I made the move towards not so much shower reduction(a few times a week still, and stick deodorant) as soap reduction, because I realized that what is true of m

I made the move towards not so much shower reduction(a few times a week still, and stick deodorant) as soap reduction, because I realized that what is true of most surfaces is true of my skin and hair: it's not the soap that gets it clean but the scrubbing, and a little bit of scrub with a washcloth is going to be enough to get most of the actual gunk while preserving the microbiome. Soap is for when you actually need a harsher cleaning agent than water, which is going to happen only occasionally. Exposure to sunlight also does some natural cleansing, though not everyone is in a position to sunbathe. And yes, for the first few weeks this did make things a little more smelly. Deodorant suffices to cover it.