13:40 - 2018/01/17
There is no problem in buying, selling and using perfumes contain alcohol which you do not know whether it originally belongs to the category of a liquid intoxicant or not.
Question: What is the fatwa regarding the use of perfumes which contain alcohol? Are these kinds of perfumes najis (impure) and is it permissible to use them?
Answer: Such perfumes are clean and it is permissible to use them.[1] An alcohol which you do not know whether it originally belongs to the category of a liquid intoxicant is considered pure, and there is no problem in buying, selling and using liquids containing it.[2]
1. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani, Question & Answer, Alcohol 4.
2. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Q303.