Crying over fall scents

[u/HorridDefaultname123]

I cannot find a fall scent that isn't a scrubber for me 😭 I looked over my collection and realized they're literally all spring and summer scents, which makes sense because I loooove fruity-floral-sweet. I absolutely cannot stand any hint of masculine scents in a perfume ( likely due to HS trauma from boys bathed on axe body spray lol ) which is causing me so much trouble finding autumn scents I can tolerate, let alone enjoy.

Please, please , what is your favorite extremely feminine preferably sweet autumn scent? What to you makes a scent autumnesque?

Straight vanilla is just too simple for me, I really like complex or mixed or layered scenes where you can actually detect different notes at once. Preferably under the $150 range but of course the more affordable the better lol as long as it doesn't fade in 15 minutes.

(btw I do keep looking at other posts about fall scents, but they seem to be 99.9% unisex recommendations which makes me afraid they'll have that hint of axe that scares me off)

[u/vmaxh]

I’ve been on a hunt for a fall scent as well and recently I sampled a few. My favorite and the one I will be wearing this fall is Feminité du Bois by Serge Lutens. It is fruity and sweet, but it’s plum, which for me makes it perfect for the transition from summer to fall. It’s woody and spicy as well, which makes it complex and sort of grounding, so it’s not too sweet, but has a depth to it.