I consider essence to be a subsubtype, as I always see a sort of undercurrent that is more or less prominent. It kinda distinguishes a type within itself. I don’t know how that goes for actual dressing, since you should still follow the lines of your type, but since we’re all here to categorise us (mainly) anyways I see this as an absolute win.

I heard that the original essence thing was supposed to be about how you come off, but I don’t do the „conflating personality and looks“ thing, if it even is that.

This essence idea also helps us solve the whole problem with variation in tall IDs. Since a subsubtype would account for the variation in FNs and SDs