Courtship Among Packs

I want to woo the person of my dreams. In your world, how do I go about this?
Oh, I got you, honey. There are several different cultures in this world, and courtship varies from culture to culture, so let's focus on one for now. We'll discuss other courtship rituals in other articles, which I will link below.
For now, let's say the person of your dreams is an Oba who, like most Obas, lives in a pack.

History

For a long time, obas have raised their children communally. Since oba packs function much like clans with family ties, it follows that several members of a pack would play a role in their children's courtships. If you are considering a commitment to an oba, you are considering joining the oba's family. Since the ideal oba family is associated with comfort and safety, you have to prove to your beloved that you can provide comfort to them and provide for the needs of them and their dearest ones.
Courting a makwif or mikwer oba has a reputation of being "easier" and "more low-maintenance" than courting a mikwif, makwer, makwerif, or mikwerif due to the latter genders' alleged hormone-induced emotional instability.

Execution

To leave an impression of comfort, the lover must learn what the beloved associates with love and home. This often evokes olfactory and tactile senses. The lover gets to know the smells and textures that make the beloved feel most comfortable and reflects this knowledge through wearing clothing and perfume and giving gifts that have these smells and textures. For example, say the person of your dreams loves the smells of lavender and topical cough suppressant because they find lavender to be relaxing and they like the color, while their parents used topical cough suppressants often throughout their childhood when they had colds. You may wear lavender perfume or lavender flowers or even simply wear purple often when visiting your beloved. You may give your beloved gifts of lavender flowers, lavender-scented items such as soaps and oils, or topical cough suppressants. Oba beloveds, especially mikwer and mikwerif oba beloveds, often place their gifts on or near their beds as it is the place of greatest safety and vulnerability. Soft gifts tend to be compiled into nests.
To leave an impression of safety, the lover must open express care for the beloved's well-being in both one-on-one interactions and in the presence of the beloved's pack. This does not have to be in words; gestures can communicate this as well. Makwer and makwerif obas have an especially strong drive to protect their loved ones, so a makwer or makwerif lover is more likely to make their beloved's safety a priority.

Components and tools

Items with strong scents (including but not limited to food, candles, and soap) are near-universal components to oba courtship.
A monogamous courtship that goes well may end with the exchange of Marriage Collars.

Participants

The two people courting each other are at the center of all stages, of course.
The lover may meet the beloved's closest pack members at any time during the courtship. It varies from pack to pack how important, serious, or frightening it is to meet the beloved's parent(s). (That is, of course, assuming the beloved's pack is their pack of origin.)
Obas know a relationship is getting serious when the lover strives to get to know the beloved's pack leader (and pack sub-leader, when applicable). Pack leaders are expected to be more formal than other pack members are when overseeing their children's courtships. They are also expected to prioritize the pack's needs: if a leader has a concern about the young one's lover, the leader will make sure to discuss this in private with the young one.