Is it permissible to use perfumes for fragrance?

Question:
What is the ruling on using perfumes or what is called cologne to perfume the body and clothes, given that they are impure? And what is the evidence for this?

Answer:
Whatever is mixed with an intoxicant is forbidden if the intoxicant predominates. Cologne contains alcohol, a lot of it, and it may reach up to eighty percent. So this cologne is a forbidden substance. The correct view is that it is not permissible to use it, because it contains alcohol and what causes intoxication. Some Sufis may consume it, get drunk, and commit lewd acts, so it is wrong and dangerous. As for its impurity, the majority of scholars hold that every intoxicant is impure. Most of the people of knowledge hold that every intoxicant is impure, because when Allah forbade it, He made it an abomination and made it impure. Some of the Tabi'un held that it is pure, but it must be destroyed and eradicated, and it must not remain. Rather, every intoxicant must be destroyed. The view that it is impure is the view of the majority of scholars. This also serves to destroy it, assist in its destruction, and eradicate it. If a person hears that it is pure, he may be lax in destroying it, smearing it on himself, and using it. It is obligatory to destroy it and eradicate it. The statement of the Muslim scholars, who are the majority, that it is an impure abomination helps in destroying it, eradicating it, and not consuming it.