I'm looking for a scent that evokes the feeling of walking through the woods, without overly synthetic / harsh wood notes.
Realistic woods scent
I haven't had a chance to personally try any, but this is the whole focus of Pineward scents ! Maybe one of them will catch your eye.
Olympic Rainforest is incredibly realistic. The trees, the forest floor, and the mushrooms are all captured perfectly, with a hint of wildflowers. It’s just a complex, beautiful scent, like Mother Nature herself was bottled.

Lempi
Deciduous forest: "Guardian of the Forest | Lush / Cosmetics To Go"
Coniferous forest: Koitere
Rainforest: Aura Eau de Parfum
Seaside mixed forest: Brise Marine
Autumnal dark mixed forest: Doric Oud
My partner has Faunus by La Curie and it smells like a forest.
Hello,
Did you try "Bois Imperial" by essential parfum and "sycomore" by chanel ?
Both are great for a "green forest" fragrance
I recommend Endless Forest (a drier, very realistic forest in the autumn) and
Le Sillage Blanc (a walk in the forest during a cool, dewy morning).

Mitchcraft
+1 to Inverness absolutely gorgeous fragrance (but I would say that as I am from Scotland 😜😊) Seriously though it is good.

Lempi
Deciduous forest: "Guardian of the Forest | Lush / Cosmetics To Go"
Coniferous forest: Koitere
Rainforest: Aura Eau de Parfum
Seaside mixed forest: Brise Marine
Autumnal dark mixed forest: Doric Oud
OMG I completely forgot to add "Forest Riot | Hetkinen / Het·Ki·Nen" to this list! That one is also one of the most realistic representations of a coniferous forest that I have ever smelled.
The ones I’ve liked best are:
November in the Temperate Deciduous Forest Perfume Oil
(Full disclosure, I also loved Enchanted Forest by the Vagabond Prince, but the CEO is a hot mess so make sure you uh… google her first…)
I have tried Funerie,
Fanghorn II,
Eldritch,
Tome, and
Snoqualmie. None of them have impressed me.