Can You Use Room Sprays as Fragrance?

I discovered L'Occitane's room sprays make beautiful fragrance, and they are less expensive than their regular fragrance. ($28 vs at least $55). 

I was pleased I was doing the right thing when I read an article in Stylelist.com.  This is the go-to site for fashionistas.  They had this to say (as modified by me):

 A friend revealed that she uses room spray as an alternative to perfume, I was less puzzled and more secretly relieved; I totally do this. While her signature scent is the room spray created for Hotel Costes (the Parisian destination known for its breezy courtyard), I, on the other hand, have a few other home fresheners in my rotation.

My staple of room sprays got a little bigger this week when I discovered Frederic Malle's perfume Guns. The oversized, grey plastic bottles (which kind of struck me as '80s car cleaning supplies at first) are filled with the room-spray-equivalent of the French perfumer's beyond gorgeous scents, like Jurassic Flower and Rosa Rugosa. Both are spot-on interpretations of fresh-picked flowers straight from the flower shop.

I realized I had a thing for room-sprays-repurposed-as-perfume when I would walk around my apartment spritzing the place down, and would find myself lingering through each blast. I'm not sure what the breakdown between a real perfume and home spray is other than I just find it to be more scent  overall. Think about it: you'd never spray your house with perfume. More than a few sprays could knock you out. Room sprays are just a less concentrated breed, something I find particularly appealing when it comes to perfume. Not to mention, ounce for ounce it's generally a better score."

I actually found something that is really inexpensive and a quality product when I turned to L'Occitane.