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A scent purchase cannot answer a format complaint
A new scent in the same format changes the smell and nothing else. If the action is the complaint, the format is the answer, and on eight scents the format costs the same.
The temptation in this question is to answer a format complaint with a scent purchase, because a scent purchase is the one you already know how to make. It is ₹459 to ₹559 well spent if you want the scent. It changes nothing about the morning.
The answer in 30 seconds
Should I buy another premium spray if repeated application is the exact thing I dislike?
- In one line. A second spray changes the scent and keeps the press. A format change is what changes the press, and on eight scents it costs the same.₹509
- The short answer. Probably not, if the action is what you dislike. A second spray changes the scent and keeps the press. Eight of the nine car scents are sold as a 12ml hanging bottle at the same price as the spray, from Jasmine Rs 459, and SOSA Safar is Rs 3,999 with three speeds and a one, two or three hour timer.
- If you only do one thing: count the presses you resent in an ordinary week before you buy anything. If the number is the problem, no new scent will change the number.
- Will another spray fix this? It will give you a different scent and the same action. The press is a property of the format, and the format does not change when the scent does.
- Would a bigger bottle help? A 50ml spray is ₹1,509 and holds 500 sprays, stated as about a year and more. That is more presses in the bottle, not fewer presses in your week.
- What would actually change the action? A 12ml hanging bottle, which you hang and then leave alone until you want it stronger or subtler or until the glass is empty. Or SOSA Safar at ₹3,999, which swaps the press for switching on, choosing a speed, choosing a timer setting, charging over Type-C and refilling the 20ml bottle.
The answer, in full
Not if the thing you dislike is the applying. A spray's published shape is a press each time: a 10ml gives 100 sprays, stated as three months and above at one spray a day and fifty days at two a day, and a 50ml gives 500 sprays, stated as about a year and more. Buying a second spray changes which scent you press and leaves the pressing exactly where it was. What SOSA publishes as an alternative is the same scent in a 12ml hanging bottle at the same price on eight of the nine scents, which you hang once and then touch only to adjust the stopper or to refill the glass. The other alternative is SOSA Safar at ₹3,999, or ₹4,499 for the hotel-inspired variant, which replaces the press with switching on, a choice of three speeds, a one, two or three hour auto-off timer if you want one, charging over Type-C and refilling the 20ml bottle. That is five actions, and four of them recur. A portion of every SOSA order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
What a second spray changes, and what it does not
There are three things you could be buying when you buy a car perfume: a scent, a quantity, and an action. A second spray changes one of the three.
The scent: changes, and that is a real reason to buy
If you want Oud ₹519 instead of Jasmine ₹459, buy it. That is a good reason to buy a spray and it has nothing to do with the press. SOSA publishes a fragrance pyramid and a scent family for each of the nine, so there is a published direction to read before you choose, and no strength ranking behind it. Which one you want is still your own nose and nobody else's.
A scent you want is its own reason.
The quantity: changes with the size, and so does nothing else
A 10ml holds 100 sprays and a 50ml at ₹1,509 holds 500, stated as about a year and more. The larger bottle means you run out of bottle less often. It does not mean you press less often, because the press is tied to the journey and not to the glass.
The action: does not change at all
The press is the format. Another bottle of the same format gives you another bottle to press. If what you want is for the action to go away, SOSA publishes two formats that do not use a press, and it publishes what each of those asks instead. It does not publish a ranking of how those requests feel, and I am not going to invent one.
This is the row your complaint sits in.
The nine scents, and which formats each comes in
Eight of the nine car scents are sold as a 10ml spray or as a 12ml hanging bottle at one price per scent: Jasmine ₹459, Lavender and Sandalwood ₹499, Icy Mint ₹499, Sandalwood ₹509, Lemon ₹509, Oud ₹519, Vetiver ₹519 and Sea Breeze ₹519. The ninth is Mysore Orange Blossom ₹559, which SOSA sells as a spray. Every scent is also available as a 50ml spray at ₹1,509.
If a scent is what you are actually after, the three-spray discovery sets run ₹709 to ₹909 and let you smell a trio in your own car first. See the discovery sets →
Three things you could be buying, and what each one costs
| What the record says | |
|---|---|
| A different scent | Jasmine ₹459 up to Mysore Orange Blossom ₹559, or a three-spray discovery set at ₹709 to ₹909. Changes the smell. Changes nothing about the press. |
| More of the same scent | A 50ml spray at ₹1,509 holds 500 sprays, stated as about a year and more. More presses available. The same press. |
| A different format, same scent | The same price on eight scents. A 12ml hanging bottle you hang once, with a stopper that loosens for stronger and tightens for subtler, and 15ml refills at ₹399 to ₹449. |
| A different format with controls | SOSA Safar at ₹3,999, or ₹4,499 for the hotel-inspired variant. Three speed settings and a one, two or three hour auto-off timer. It also adds charging over Type-C and refilling the 20ml bottle, and both of those recur. |
If the answer you reach is a Jasmine ₹459 hanging bottle rather than a fourth spray, that is a good answer, and I would rather you reached it here than after the fourth spray. SOSA publishes what each format requires and no ranking of how those requirements feel. So the only person who can weigh a press against a stopper is you.
“Another scent in the same bottle buys you another scent. It does not buy you a different morning.”
Before you buy a third spray, four checks
- Count the presses you make in an ordinary week. Write the number down.
- Ask whether a new scent would change that number. It will not.
- Price the scent you want as a hanging bottle. On eight scents it matches.
- Only then look at Safar at Rs 3,999, and at what it adds.
SOSA car fragrance
Buy the format, not the fourth scent
The published figures are on the product pages. The action you resent is the one thing a new scent cannot change.
10 ml sprays ₹459–₹559 · 12 ml hanging bottles ₹459–₹519 · 15 ml refills ₹399–₹449 · 50 ml spray ₹1,509 · three-spray discovery sets ₹709–₹909 · SOSA Safar ₹3,999, ₹4,499 hotel-inspired
View SOSA SafarSee the 15ml refillsQuestions, answered
Will a more expensive spray need fewer applications?
Is a 50ml spray good value if I spray often?
What is the one thing that changes the press?
Does Mysore Orange Blossom come as a hanging bottle?
Is the hanging bottle the same scent as the spray?
If you would rather ask a person
Ask Sonal
Eight of the nine scents are ₹459 to ₹519 in either format, and Safar is ₹3,999. A portion of every SOSA order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
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