Is it permissible to return perfume that does not smell good? Or in the case where a person is wearing perfume and fears the scents will mix?
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The questioner : If I am wearing perfume and a person comes wanting to perfume me?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : I am wearing perfume now, on my hand now.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And a person comes wanting to offer me perfume, wanting to perfume me.
Another questioner: I mean ... if he perfumes ... it mixes with this perfume and my perfume ... it mixes ... the scent is not good, do I say that I?
The Shaykh : In any case, if its scent is unpleasant, because some perfumes, as I hear, and otherwise I do not smell them, but some perfumes are said to not have a good scent, right? Yes, if you know that it is not good, you say, "By Allah, I do not desire this," and we may say that it is not perfume, since it is not good, where is the perfume in it?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : As for it being perfume but less strong than the perfume on your hand, do not return it, because this does not prevent the scent of the perfume on your hand, because it is customary that a strong-scented perfume overpowers what is weaker than it. Yes, Adam.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : I am wearing perfume now, on my hand now.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And a person comes wanting to offer me perfume, wanting to perfume me.
Another questioner: I mean ... if he perfumes ... it mixes with this perfume and my perfume ... it mixes ... the scent is not good, do I say that I?
The Shaykh : In any case, if its scent is unpleasant, because some perfumes, as I hear, and otherwise I do not smell them, but some perfumes are said to not have a good scent, right? Yes, if you know that it is not good, you say, "By Allah, I do not desire this," and we may say that it is not perfume, since it is not good, where is the perfume in it?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : As for it being perfume but less strong than the perfume on your hand, do not return it, because this does not prevent the scent of the perfume on your hand, because it is customary that a strong-scented perfume overpowers what is weaker than it. Yes, Adam.