How do you afford perfumes?

As the title suggests, making this post a little out of the bleu, I'm curious as to how one can afford designers and niche perfumes? Basically anything above the 3-4k mark. I'm talking YSL, Mancera, Chanel, Hermes, Nishane, Creed, and everything beyond there.

That being said, what do you guys do for a living? How did you start your perfume journey: at what age, some story and where are we now.

Would love to hear anything you have to say about this hobby/obsession/passion about collecting.

Do you have a big collection or prefer sticking to some signature scents?

Does it make sense spending 1/5th of your paycheck on a designer/niche?

Recommendations for someone who can afford upto 3k (for 100 ml) on a good quality scent, say once every 6 months? I've read a ton of reviews on Fattan, Hawas, Theoreme, Liquid Brun, SNOI, CDNIM PP. Want to know about some scents not talked about enough on this subreddit. Spray away your personal favourites!