I ended up with a strip from colordiode, they're available on ebay. Was described as CRI>95 3000~3200K SMD2835, 90/m. Came with a pretty decent datasheet, seemed well-characterized. Cost was ~ $10/meter. They were responsive enough to include a few samples of other color temperatures with the order when I asked nicely.

The housing used was extruded aluminum u-channel by Torchstar (U05, semicircular), very nice clean finish. Available on Amazon.

Like I mentioned, this was for vanity lighting - there's a full length mirror in the closet that's wedged on the wall between a closet door and a window. Not much room for anything else. Hung two vertical strips, ~ 4ft long, on each side of the mirror.

Light ended up soft, diffuse, and flattering - but still directional enough for good modeling. Significant other couldn't have been happier.