Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2787
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " طِيبُ الرِّجَالِ مَا ظَهَرَ رِيحُهُ وَخَفِيَ لَوْنُهُ وَطِيبُ النِّسَاءِ مَا ظَهَرَ لَوْنُهُ وَخَفِيَ رِيحُهُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Hurayrah reported that Allah’s Messenger said: ‘The perfume of men is that whose scent is noticeable and whose color is not apparent; the perfume of women is that whose color is apparent and whose scent is not noticeable.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic chain includes an unnamed transmitter between Abu Nadr and Abu Hurayrah. The English witness adds an explanatory note about wearing fragrance outside the home and before one’s husband; that note is not part of the Arabic source text and is not included in the translation.