Purity of cologne (perfume)

Answer: Those who say cologne is impure have attached it to wine (khamr) and compared it to it. What I hold is that cologne is not impure. The proof of impurity applies only to khamr, whether from grape juice, dates, or other fruits—based on the ḥadīth: “Every intoxicant is wine.”
But intoxication is not itself the cause of impurity, for substances like hashish and the like—which intoxicate by nature—are pure by consensus, though they are intoxicants.
Therefore, impurity is a property of khamr, which is the fermented intoxicant juice. The cause of impurity is the combination of fermentation and intoxication. Thus, the mere presence of one element of wine’s composition does not prove impurity. Impurity, therefore, is the attribute of wine, not of cologne—since cologne is not wine.