I Already Own One 130ml Reed Diffuser - What Should I Add Next and Why?

I Already Own One 130ml Reed Diffuser - What Should I Add Next and Why?

★ ★ Next purchase: a ₹749 bathroom bottle · not a second living-room one50ml ₹749 · 130ml ₹1,249 · Duo ₹1,498 · Sukoon ₹1,899A portion funds girl-child education
★ Sizing and quantity · the second purchase
A different room, not a second bottle — and the smallest room is the cheapest one you will ever own
The next purchase is a different air space. A second bottle in the room you already own one in buys a second starting point, not a wider circle.
The rule
A door, not a bottle
A 50ml at ₹749 on two reeds in a 30 sq ft bathroom runs past twelve weeks — about ₹62 a week against the 130ml's ₹78 and a six-reed 50ml's ₹105.
The arithmetic
₹62 a week
The bathroom is the only space in most flats where one bottle has surplus rather than being stretched. Everywhere else a bottle is working at its limit.
Why the smallest room wins
Surplus, not stretch
The free step comes first and costs ₹0: move the bottle you own to the doorway end and count its reeds.
Before you spend anything
Reeds are free
The full ladder from one bottle to a finished 2BHK is ₹749 + ₹1,299 + ₹2,399 + ₹799 = ₹5,246 of new spend, in that order.
The staged total
₹5,246, in four steps
Buying the bathroom now also staggers the flat: it finishes around week twelve while the living-room bottle finishes at fifteen and a bedroom at eighteen.
The scheduling benefit
Nothing empties together
The next purchase is a different air space. A second bottle in the room you already own one in buys a second starting point, not a wider circle.
The rule
A door, not a bottle
A 50ml at ₹749 on two reeds in a 30 sq ft bathroom runs past twelve weeks — about ₹62 a week against the 130ml's ₹78 and a six-reed 50ml's ₹105.
The arithmetic
₹62 a week
The bathroom is the only space in most flats where one bottle has surplus rather than being stretched. Everywhere else a bottle is working at its limit.
Why the smallest room wins
Surplus, not stretch
The free step comes first and costs ₹0: move the bottle you own to the doorway end and count its reeds.
Before you spend anything
Reeds are free
The full ladder from one bottle to a finished 2BHK is ₹749 + ₹1,299 + ₹2,399 + ₹799 = ₹5,246 of new spend, in that order.
The staged total
₹5,246, in four steps
Buying the bathroom now also staggers the flat: it finishes around week twelve while the living-room bottle finishes at fifteen and a bedroom at eighteen.
The scheduling benefit
Nothing empties together
SOSA reed diffusersReeds from ₹749 SOSA Day and Night reed diffuser duoDuo ₹1,498 SOSA Sukoon 500ml ultrasonic diffuserSukoon ₹1,899 SOSA reed diffuser refillsRefill ₹2,399 SOSA Hotel Collection fragrancesScents ₹299
★ See the reed diffusers from ₹749 Two rooms — the duo ₹1,498
✓ Honest coverage figures — six reeds, up to about 150 sq ft, not "a whole home" ✓ 50ml ₹749 for 6–8 weeks · 130ml ₹1,249 for 14–18 · every total on this page adds up ✓ Most homes need fewer units than they expect — we will say so

 

Founder Diaries · Sizing and quantity
By Sonal Sahani · ISIPCA Versailles 11 min read Updated August 2026
A different room — and specifically the smallest one you have. Your next purchase is a 50ml at ₹749 for the bathroom, not a second 130ml for the room you already own one in. That answer sounds like a downgrade and it is the opposite: a bathroom is the only space in most flats where one bottle has surplus rather than being stretched, which makes it the cheapest room per week anybody ever owns. Before that, there is a step that costs nothing at all.
Quick answers — read this first
Step zero, ₹0: move the bottle you own to the doorway end of its room and put all six reeds in.

Step one, ₹749: a 50ml in the common bathroom on two reeds — about ₹62 a week of use, the cheapest room in the flat.

Step two, ₹1,299: a 130ml in the main bedroom on four reeds.

Step three, ₹2,399: a 300ml refill, which fills a 130ml roughly twice.

Never: a second bottle for the room you already own one in.
The short answer
The short answer: A different air space, and the cheapest one — a 50ml reed diffuser at ₹749 for the bathroom, run on two reeds. A second bottle in the room you already own one in buys a second point of origin rather than a wider circle, and that is only worth having when the room has a difficult shape: an L, a blind leg, a double-height ceiling, or a straight run over about 22 to 24 feet.
Why the bathroom rather than the bedroom: Because of what a bottle costs per week in each. A 130ml is about ₹78 a week of use and a 50ml on six reeds is about ₹105. But a 50ml on two reeds in a 30 sq ft bathroom runs past twelve weeks, which is roughly ₹62 a week — the cheapest running cost in the flat. It is also the only room where the bottle is not working at its limit.
The free step first: Move the bottle you already own to the doorway end of its room, out of any draught path and out of the sun, and count its reeds. Going from four reeds to six costs ₹0 and settles a surprising number of "I need another one" questions. Do that, wait forty-eight hours, and judge from the doorway before you spend anything.
The whole ladder, in order: ₹749 bathroom, then ₹1,299 main bedroom, then ₹2,399 refill, then ₹799 second bedroom. ₹749 + ₹1,299 + ₹2,399 + ₹799 = ₹5,246 of new spend, which with the ₹1,299 bottle you already own is ₹6,545 for a finished 780 sq ft 2BHK.
In this guide
The unit
One reed diffuser · from ₹749
Two rooms
Day & Night duo · ₹1,498
Large rooms
Sukoon 500ml · ₹1,899
Straight answer
I already own one 130ml reed diffuser — what should I buy next?
1. Nothing, until you have done the free thing. Move the bottle you own. Most people put a first diffuser on a side table in the middle of a room; it belongs near the doorway, at about chest height, where there is gentle air movement and where anybody arriving crosses a threshold. Then count its reeds — six come in the box and a lot of people are running four. Going from four to six costs nothing and changes the room more than a second bottle would. Wait forty-eight hours for the reeds to saturate, then judge from the doorway after half an hour outside, because you cannot smell your own home.

2. Then buy a different room, not a second bottle for the same one. This is the rule, and it holds almost everywhere. A second bottle in one room gives you a second point of origin in air a single bottle already reaches; it does not widen the circle. The exceptions are all about shape — an L-shaped room, a blind leg off a main space, a run longer than about 22 to 24 feet, a double-height ceiling. If your room is a normal rectangle under about 22 ft, a second bottle in it is the worst ₹1,299 available to you.

3. And the different room to buy is the bathroom, at ₹749. Not the largest room left — the smallest. A bathroom of about 30 sq ft is roughly a fifth of what one diffuser holds, so a 50ml on two reeds owns it completely instead of being stretched across it. On two reeds that bottle runs past twelve weeks, which works out at roughly ₹62 a week of use, against about ₹78 for a 130ml and about ₹105 for a 50ml on six reeds. It is also the room every visitor enters alone, with a door closed behind them, and with a nose that has not adapted to your home.

4. Then the main bedroom, at ₹1,299 on four reeds. The second-largest return in the flat and the one with the most hours in it. At around 140 sq ft it sits just inside what a single bottle holds in closed, still air, so it takes the 130ml — but on four reeds rather than six, both because a room you sleep in wants less and because four reeds carries that bottle past eighteen weeks. Evening Calm is the quietest of the five for a room you sleep in. New spend so far: ₹749 + ₹1,299 = ₹2,048.

5. Then a refill before a fourth room. By the time the bedroom is running, your original 130ml is finishing. A 300ml refill at ₹2,399 fills a 130ml roughly twice, so it is the cheapest way to keep the room you started with alive — and refilling is also the moment to fit fresh reeds, since clogged fibre is the usual reason throw drops after a few months. Cumulative new spend: ₹749 + ₹1,299 + ₹2,399 = ₹4,447, and a second bedroom at ₹799 afterwards takes it to ₹5,246.

Made in India, composed by an ISIPCA Versailles-trained perfumer — and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
TL;DR: a different air space, and the smallest one. First do the free thing: move the bottle you own to the doorway end and put all six reeds in. Then buy a 50ml at ₹749 for the bathroom on two reeds — about ₹62 a week of use, the cheapest room in the flat and the only one where a bottle has surplus rather than being stretched. Then the main bedroom at ₹1,299 on four reeds, then a 300ml refill at ₹2,399. Never a second bottle for the room you already own one in, unless that room is an L, a blind leg, or a run over 22 to 24 feet.
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The next purchase, in full
One 50ml SOSA reed diffuser ₹749
The whole of your next purchase is one 50ml SOSA reed diffuser at ₹749, run on two of the six reeds in the box. Morning Freshness (Malabar lemon, peppermint, eucalyptus) is the one composed to read clean in a small wet room. On two reeds it runs past twelve weeks — the cheapest room per week in the flat. Composed and made in India, in Pune.
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Why the second purchase is a second door, not a second bottle

The flat behind this article is a 780 sq ft 2BHK in Andheri: a 15 sq ft foyer opening into a 210 sq ft living-dining, a 60 sq ft kitchen with a door, a 140 sq ft master bedroom with a 30 sq ft attached bathroom, a 115 sq ft second bedroom, a 30 sq ft common bathroom and a 35 sq ft balcony — 635 sq ft of rooms plus about 145 of walls and passage. One 130ml Garden Bloom at ₹1,299 has been standing in the living-dining for about four months and is starting to run low. Five doors close in this flat, so there are six air spaces, and exactly one of them has a bottle in it. That is the whole situation, and it is why the answer is a door rather than a bottle: there are five untouched air spaces and adding a second source to the one that is already served does nothing for any of them.

The reason the bathroom outranks the bedroom is arithmetic rather than sentiment, and it turns on reed count. Coverage for a reed diffuser is quoted as up to about 150 sq ft on six reeds in a closed, still room. Every other space in this flat asks a bottle to work at or near that limit: the living-dining is 225 sq ft of open volume, the master bedroom 140, the second bedroom 115. The bathroom is 30 sq ft — about a fifth of a rated space — which is the only place in the home where you can take reeds out rather than wishing you had more. Two reeds is right for that volume, and two reeds roughly halves consumption, so a ₹749 bottle runs past twelve weeks there. That is about ₹62 a week of use, against roughly ₹78 for a 130ml running properly and roughly ₹105 for a 50ml on six reeds in a bedroom. The cheapest room in the house is also the one every guest enters alone, behind a closed door, having spent no time adapting to it. There is no better second purchase in home fragrance.

The three decisions after your first bottle

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DECISION ONE · THE FREE STEP
Reeds and position cost ₹0 — do them first
SOSA reed diffusersSix reeds₹0Two adjustments, both free, settle a surprising share of "should I buy another one" questions. First, reeds: six come in every box and many people run four because four looked neater. Going to six is the only volume control the product has and it costs nothing. Second, position: a first diffuser usually ends up on a coffee table in the middle of the room, where the air barely moves. Move it near the doorway at about chest height, out of direct sun, out of the AC vent's stream and out of the straight line to an open balcony. Then wait forty-eight hours — reeds must saturate along their whole length before they throw properly — and judge from the doorway after half an hour outside, because olfactory adaptation is complete inside twenty minutes and you are the worst nose in your own flat.
The test: if a visitor notices it at the doorway, the room is finished. Spend the next ₹749 somewhere else.
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DECISION TWO · WHICH ROOM NEXT
The bathroom — the smallest room and the cheapest week
The instinct is to buy the next-biggest room, because bigger feels like it needs more. It is exactly backwards in terms of return. In a 140 sq ft bedroom a bottle is working near its rated limit; in a 30 sq ft bathroom it has surplus, and surplus is what lets you drop to two reeds and roughly halve the consumption. ₹749 divided by twelve-plus weeks is about ₹62 a week — the lowest running cost of any space you own. The bathroom also has the strongest case on experience rather than cost: it is the one room a guest enters alone with the door shut, and it is entered briefly, which means nobody is in it long enough to adapt. Every other room in the flat is judged by people who stopped smelling it twenty minutes after arriving.
The order after that: main bedroom ₹1,299, then a refill ₹2,399, then the second bedroom ₹799. Cumulative new spend ₹5,246.
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DECISION THREE · WHEN A SECOND BOTTLE IN ONE ROOM IS RIGHT
Only for shape — and this flat does not have it
There is a real case for two bottles in one room and it is worth stating precisely so you can check whether it applies to you. A second point earns its place when one source cannot anchor the shape: an L-shaped room, where the second leg is effectively a separate pocket; a blind leg off a main space; a straight run over about 22 to 24 feet; or a double-height or mezzanine volume, where warm air carries fragrance above nose height. The 210 sq ft living-dining in this flat is a rectangle under 22 ft, so none of those apply, and a second ₹1,299 bottle in it would buy a second starting point in air already reached. If your room does have one of those four features, the second bottle is legitimate — and it should be the same scent, since there is no door between the two halves.

Where the next rupee goes, priced

The six air spaces in this flat with one already served, in the order they should be bought and at what each costs. Three rows come to ₹0 permanently, and the ladder adds up to ₹5,246.

The second-purchase ladder
What to add, in order
Space What it needs How many Cost
Common bathroom, about 30 sq ft — buy first ★ One 50ml on two reeds. About a fifth of a rated space, so the bottle has surplus — past twelve weeks, roughly ₹62 a week of use One ₹749
Master bedroom, about 140 sq ft — buy second One 130ml on four reeds. The most hours of any single room, and four reeds pushes it past eighteen weeks One ₹1,299
The 130ml you already own, around week fifteen — buy third A 300ml refill rather than a new bottle. The glass and collar were always the durable part, and it refills a 130ml roughly twice One refill ₹2,399
Second bedroom, about 115 sq ft — buy fourth One 50ml on three reeds. Occupied nightly but fewer hours than the master, so the smaller bottle is the right one here One ₹799
A second bottle in the room you already own one in Nothing. A rectangle under about 22 ft is reached from one point. A second bottle buys a second origin, not a wider circle None ₹0
Kitchen, attached master bathroom and balcony Nothing, ever. Heat empties a bottle near a hob and a working kitchen outruns any passive source; the attached bathroom is served through an open bedroom door; the balcony is outdoors None ₹0
A note on all of the above: every longevity figure above is steady-state — measured on six reeds in a closed room with still air at a standard ceiling height, and adjusted here for the reed counts recommended. Heat and airflow both shorten a bottle, so the same 50ml lasts longer in an air-conditioned bedroom than in a warm bathroom with an extractor running. Treat the weeks as planning figures rather than promises, and let the bottle itself tell you when it is finished.
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One bottle owned, ₹749 next, and the ladder after that
SOSA reed diffusersOne room · the unitFrom ₹749Shop → SOSA reed diffuser duoTwo rooms · better value₹1,498Shop → SOSA Sukoon ultrasonic diffuserLarge room · a switch₹1,899Shop →
The SOSA principle
Your second purchase is not a second bottle. It is a second door — and the cheapest door in the flat is the bathroom.
Thirty square feet on two reeds is about ₹62 a week of use, against ₹78 for a 130ml and ₹105 for a 50ml on six. It is the only room where a bottle has surplus rather than being stretched.

Reeds, staggering and the point at which you refill instead of rebuy

Set every new bottle at a different reed count, and you will never have an empty flat. This is the quiet benefit of buying rooms one at a time rather than in a set. Six reeds in the living-dining bottle you already own, which will finish around week fifteen from the day you filled it. Two in the new bathroom 50ml, which pushes it past week twelve. Four in the bedroom 130ml, which carries it past week eighteen. Three bottles bought weeks apart and run at three different reed counts finish in three different months, so the flat is never entirely without and no single order ever costs you ₹3,000 at once. Buying a matched set on the same day does the opposite: everything empties within a fortnight and the home goes from fully scented to nothing in about ten days.

Then place the new bottle properly, because a badly placed second purchase is worse than no second purchase. In the bathroom, the cistern or a shelf works; keep it away from shower spray, which will dilute nothing but will knock the bottle over eventually, and away from an extractor running directly over it, because forced airflow empties a bottle fast. In the bedroom, a chest of drawers near the door rather than a bedside table in a still corner, and out of the AC vent's stream — air conditioning slows evaporation overall, which is good for the bottle, but a vent blowing straight at it does the reverse and pushes everything against one wall. Both stand on a tray or coaster: reed oil marks a polished finish permanently, and a bathroom shelf is exactly where a bottle gets knocked. Keep both out of reach of children and pets.

Then switch from buying bottles to buying refills, which is where the running cost falls off. Your original 130ml will finish somewhere around four months in. Replacing it with a new bottle costs ₹1,249 to ₹1,349; a 300ml refill at ₹2,399 fills it roughly twice, which is the cheaper route the moment you own more than one 130ml — and the glass bottle and collar were always the durable part. Refilling is also the natural moment to fit fresh reeds, because reeds clog over months as heavier fragrance molecules saturate the fibre, and a dropping throw at week twelve is far more often clogged reeds than an empty bottle. You have four unused reeds in every box already. The full ladder from where you are now: ₹749 + ₹1,299 + ₹2,399 + ₹799 = ₹5,246 of new spend, which with the ₹1,299 you have already spent makes ₹6,545 for a finished 780 sq ft 2BHK — and three of its six air spaces still deliberately empty.

The cheapest room you will ever own is thirty square feet with a door on it.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA

What to buy

The starred row is your next purchase and it is ₹749. The rows below it are the order that follows, and the machine row is priced with the fragrance it needs rather than at its sticker.

The second-purchase edit
What to add after your first 130ml
Buy What it covers Lasts Price
One 50ml ★ A single reed diffuser — the bathroom on two reeds — your next purchase, about ₹62 a week of use and the cheapest room you will own 6–8 weeks from ₹749
One 130ml The value size — the main bedroom on four reeds, once the bathroom is done — ₹1,299 and past eighteen weeks 14–18 weeks from ₹1,249
The duo Day & Night duo — the bathroom and the second bedroom together, if you would rather solve two rooms in one order 6–8 weeks each ₹1,498
Sukoon 500ml ultrasonic — a room past about 200 sq ft, or one you would rather switch on than run constantly — ₹1,899 plus ₹299 of fragrance, so ₹2,198 Runs when you switch it on ₹1,899
300ml refill The running cost — the bottle you already own, at around week fifteen — cheaper than replacing it, and the moment to fit fresh reeds Roughly 2 × 130ml fills ₹2,399
Honest notes before you buy: every figure on this page is the real one and every total adds up — check them. Two things are worth saying plainly before you buy anything. First, coverage claims are steady-state figures: a reed diffuser on six reeds holds a room of up to about 150 sq ft when that room is closed and still. Open a balcony door, run a fan, or raise the ceiling to twelve feet and the same bottle covers noticeably less — not because it is weak, but because coverage is measured in a condition your home may not be in. Second, most homes need fewer units than they buy. A room nobody sits in does not need fragrance; a corridor is a transit space, not a room; and adding reeds to an existing bottle is free, while adding a bottle is not. Reed count is the volume dial — six for full strength, four for a bedroom, two or three for a small bathroom — and it is the first thing to try. SOSA reed diffusers are oil-based and composed and made in India, in Pune; the Sukoon (₹1,899) runs the water-based Hotel Collection (from ₹299) and the two liquids are not interchangeable. Both are phthalate-free and composed to IFRA standards for home diffusion, not for skin or ingestion. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
SOSA Day and Night reed diffuser duo
Two rooms, one purchase
Day & Night Duo ₹1,498
Two 50ml bottles — Morning Freshness and Evening Calm — at ₹1,498 against ₹1,548 bought separately. The saving is small; the real reason to buy it is that it solves two rooms at once with scents chosen to sit beside each other rather than argue.
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A note from Sonal

The message I get most often is some version of "I bought one and I love it, should I get another for the same room". Almost always the answer is no. A second bottle three feet from the first is a second place for fragrance to start, in air the first one already reaches. Unless the room is an L, has a blind leg, runs over about twenty-two feet, or has a very high ceiling, that money does nothing.

What I would buy instead is the bathroom, and I know it sounds like an anticlimax. It is thirty square feet, it costs ₹749, and it is the only room in the house where I get to take reeds out rather than wish I had more. Two reeds, past twelve weeks, about sixty-two rupees a week. It is also the one room your guests are in alone with the door shut, which is the only place in an Indian home where somebody is really paying attention.

And when your first bottle runs out — it will, somewhere around four months — refill it rather than replacing it, and put fresh reeds in at the same time. Nine times out of ten a diffuser that has "gone weak" at three months has clogged reeds and plenty of liquid left. You already have four spare reeds in the box. That is the cheapest improvement in this entire cluster and it costs nothing. A portion of every order funds a girl's classroom through Nanhi Kali.

Frequently asked questions

I already own one 130ml reed diffuser — what should I buy next?
A different air space, and the cheapest one: a 50ml at ₹749 for the bathroom, run on two reeds. Before you spend anything, do the free step — move the bottle you own to the doorway end of its room and put all six reeds in. A second bottle for the room you already own one in buys a second point of origin rather than a wider circle.
Why buy for the bathroom before the bedroom?
Because of the running cost and the audience. A 30 sq ft bathroom is about a fifth of what one diffuser holds, so a 50ml on two reeds owns it outright and runs past twelve weeks — roughly ₹62 a week of use, against ₹78 for a 130ml and ₹105 for a 50ml on six reeds. It is also the one room a guest is in alone, behind a closed door, without having spent long enough in it to adapt.
When is a second reed diffuser in the same room worth it?
Only when the shape defeats one source: an L-shaped room, a blind leg off a main space, a straight run over about 22 to 24 feet, or a double-height or mezzanine volume where warm air carries fragrance above nose height. In a normal rectangle under about 22 ft, a second bottle adds a starting point and nothing else. If your room does qualify, use the same scent in both, since there is no door between them.
Should I buy a new bottle or a refill when my first one runs out?
A refill, once you own more than one 130ml. A 300ml refill at ₹2,399 fills a 130ml roughly twice, against ₹1,249 to ₹1,349 for a new bottle each time — and the glass and collar were always the durable part. Refilling is also the moment to fit fresh reeds, because clogged fibre is the commonest reason throw drops after a few months, and you have four unused reeds in every box.
What does the full ladder cost from one bottle to a finished 2BHK?
₹749 + ₹1,299 + ₹2,399 + ₹799 = ₹5,246 of new spend — bathroom, main bedroom, refill, second bedroom, in that order. With the ₹1,299 you have already spent that is ₹6,545 all in, and three of the flat's six air spaces stay deliberately empty: the kitchen, the attached master bathroom and the balcony.
The next purchase
₹749, and it goes in the smallest room you have
A 50ml on two reeds in the bathroom — about ₹62 a week of use, the cheapest room in the flat and the only one where a bottle has surplus rather than being stretched. Then the bedroom at ₹1,299, then a refill at ₹2,399. Composed and made in Pune, phthalate-free, six fibre reeds included. If a second bottle for the room you already own one in would do nothing, we would rather say so. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Shop SOSA reed diffusers → See the Sukoon ₹1,899
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Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: Written by Sonal Sahani, ISIPCA Versailles-trained founder and perfumer at SOSA Home & Body, on sizing home fragrance to a home. Coverage and longevity figures are SOSA's own for the stated products, measured on six reeds in a closed room of standard ceiling height; real rooms with draughts, heat or high ceilings will differ. Prices are current at the time of writing.

SOSA products & prices (verified August 2026): Hotel Collection water-based ultrasonic diffuser fragrance 15ml ₹299 · 100ml ₹999 · 300ml ₹1,799 · Pack of 7 (15ml, all fragrances) ₹1,799; refills 100ml from ₹999. Seven scents: The Ritz-Carlton-inspired (white tea · bergamot · cedar), Westin-inspired (white tea · aloe · cedar), 1 Hotels-inspired (cedarwood · vetiver · green leaves), The St. Regis-inspired (amber · violet · woods), Shangri-La-inspired (jasmine · green tea · white tea), Four Seasons-inspired (citrus · floral · sandalwood), W Hotels-inspired (citrus · pepper · amber). Diffusers: Boond 300ml ₹899 · Sukoon 500ml ₹1,899 · Megh 6L ₹3,499. Water-based, phthalate-free, composed to IFRA standards for home diffusion; 3–6 drops per tank. Made in India, Pune. The Hotel Collection scents are SOSA's own interpretations inspired by the world's finest hotels; all hotel names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used only to describe the scent style — SOSA is an independent Indian fragrance house, not affiliated with or endorsed by any hotel brand. Prices and availability subject to change — see the live product pages.
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