sub — who just arrived, the full board, the lineups each fields, and who owns each trait.
Newcomers
Just arrived.
new · Jun 2026
#72 · in best vanilla perfumes
new · Jun 2026
#80 · in best perfume discovery sets
new · Jun 2026
#78 · in best perfume discovery sets
new · Jun 2026
#86 · in best clean perfumes
new · Jun 2026
#91 · in best clean perfumes
new · Jun 2026
#87 · in best clean perfumes
new · Jun 2026
#67 · in best clean perfumes
new · Jun 2026
#79 · in best perfume discovery sets
new · Jun 2026
#77 · in best clean perfumes
Full ranking
Every brand ranked.
as of June 15 · vs June 16 · 6 intents?
Brand portfolios
What each brand fields here.
Act two · ★ new
What people & press say.
Where the AI ranking and the reviewers part ways — and which of these brands are making news right now.
AI vs the reviewers
Where the machines and the room part ways.
Most of this sub is calm agreement. These are the picks where the AI ranking and the people who filmed the product disagree the hardest.
The AI
#17The room
4.0/5▲ AIs rank it lower than the room
Tom Ford Black Lacquer Fragrance Review | Is It Worth It?
Robin James
IS Tom Ford Ombre Leather Worth the HYPE!? | Full Review
Chad Secrets
Baccarat Rouge 540 Review | WORTH IT in 2025? Maison Francis Kurkdjian
My Two (S)cents
Maison Francis Kurkdjian 724 Review and Comparison
The Santa Maria
Luxury Makeup That’s Actually Worth It!
Lisa J
Jonathan Anderson for DIOR: Full Collection Revealed - IS IT WORTH YOUR MONEY?
Sophie Shohet | Fashion Beauty Lifestyle
Act three
How the models think.
Where each brand actually competes across the buyer questions, and the running ledger of what just moved in this sub.
Intent dominance
Where each brand actually competes.
as of June 15 · 6 intents?
Ledger?
What just moved in this sub.
- ▼ fall#15 → #89
- ▼ fall#17 → #63
- ▼ fall#26 → #51
- ✦ debutdebut at #17
- ▲ climb#30 → #18
- ▼ fall#22 → #32
- ▼ fall#21 → #30
- ▼ fall#24 → #33
- ▼ fall#29 → #38
- ✦ debutdebut at #22
- ▲ climb#11 → #4
- ▲ climb#18 → #11
- ▲ climb#28 → #21
- ▲ climb#19 → #14
- ▲ climb#25 → #20
- ✦ debutdebut at #25
- ▼ fall#12 → #16
- ✦ debutdebut at #26
- ▼ fall#23 → #27
- ▼ fall#6 → #9
about fragrances
Pick by what you need
- buying intents · in products →
- Best women's perfume under $300
- Best niche fragrances
- Best men's cologne under $300
- Best Vanilla Perfumes
- Best Clean Perfumes
- Best Perfume Discovery Sets
interesting facts from fragrances
The fragrance houses split into clear camps. Luxury brands like Chanel and Dior command prices and heritage. They sell time and craft. Mass brands like Axe and Old Spice sell function cheap. Niche houses like Byredo and Frederic Malle hunt for the person who wants something true, not famous. Department store stalwarts like Estée Lauder sit in the middle, proven and broad. Each knows what it sells.
A buyer picks by what fragrance means to them. Is it daily armor or a statement. Is it something to last eight hours or all day. Luxury pays for name and consistency. Niche pays for oddness and restraint. Mass brands cost less and smell bright. The choice is not which brand wins. It is which one fits what you actually do.
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