Period hygiene

Any tips on how to feel fresher and cleaner on your period? I use pads if I’m not in the mood for tampons idk if anyone does that but depending on how heavy my period starts it depends if I use a tampon or pad and this time I’ve been using pads. But I just don’t feel fresh with pads and there’s odor luckily I’ve been in the house the whole week of my period but I’m not gonna always be home and I need proper ways to stay clean and at least a little fresh smelling on my period. If you guys wear pads what do you do to maintain freshness down there? I feel like a cave woman 🤢 if you used period panties please provide a review on them. Do you like them can you feel blood on your butt etc? Being on my period feels like the most dirtiest and disgusting thing on earth.