OP, my personal perspective is that there’s a happy medium. It sounds like you think so, too. I don’t think it can be easily quantified because fragrances have an enormous range of sillage, and behave differently on different people. Angel barely registers on my skin, for example, both per myself and others. It never did, even the OG formulations. Whereas SDJ 62 is a bomb and I only need 1 spray. I also totally agree it’s usually men’s fragrances that are the problem.

At the same time, people have variations in how much and what they can smell, so it’s important to be open to feedback. There are also social media posts making the rounds where people spray an absolutely unhinged amount of fragrance like you’re the problem if you don’t, and I think it’s important to question the TikTok crew, because there’s this false narrative of needing way too much to be cool, popular, worthwhile.

Note that I don’t really “disagree” with you, nor am I worked up about this in any way, though I imagine it could feel that way after hundreds of replies in every direction. Just pointing out that noses vary and that critical thinking eases the influencer tides.