What is the ruling on incense and perfumes for the fasting person?

Question : What is the ruling on the incense and perfumes that a person uses, Honorable Shaykh, especially in Ramadan?

Answer : It is not harmful for the fasting person in Ramadan or otherwise to use oily perfumes and incense as well, but we do not think he should inhale the incense, meaning he should not deliberately inhale it with his nose, because incense has smoke, and the smoke has particles that rise to the nose and may reach the stomach. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This indicates that what enters through the nose is like what enters through the mouth, so he should not exaggerate in that. If he uses incense without inhaling the smoke of the incense, and the incense reaches his nose, he owes nothing.