Quoth Greenday
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OR you can simply go to a place which has a wide range of scented soaps, and pick up a couple of soaps.
Some suggestions:
Sandalwood
Almond (or anything else nutty)
Anything named after a wood or tree
Consider leathers, though they may be too much on the musky side of chypre/woody. (Yes, leather-smell is categorised under woody. So's musk.)
For the spicey
Clove
Ginger
Saffron (might be milder than you want, more 'flower' less 'wood')
Cinnamon (hey, it's tree bark!)
Give anything named something like 'oriental spice' or 'indian curry' a sniff. Sometimes silly names cover lovely smell mixes.
It might also be worth trying coffee, chocolate or vanilla soaps or scents.
Soaps can be an inexpensive way of testing the general sort of scent you're after, especially if you buy 'guest soap' or 'trial pack' sizes.
Once you find one that you like that suits you, taking that to a perfumer can narrow things down considerably. It's like being able to take a photograph of a haircut to a hairdresser, or knowing you like light fruity wines when talking to a sommelier.
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