\n Some synthetic alcohols (having higher hydrocarbon chains...

\n Some synthetic alcohols (having higher hydrocarbon chains \u2013 hence are not from ethanol which is the main intoxicant ) are also used as an emulsifier (to mix water and oil otherwise these two liquids will separate as a \u2018surfactants\u2019) [32] in the skin care products, for example C14-22 Alcohols, which are basically synthetic fatty alcohols. Therefore, these types of synthetic alcohols can be found in the composition of deodorants, body lotions, and body and face creams.

[33] \u00a0 For more details on the composition (i.e., chemical composition), see Appendix VII. \n To re-emphasise, Ethanol \u2014 also generally referred to \u2018alcohol\u2019, ethyl alcohol, or grain alcohol \u2014 is the primary ingredient in alcoholic drinks. It\u2019s also the one that causes the intoxication (drunkenness). Ethanol is a clear, colourless liquid with a characteristic wine-like odour and pungent taste that\u2019s a byproduct of plant fermentation.

[34] This means it\u2019s not produced on its own, but as a result of another process (fermentation induced, i.e., through yeast, heating). Technically, ethanol is formed when yeast ferments the sugars in fruits, grains and vegetables, e.g., from malted barley, grapes, potatoes, sugarcanes. [35] .

\n The distinction between alcohol and ethanol, therefore, is pretty simple: Ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, is the only type of alcohol that one can drink without seriously harming whereas other species of alcohol would be toxic [36] \u2014 in perfumes, ethanol is denatured (i.e., written as denat alcohol) through the deliberate addition of toxic additives, therefore making it undrinkable, but denat alcohol still has the qualities of intoxicants (as its chemical composition has not been altered so it would still Islamically be classified as an intoxicant, as oppose to, for example, vinegar, which is produced when wine is further processed (oxidised) and that would be a chemical conversion to an acid (vinegar) and hence Islamically is lawful to be consumed).