Gentle and has a lovely mild almond smell I really love this product because I am very sensitive to smells but this has such a wonderful sweet almond smell, But very subtle. It doesnt have a lot of soap in it so it doesnt dry your skin out thats why I like it mainly for my face. Ive been using it on my body to but it doesnt last very long that way and in the summertime Im afraid it wont be quite enough because I sweat! But I love this companys products and I use the Almond lotion and Face cream, Its one of the few products Ive been completely satisfied with and its a good happy medium between drugstore and super fancy department store products and definitely better than all of the above because the ingredients are quality