What do you guys think about layering?

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So I picked up a bottle of Bentley Intense for $27 on Jomashop, figuring I'd rather have a whole bottle than spend half that price on a decant. I think the fragrance will grow on me (it's very dry and a little medicinal for me, and I've been favoring scents with some sweetness) but I don't love it yet. However... I was thinking to myself "what if I sweeten it up with one of my favorites" and tried the following:

1) 3 sprays Bentley Intense plus one spray of TF Tobacco Vanile: holy moly it adds some complexity to the TV, and just a little sweetness rounds out the BI

2) 3 sprays BI plus one spray TF Oud Wood: it's like the oud note settles into a comfy leather chair with a glass of rum

3) 3 sprays BI plus one spray TF Eau d'Ombre Leather: enhances the leather note in the TF and adds some sweet vanilla cardamom warmth to the BI, rounding it out

I gotta say, ALL of these smell awesome and delicious to me, better than the BI on its own (at least for now - I might come to love the BI)... but the BI adds something to the TF's that mixes things up. And at 3 sprays from a 100ml $27 bottle to one spray of a TF, this will stretch out my TF's for a looooong time.

Am I crazy to layer these? Is it crazy to not love a fragrance but love how it layers?

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