A woman’s use of perfume with a distinct scent, especially when she goes out

Q: Musk, oud oil, rose oil, and the like of types of perfume: if a woman uses them and her scent is distinct, what is the ruling on her using them, especially if the woman leaves her home? And is honoring female visitors by incensing them and perfuming them considered under the same ruling?

A: A woman going out to the markets with perfume is forbidden, and she is not permitted to go out with it, nor to assist female visitors and guests with it. Rather, she should advise them and say: We would like to perfume you, but a woman going out to the markets with perfume is forbidden. By doing so, she combines giving advice with leaving what Allah has forbidden.