Light, gentle, subtle scents for the office, class, expectant moms

[roseus]

If I don't already mention Boober every chance I get, it's light and clean, but I find it to be a little sweeter and less soapy than other clean blends and not at all aquatic. Reapers Gonna Reap, Paladin, Neutral, and Obatala are work go-tos for me. I find light vanillas, soft creamy scents, and not harsh clean scents tend to go unnoticed or at least aren't commented on!

[soniahgreen]

Morocco, Blossoming Vulva, and Kitten With a Shamisen are nice close to the skin scents for me.

[Elspethdixon]

Necrobump!

 

My work just became a "scent-sensitive" environment. Which sucks for me, but I get it. So I am not supposed to wear any scent that anyone else would be able to smell, even if they were sitting next to me in a meeting. I know there are several people in the office sensitive to scents. I don't want to cause anyone discomfort, but I would love to still wear a bit of perfume that only I can smell. The problem is, in my whole, rather large, collection, I have very few scents that are "light". Everything seems to have too much throw or be too strong. I plan to only wear the tinniest amount, so that won't be the issue, but I also want to choose really light, inoffensive-to-most type smells. I don't like aquatics or most "clean" smelling scents. I only like mint on rare occasions in the summer. A lot of citrus (orange in particular) turns powdery and gross on me. But I am open to trying whatever. Please help me out with some recs! Thanks. (will be avoiding patchouli, musk, tobacco, and incense - I amp them all and they are STRONG on me)

 

My skin also hates citrus, and aquatics and "clean" scents are usually a straight ticket to dryer sheet/laundry detergent land. I second the rec for Obatala (which, if called on, you can always claim is sunblock ). Other faint/light scents that work on me are Black Pearl, Hidden Pearl, and Half-Elf.

[LadyLuckless]

I usually reach for Good, Sudha Sugara, Love's Philosophy or Full Moon when trying to be inoffensive. Basically anything that isn't super heavy on musk, incense or florals seems to do the trick.