The Effect of Perfumes and Incense on the Fasting Person

Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. From Yemen, a message was sent by a listener from there. He says: Your brother in Allah, Muhammad Husayn Muhammad Salih, from Sana'a. The brother Muhammad asks a collection of questions, one of which is: I heard that perfumes in Ramadan break the fast if one smells their scent. Is this correct? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Perfumes that emit particles to the nose, such as musk powder and incense that is burned in censers: if you intend to smell them, it affects your fast because it has particles that enter your nose and rise to your brain and to your stomach. So if you intend to smell these things that have particles entering your nose, that affects your fast. You must avoid them. As for perfumes that do not have particles rising to the nose, but are merely a scent, such as liquid perfumes and the like, these do not affect the fast, and the fasting person is not prevented from using them. Yes.