Some of you contributed very helpfully to earlier puffer-quest posts.
Maybe puffer is not the word, since I'm not in the Arctic north; more quilted casual. Anyway, I hadn't found the right thing and wasn't really looking super-hard and had kind of abandoned; no worries.

Then I made another swing through Burlington, doubting there'd be much new or different, and I found this Kenneth Cole "down" (down + feather) quilted coat all by its lonesome,after I was about to leave.

Here is where the PPP fell into place.
--The first thing is the fit and shape. It just feels right. It is a bit shaped for pear but not flared so has the right shoulder-hip proportions. Angled baffles, easy-entry side pockets. It's a little shorter--about 32 " in this size, and I could have gone 34"--but achieves the full torso coverage that I want, instead of just jacket length. It has the ubiquitous faux fur collar I don't want but the hood zips off, which some hoods did not. It has a 2-way zipper. It is not as heavy and warm as the Eddie Bauer, no knit cuffs, but I had decided (with some good advice from YLF) that one was too warm and it'd spend more time in the closet. It's dark gray, and I had decided the light silver and pearl puffers were too light, if I had a choice, and I wanted a bit darker. Yes, I could have gone lighter to a more medium gray, but this is definitely not-black, especially in daylight with the sheen of the fabric, and yet is not too "look at me", and is gray rather than bronze or taupe (colors I love but have moved away from). I think I am sensitive to the color because I don't really live in puffer country, and I like its being a little more conservative. In cold weather I like to wear my colorful scarves, and the purpose was not actually to be the "brightening" coat, so that's all good. I had decided that I would target a more spring-weight wool "day coat" or walking coat as my "pretty color" coat, if I come across one.

It has the tiny logo that is actually removable. That is a deal-breaker on lots of clothing, such as MK, that often has lots of dangly MK zip pulls that can't be removed, or some puffer/gear coats have large plastic brand names plastered on the sleeve. The price was pretty modest--I would have paid more but again, it's part of a coat capsule for fun and not for subzero survival gear, so I did not actually want to have to think of it as a major expense/investment.

So, I think it ticked the right boxes--more of a goal of a casual but warm look, not so warm it's saved for the polar vortex, washable, and really versatile (jeans or workwear). The can't-wait-to-wear-it feeling.
Of course, I don't know if it'll hold up--washing and such--as EB, LLB or Lands End coats are very good quality. The heavy EB coat was quite nicely made. Will have to hope this one is "appropriate quality" for its purpose.