★ SOSA Home & Body
A gift that is still working in December - not one that is eaten by Friday or put in a drawer
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★★★★★
"I bought gold every Dhanteras because that is what we do. The year I added one attar each for my parents was the year somebody actually asked what it was."
SOSA Nawaab attar
★★★★★
"Reed diffuser for a friend who had just moved in. She had eleven house-warming gifts and this was the one that was still doing something in November."
Garden Bloom reed diffuser
★★★★★
"Twenty client gifts and no idea what any of them like. Went with the attar trio because three scents in one box means one of them lands."
Attar Trio pack of 3
★★★★★
"My husband collected the car on Dhanteras. The hanging one was quieter than I expected and that turned out to be the point in a new car."
Sandalwood car perfume
★★★★★
"Bought my father the Safar because he drives to Nashik every fortnight and refuses to buy anything for himself."
SOSA Safar
★★★★★
"Was told honestly that our office needed the small machine and not the big one. That is why I went back for the client gifts as well."
Sukoon · Hotel Collection
★★★★★
"I bought gold every Dhanteras because that is what we do. The year I added one attar each for my parents was the year somebody actually asked what it was."
SOSA Nawaab attar
★★★★★
"Reed diffuser for a friend who had just moved in. She had eleven house-warming gifts and this was the one that was still doing something in November."
Garden Bloom reed diffuser
★★★★★
"Twenty client gifts and no idea what any of them like. Went with the attar trio because three scents in one box means one of them lands."
Attar Trio pack of 3
★★★★★
"My husband collected the car on Dhanteras. The hanging one was quieter than I expected and that turned out to be the point in a new car."
Sandalwood car perfume
★★★★★
"Bought my father the Safar because he drives to Nashik every fortnight and refuses to buy anything for himself."
SOSA Safar
★★★★★
"Was told honestly that our office needed the small machine and not the big one. That is why I went back for the client gifts as well."
Sukoon · Hotel Collection
✓ Alcohol-free attars from ₹379 · 3ml, 6ml and 12ml ✓ Car fragrance from ₹449 · SOSA Safar ₹3,999 ✓ Tell SOSA who it is for on WhatsApp +91 96192 18531
Founder Diaries · Dhanteras & Festive Fragrance Gifting
How much is a reed diffuser as a staff gift? 50ml is ₹749 for Morning Freshness, ₹799 for Garden Bloom and Evening Calm, and ₹849 for Mountain Breeze and Fresh Brew. The 130ml size starts at ₹1,249 and duo sets at ₹1,498.
What is the drawback of a reed diffuser as an employee gift? Size. A glass bottle with reeds is bulkier to hand out on a floor and to carry home on a commute than a 3ml attar, and it is the one thing a 3ml attar at ₹379 does better.
See SOSA Safar ₹3,999 →
There is a straightforward argument against giving a worn fragrance to a whole staff list: it asks you to make a taste judgement about people you may never have met. A reed diffuser sidesteps that completely. It goes to the employee's home rather than onto their skin, a 50ml bottle is ₹749 to ₹849, and it runs about 6 to 10 weeks with nothing to plug in. It has one real drawback, and it is a physical one.
Morning Freshness leads this page because it is the least declarative of the five reed scents, which is exactly what a staff list needs. 50ml at ₹749, about 6 to 10 weeks, going to the employee's home rather than onto their skin - so no judgement about any of them is required.
Quick answers — read this first
Why give employees a reed diffuser rather than a perfume? Because a reed diffuser requires no judgement about the person. It scents a room, not a body, so you do not have to know what any of four hundred people wear. A 50ml is ₹749 to ₹849 and runs about 6 to 10 weeks.How much is a reed diffuser as a staff gift? 50ml is ₹749 for Morning Freshness, ₹799 for Garden Bloom and Evening Calm, and ₹849 for Mountain Breeze and Fresh Brew. The 130ml size starts at ₹1,249 and duo sets at ₹1,498.
What is the drawback of a reed diffuser as an employee gift? Size. A glass bottle with reeds is bulkier to hand out on a floor and to carry home on a commute than a 3ml attar, and it is the one thing a 3ml attar at ₹379 does better.
The short answer
Short answer: A reed diffuser is the staff gift that needs no taste judgement, because it scents a room rather than a person. 50ml runs Rs 749 to Rs 849 and lasts about 6 to 10 weeks. The trade is bulk: it is heavier to hand out and to carry home than a 3ml attar at Rs 379.
The pick: A 50ml reed diffuser at ₹749 to ₹849 for a general staff list, with Morning Freshness the least declarative of the five scents.
Why: It goes to a household rather than to an individual, so a gift chosen for four hundred people involves no assumption about any of them, and the whole family is in range of it.
In this guide
The one question that settles most Dhanteras fragrance gifts: where will it live? A scent worn on a person is a taste decision and needs you to know them. A scent that lives in a room or a car is a placement decision and needs you to know their space - which is usually the easier thing to be sure of.
Worn on a person
SOSA attars · from ₹379
Lives in their home
Reed diffusers · from ₹749
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Straight answer
Is a reed diffuser a good Dhanteras gift for employees, and what does it cost?
It is the most defensible staff gift in the fragrance category, for one structural reason: it removes you from the taste question. A worn fragrance asks you to decide what somebody should smell like, which is a reasonable thing to do for one person you know and an impossible thing to do for four hundred you do not. A reed diffuser scents a room. Nobody's personal style is being commented on, and nobody has to wear your choice. Morning Freshness is ₹749 in 50ml, Garden Bloom and Evening Calm are ₹799, and Mountain Breeze and Fresh Brew are ₹849. Each runs about 6 to 10 weeks with nothing to plug in and nothing to switch off. There is a second, quieter advantage: it goes home, so a spouse, a parent and a couple of children are in range of it rather than one employee. The drawback is honest and physical - a glass bottle with a bundle of reeds is bulkier to hand over on a floor and to carry on a crowded commute than a 3ml attar at ₹379, and for a very large list that is a real consideration. Bulk orders are welcome and custom label or logo on product is available, with quantities discussed on WhatsApp rather than published here. A portion of every SOSA order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The whole argument in one line: a reed diffuser means you never had to decide what four hundred people should smell like. You only had to decide that their homes could use something.
For a general staff list, Morning Freshness 50ml at ₹749 is the least declarative of the five. For a senior group, the 130ml from ₹1,249 or a duo set from ₹1,498.
Morning Freshness ₹749
The case for sending the gift to the employee's home instead of their skin
This page is deliberately the counter-argument to giving staff a worn fragrance. Three things follow from moving the gift off the skin and into the home, and the third one is a cost rather than a benefit.
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The first variable
No judgement about the person is required at all
When you buy a perfume for somebody you are making a statement about how they should present themselves. For one person you know well that is a lovely thing to do. Across a staff list it is a series of guesses about people whose personal style you have no information about, and some of those guesses will be wrong in ways nobody will ever tell you.
A reed diffuser has no such content. It sits on a console or a shelf and scents a room. The only decision you are making is that a scented room is a reasonable thing to give somebody, which is a far smaller claim than deciding what they should wear. That is the entire case, and it is a strong one at scale.
A reed diffuser has no such content. It sits on a console or a shelf and scents a room. The only decision you are making is that a scented room is a reasonable thing to give somebody, which is a far smaller claim than deciding what they should wear. That is the entire case, and it is a strong one at scale.
Tip: The larger and more mixed the list, the stronger the argument for a room gift.
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The second variable
It is experienced by a household, not by one person
A 3ml attar is used by the employee. A 50ml reed diffuser sits in a living room, which means a spouse, a parent, sometimes children and any visitor who comes through the door are in range of it for the six to ten weeks it runs. For a company gift that is a meaningfully different thing: the gesture lands in the employee's home life rather than in their handbag.
It also removes the awkward question of whether a gift is too personal. Nothing about a reed diffuser is sized to a body or worn against skin, so it works the same way for every employee regardless of age, gender or seniority. There is nothing to get wrong and nothing to explain.
It also removes the awkward question of whether a gift is too personal. Nothing about a reed diffuser is sized to a body or worn against skin, so it works the same way for every employee regardless of age, gender or seniority. There is nothing to get wrong and nothing to explain.
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The third variable
It is bulky, and on a big list that is a real cost
Here is the drawback. A reed diffuser is a glass bottle of oil plus a bundle of rattan reeds. It is not heavy in absolute terms, but next to a 3ml roll-on it is a substantially larger thing to stack on a floor, to hand out to a queue of people and to carry home on a train or a two-wheeler. Some of them will be put down at a desk and collected later, and some of those will be collected slowly.
The answer is not to abandon the idea but to be honest about scale. For a compact list, or where gifts are being handed out in a setting people drive home from, the bulk is irrelevant. For a very large list on a crowded commute, a 3ml attar at ₹379 genuinely does this one job better, and that is the trade you are choosing between.
The answer is not to abandon the idea but to be honest about scale. For a compact list, or where gifts are being handed out in a setting people drive home from, the bulk is irrelevant. For a very large list on a crowded commute, a 3ml attar at ₹379 genuinely does this one job better, and that is the trade you are choosing between.
Tip: Ask how people get home before you choose between a 50ml bottle and a 3ml one.
The smallest serious gift
An attar is the one fragrance gift that costs under ₹500 and still reads as considered
Alcohol-free concentrated oil, applied on the pulse points rather than sprayed. Adaa is bergamot, green cardamom and jasmine sambac; Ameeri is Taif rose, sandalwood and saffron; Nawaab is white oud, Mysore sandalwood and Kashmir saffron; Mastani is night-blooming jasmine, damask rose and oudh. From ₹379 for 3ml, ₹669 for 6ml and ₹1,149 for 12ml.
See the SOSA attars →
Work it out in this order
How to specify a reed diffuser gift for a staff list
- Check how people travel home before you choose a bottle size at all.
- For a general list, take 50ml at Rs 749 to Rs 849 and pick one scent.
- Choose the least declarative scent: lemon and mint travels furthest.
- Step a senior group up to 130ml from Rs 1,249 or a duo from Rs 1,498.
The SOSA principle
A gift that goes to a home is a gift you cannot get wrong in the way a worn fragrance can. Rooms have no self-image to contradict, and that is why home fragrance scales where perfume does not.
It is the least presumptuous thing you can give four hundred people at once.
Five scents, two sizes, and which one a staff list should standardise on
Five SOSA reed scents, and for a staff list the differences matter less than usual because the bottle is going to a room you will never see. Morning Freshness at ₹749 is Malabar lemon and mint - the least declarative of the five and the natural default for a wide list. Garden Bloom at ₹799 is British rose and night jasmine, floral and more specific. Evening Calm at ₹799 is lavender and chamomile. Mountain Breeze at ₹849 is pine, sage and cedar, dry and green. Fresh Brew at ₹849 is Coorg coffee and Kerala vanilla, the most opinionated of the five and the one to avoid as a single choice across a large group.
The SOSA scent edit
Four specs for a reed diffuser staff gift
| Scent | Why it suits the mood |
|---|---|
| 50ml, one scent for everyone · ₹749 to ₹849 | The standard staff spec. One scent across the list keeps the handout simple, and Morning Freshness lemon-mint at ₹749 is the safest single choice. About 6 to 10 weeks of run time. Suits a bedroom or a small living room, which is where most of these will actually end up. |
| 130ml for a senior group · ₹1,249 to ₹1,349 | The same five scents in the larger bottle, which suits a bigger open living area. Use it as the step up for a management group rather than as the general spec, and be aware it is the bulkiest single item on this list to hand out and to carry. |
| A duo set · ₹1,498 to ₹1,598 | Two 50ml diffusers in one box: Day and Night at ₹1,498, Fresh and Grounded at ₹1,548, Warmth and Bloom at ₹1,598. It already has the shape of a gift box without any assembly. Reserve it for a small group, because it is a different tier from a general staff gift. |
| A 3ml attar instead · ₹379 to ₹399 | The compact alternative, and the honest comparison. It goes home in a pocket where a reed bottle does not, and it is alcohol-free and rolled on rather than sprayed. What it costs you is the thing this page is about: a worn fragrance is a taste decision and a room is not. |
The gift that goes to a home
A reed duo set is a readymade gift box without any guessing about taste
Two reed diffusers in one box: Day & Night pairs lemon-mint with lavender-chamomile at ₹1,498, Fresh & Grounded pairs lemon-mint with pine-cedar at ₹1,548, and Warmth & Bloom pairs coffee-vanilla with rose-jasmine at ₹1,598. Nothing to plug in, nothing to switch off, about 6 to 10 weeks each.
See the reed duo sets →
On sizes: 50ml suits a bedroom or a small living room and 130ml suits a larger open living area, so for a general staff list where you have no idea what anyone's flat looks like, 50ml is the sensible default and the cheaper mistake. Reed diffusers use SOSA's own alcohol-free reed oil, which is a different fluid from the water-based Hotel Collection that runs in the ultrasonic machines and different again from the waterless nebuliser oil used in Safar and Vaayu - none of the three is interchangeable. Custom label or logo on product is available; there are no hampers, printed cards, ribbon or packing assembly, and anything about quantities goes to WhatsApp.
Ameeri (Taif rose and sandalwood), Nawaab (white oud and saffron) and Mastani (night jasmine and rose) in one box. Three characters instead of one guess.
₹1,055 · 3ml x 3
Morning Freshness lemon-mint and Evening Calm lavender-chamomile together. Nothing to plug in, nothing to switch off, about 6 to 10 weeks each.
₹1,498 · 50ml x 2
Waterless, cordless, rechargeable cold diffusion for a car or a travel bag. The gift for someone who spends real hours driving.
₹3,999
One message, one honest recommendation
Tell SOSA who the gift is for, whether they drive, whether their home is already scented and what you want to spend - and you will be told which of these to buy, including when the cheaper one is better.
A room has no opinion about jasmine. That is the whole reason home fragrance scales across a staff list and a worn fragrance does not.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
The SOSA gifting range
There are only three questions worth asking before you spend anything. Will the gift be worn on a person, in which case it is a taste decision and you need to know what they already wear? Will it live in a room, in which case it is a placement decision and a reed diffuser or a duo set is the safer buy? Or will it live in a car, where the choice is really between the mild hanging format and the stronger spray, and where SOSA Safar is the upgrade for somebody who genuinely spends hours driving? Answer that, then pick the price band.
The SOSA Dhanteras gifting range
Pick by where the gift will live, then by budget - in that order
| Gift | What it is | Who it suits | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOSA attars | Alcohol-free roll-on oil | Adaa, Ameeri, Nawaab and Mastani in 3ml, 6ml and 12ml - the smallest serious fragrance gift there is | from ₹379 |
| SOSA Attar Trio | Pack of three attars | Ameeri, Nawaab and Mastani in one box - three characters instead of one guess | from ₹1,055 |
| SOSA reed diffusers | Passive home fragrance | Five scents in 50ml and 130ml, nothing to plug in or switch off, about 6 to 10 weeks | from ₹749 |
| SOSA reed duo sets | Two reeds in one box | Day & Night, Fresh & Grounded and Warmth & Bloom - the readymade home gift | from ₹1,498 |
| SOSA car fragrance | Hanging or spray | Nine scents, each in a mild hanging format and a stronger spray at the same price | from ₹449 |
| SOSA Safar | Waterless car and travel diffuser | Cordless and rechargeable cold diffusion, for the person who actually lives in their car | ₹3,999 |
| SOSA Vaayu | Waterless cold-air machine | Approx 1000 m3 of connected air with a Bluetooth app and timer - a large home or a business | ₹11,999 |
Three different fluids run through this range and none of them is interchangeable. Reed diffusers use their own alcohol-free reed oil. The SOSA ultrasonics - Boond ₹899, Sukoon ₹1,899 and Megh ₹3,499 - run the water-based Hotel Collection from ₹299. Vaayu and Safar run waterless nebulising oil, so the ₹299 water-based bottle never goes into either of them. SOSA blends are SOSA's own hotel-inspired interpretations and SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel brand. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The honest price sheet
What SOSA publishes, and what SOSA does not
Everything below is on the live product pages. Anything not on this list is not something a gifting page should state.
- Attars - Adaa ₹379 / ₹669 / ₹1,149, Ameeri ₹385 / ₹679 / ₹1,165, Mastani ₹389 / ₹685 / ₹1,179 and Nawaab ₹399 / ₹699 / ₹1,199 in 3ml, 6ml and 12ml. The Attar Trio is ₹1,055, ₹1,859 or ₹3,189.
- Reed diffusers - Morning Freshness ₹749, Garden Bloom and Evening Calm ₹799, Mountain Breeze and Fresh Brew ₹849 in 50ml; 130ml from ₹1,249. They last about 6 to 10 weeks. Duo sets from ₹1,498.
- Car fragrance - nine scents from ₹449 to ₹549, each in a mild hanging format and a stronger spray at the same price, with 50ml sprays at ₹1,499 and saver combos at ₹899 to ₹949. Safar is ₹3,999, or ₹4,499 for the hotel-inspired trios.
- Not published, and therefore never stated here: how long any fragrance will be liked, delivery or dispatch timing, any festive discount, any minimum order quantity or bulk rate, and any claim about what a person will feel on receiving a gift. Those questions go to WhatsApp +91 96192 18531.
Not sure which one to buy? Tell SOSA on WhatsApp at +91 96192 18531 who the gift is for, roughly how old they are, whether they drive, whether they already keep their home scented, and what you want to spend. You will get a straight recommendation, including the times the honest answer is the cheaper product or a different category altogether. Bulk orders for employees, clients, vendors and dealers are welcome, and custom label or logo on product is available - quantities and anything corporate are discussed on WhatsApp rather than priced on a page. Bespoke composition, a fragrance composed for you by Sonal, is a real SOSA service and is also discussed there. Nothing on this page is religious guidance: Dhanteras is simply the occasion people are buying for, and what is bought or observed on the day is a family's own decision.
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ISIPCA
Versailles
Versailles
A note from Sonal
Every year around Dhanteras I get the same message, phrased twenty different ways: I have to buy something, I do not want to buy gold again, and I do not want to hand over a box of dry fruit that everybody quietly passes on. That is a real problem and it is worth taking seriously, because the difficulty is not the budget. It is that most festive gifts are bought for the moment of handing over and then have nowhere to go.
Fragrance is unusually good at this for one unglamorous reason: it gets used up. A reed diffuser sits on a console and does something for six to ten weeks. An attar lives in a handbag and gets worn on ordinary Tuesdays. A car perfume is noticed every single morning by somebody who did not ask for it. None of that is sentiment - it is just a product that has a job, unlike an object that has to earn shelf space for a decade.
Two honest cautions, though, because I would rather you bought well than bought more. A worn fragrance is a taste decision - if you do not know what the person already wears, a perfume is a guess, and a scent for their home or their car is the safer buy. And do not spend up a tier to look generous. A ₹379 attar chosen because it suits somebody is a better gift than a ₹3,999 machine bought for a person whose car is spotless and who never noticed a smell in it. Buy the thing that fits the life, not the thing that fits the occasion.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a reed diffuser as an employee Dhanteras gift?
50ml is Rs 749 for Morning Freshness, Rs 799 for Garden Bloom and Evening Calm, and Rs 849 for Mountain Breeze and Fresh Brew. The 130ml size runs Rs 1,249 to Rs 1,349 and the two-bottle duo sets are Rs 1,498 to Rs 1,598.
How long does a SOSA reed diffuser last?
About 6 to 10 weeks. There is nothing to plug in and nothing to switch off, and refills are sold separately in 300ml at Rs 2,399 and 500ml at Rs 3,499 for the scents that publish them.
Which reed scent is safest for a whole staff list?
Morning Freshness, which is Malabar lemon and mint at Rs 749, because it is the least declarative of the five. Fresh Brew, with Coorg coffee and Kerala vanilla, is the most opinionated and is better as an individual gift than as one choice across a hundred homes.
Is a reed diffuser better than an attar for employees?
It is better on taste risk and worse on bulk. A reed diffuser needs no judgement about the person and reaches their whole household, but a 3ml attar at Rs 379 to Rs 399 is far easier to hand out and to carry home. Choose on how your people travel and how large the list is.
Can a reed diffuser carry our company branding?
A custom label or logo on the product is available. SOSA does not assemble hampers, print cards or add ribbon or packing. Message SOSA on WhatsApp at +91 96192 18531 to discuss a staff order.
Take the next step
Send the gift to the home and the taste problem disappears
For a general staff list, 50ml at ₹749 to ₹849, one scent, about 6 to 10 weeks each. For a management group, 130ml from ₹1,249 or a duo set from ₹1,498. If the bulk is the problem on a large list, a 3ml attar from ₹379 is the compact answer. Tell SOSA the size of the list on WhatsApp.
Not sure which one suits the person you are buying for? Send SOSA their age, whether they drive, whether they like their home scented and your budget on WhatsApp, and you will get an honest answer - including when the cheaper product is the better gift.
A Dhanteras gift that is still being used in December
SOSA — alcohol-free fragrance, made in India, chosen for the person rather than the occasion
SOSA reed diffusers at ₹749 to ₹849 in 50ml and ₹1,249 to ₹1,349 in 130ml, lasting about 6 to 10 weeks, duo sets from ₹1,498, and attars from ₹379 when a compact gift suits the list better. Alcohol-free, made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
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More Dhanteras gifting guides
- SOSA attars - Adaa, Ameeri, Nawaab and Mastani (from ₹379)
- SOSA reed diffusers and duo gift sets (from ₹749)
- SOSA car fragrance - hanging, spray and combos (from ₹449)
- SOSA Safar - the waterless car and travel diffuser (₹3,999)
- Tell SOSA who you are buying for on WhatsApp (+91 96192 18531)
- Brand: Founder story — why SOSA exists
Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: Written by Sonal Sahani, ISIPCA Versailles-trained founder and perfumer at SOSA Home & Body. Product recommendations reflect the SOSA range; the gift-buying reasoning applies to any brand.Prices and specifications verified from the live SOSA product pages, September 2026: SOSA attars - Adaa ₹379 (3ml), ₹669 (6ml) and ₹1,149 (12ml); Ameeri ₹385, ₹679 and ₹1,165; Mastani ₹389, ₹685 and ₹1,179; Nawaab ₹399, ₹699 and ₹1,199; the Attar Trio of Ameeri, Nawaab and Mastani at ₹1,055, ₹1,859 and ₹3,189. Reed diffusers - Morning Freshness ₹749, Garden Bloom and Evening Calm ₹799, Mountain Breeze and Fresh Brew ₹849 in 50ml, with 130ml from ₹1,249 and refills at ₹2,399 and ₹3,499; reed diffusers last approximately 6 to 10 weeks. Reed duo gift sets ₹1,498, ₹1,548 and ₹1,598. Car fragrance from ₹449, each scent available as a mild hanging format or a stronger spray at the same price, 50ml sprays ₹1,499, saver combos ₹899 to ₹949 and a discovery set of three minis from ₹699. SOSA Safar ₹3,999, or ₹4,499 for the hotel-inspired trios, is a waterless, cordless, rechargeable cold-diffusion car and travel perfume diffuser. SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 is a waterless cold-air nebulising diffuser rated for approximately 1000 cubic metres of connected air with a Bluetooth app and timer, a 400ml tank, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting and a DC 12V / 1A 5W mains supply, CE, RoHS and SGS. The ultrasonic machines Boond ₹899, Sukoon ₹1,899 and Megh ₹3,499 run the water-based Hotel Collection from ₹299; that water-based bottle is not used in a Vaayu or a Safar, which take waterless nebuliser oil at ₹1,049 for 100 gm and ₹1,849 for 300 gm. Limits of this guide: fragrance adds a scent and does not remove, neutralise or purify odour, and no SOSA product makes any health, antibacterial, air-purifying or wellbeing claim. No claim is made about how any recipient will feel about a gift. Nothing here is religious guidance - Dhanteras is named as the occasion people are shopping for, and what is bought or observed on the day is a family's own decision. No delivery date, dispatch time, order cut-off, festive discount or minimum order quantity is stated anywhere on this page; corporate and bulk enquiries are answered on WhatsApp. SOSA blends are SOSA's own hotel-inspired interpretations and SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel brand; the SOSA perfumes are SOSA's own compositions and are not the designer fragrances they are described as being inspired by. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.