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Tripling a handcrafted fragrance brand on Amazon

Sassy Scents makes handcrafted wax melts, whipped soaps, room sprays and pillow mists in the UK. We rebuilt its Amazon advertising, catalog and promotions: 2024 sales grew 204% year to date while ad spend stayed under 10% of revenue.

+204%

2024 sales growth, year to date

+163%

Sales, July 2024 vs July 2023

£20.3K

Best month (December 2024)

9.7%

TACOS, June to December 2024

The Starting Point

The Challenges Holding the Brand Back

A catalog nobody was finding

Before we started, Amazon sales averaged about £3,300 a month (January to April 2024), with little structured advertising behind a wide range of scents and product types.

Listings and store that undersold the product

Bullet points, descriptions and search terms needed rework, the brand store was rated low quality, and products sat across two brand names.

Compliance and logistics friction

Hazmat requirements on fragrance products and stock held in processing slowed down listings that should have been selling.

What We Built

Rebuilding the Foundation for Scalable Growth

01

A full advertising architecture

  • Keyword research across every product category
  • Sponsored Products (broad, phrase, exact and product targeting), Sponsored Brands headline and video, Sponsored Display remarketing
  • Defense and upsell campaigns around the best sellers
  • Weekly bid management against a TACOS target of 5 to 7%
02

Catalog and brand store

  • Rebuilt the brand store, including a dedicated Sleep section
  • A+ content by product category and a published Brand Story
  • Grouped whipped soaps and wax melts into variations
  • Lifestyle images and A/B tested titles
03

Promotions and a second marketplace

  • Funded Subscribe & Save: 5% on the five best sellers, 10% on the rest
  • Prime Day and Black Friday multi-buy offers (buy 2 get 5% off, buy 3 get 10% off) and virtual bundles
  • Cart-abandoner coupons and Vine enrollment for new products
  • Launched Amazon US with recreated A+ content and a duplicated brand store

The Results

Measurable Growth Across Every Key Metric

MetricBeforeAfter
Monthly sales£3.3K (Jan–Apr 2024)£11.6K (Jan–Apr 2025)
Best month£5.0K (June 2024)£20.3K (December 2024)
MarketplacesAmazon UKAmazon UK + US
Brand storeRated low qualityRebuilt, with a Sleep section
Subscribe & SaveNot funded5–10% funded across the catalog
Whipped soap and wax melt listingsSeparate listingsGrouped into variations