about perfume containing alcohol?

The Shaykh : It is of two types. The first type, which is more widespread, contains alcohol. Because of its liquidity... it contains some fragrance and is used by people. Usually, some varieties of it are very expensive, and others are less so. The second type is oily perfume that does not contain alcohol. This generally remains without that liquidity, being like oil.

The questioner : Ambergris and musk.

The Shaykh : Ambergris, musk, and other things; it is not specific to... So the first type, because it contains alcohol, it is not hidden from you that alcohol is the foundation and origin of intoxicants; meaning, the substance that causes intoxication in wine is alcohol; because wine, as you know, is composed of several substances, including alcohol, water, sugar, and so on. And it is known in the Shari'ah that wine is the mother of all evils in the Shari'ah, so the alcohol contained in it is the mother of the mother of all evils; because it is what makes this liquid, which is wine, intoxicating. And it is forbidden, of course. For this reason, the perfume known as "cologne" in the countries, which contains alcohol, has a high or low percentage of alcohol depending on the quality of this so-called perfume. If the percentage of alcohol in it is high, it is certainly intoxicating. Therefore, in some Arab countries, when alcoholics cannot find wine to drink, they take "cologne" and mix in some things, meaning they perfume the "cologne" in their opinion, and they consume it as they used to consume wine, and it suffices them for wine in some circumstances.
As for when the percentage of alcohol in "cologne" is low, it does not become intoxicating. However, in any case, in Islamic countries, it is not permissible to manufacture "cologne" because it necessitates the manufacture of alcohol, and as has become clear from the previous discussion, this necessitates the manufacture of wine. And it is known that this is not permissible in Islam, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , and he mentioned among them: ; therefore, it is not permissible to trade in the buying and selling of this type of perfume known as "cologne"; because it contains the intoxicating substance; especially if the percentage of alcohol in this "cologne" is high enough to make it intoxicating.
This is what required explanation.