your edt or edp

the tv has seen more perfume adverts recently. it used to be very rare in the past right?
although there are 3 at the moment, (gucci, D&G and hugo) they are shown quite frequently. it used to be only hugo boss last time.

so we know that is where our money goes to when we buy a bottle of perfume right? i read one book once, about behind the scene stuff of the fashion industry. only a few cents worth go into a bottle of perfume. can u believe it? and the cheapest edt i find in the market (for a designer brand) costs rm150: tommy girl. and will you count tommy as a designer brand? frankly, i have never bought any perfume for myself, not even once. i almost wanted to buy one many years ago because i fell in love with the scent, but they no longer produced it when i wanted to get one. it was from givenchy. but if they do reintroduce it again, i will surely get it...and deep down inside i will be scolding myself a moron for paying that much.

back to the bottle of tommy girl, it was for a friend's birthday, so no choice, but i am sharing with 9 others. so not a deep hole in the pocket lah.

i am lucky to have my aunt in germany buying me all the perfume i have. but she only buys them when she sees cheap ones...and they do have sales for perfume there. not your usual size, but smaller ones. i am using 'beyond paradise' by estee lauder and 2 others i still have. paradise still has a long way to go. they say u can't keep edt/edp for long, but if you make the bottle lay flat, just like how you would with a bottle of wine, it will last longer because it prevents oxidation. that is what makes a perfume lose its colour and smell. i am not fussy with my choice of edt or edp, as long as it is not too strong then i am fine with any.

so what about your edt or edp choices? and what makes you buy them? or are you like me?

ok, to another thing. germany...shall i go or what? flight ticket is still on the steep side despite the fall in the price of fuel. the airlines all have raised their fuel surchage according to the market price, so will they restructure their system now that the prices have fallen?
i have got a few airlines that offer me about rm4500 for 3 months ticket, namely MAS, 4568 (surprise! surprise!), emirates, 4413 and lufthansa, 4447. expensive hor?? i haven't called travel agent yet. these are all online prices. will see what travel agent has to say once i get the number.