the only use I've thought of it would be that if you were going to use 3 utmost cautions anyway and on impulsive appraisals (like in some rotations), you could pop deep breath instead, hit two impulsives and if you happen to have deep breath still active, spend it on an instinctual for the reduced item wear. the only downside to this is that it still uses 3 gathering attempts ... so no not quite so useful.

your proposal is interesting though, and I might have to try it out after I can max perception for folklore nodes.