I'm looking for a scent that evokes the feeling of walking through the woods, without overly synthetic / harsh wood notes.
I'm looking for a scent that evokes the feeling of walking through the woods, without overly synthetic / harsh wood notes.
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.

Deciduous forest:
Guardian of the Forest
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).

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

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 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.
I can see Pineward was already recommended, so I will add other ones:
Blood Cedar by Heretic, it's dry pine woods on a sunny day
Forêt Dormante , Holy Oak , Ghost Pine by LVNEA
Both Heretic and LVNEA are nearly 100% botanical perfumes with little to no synthetic materials (I am also sensitive to synthetics that's why I like these brands)