★ SOSA Home & Body · Diwali 2026 · under ₹500
The only SOSA item under ₹300 is a ₹299 machine refill, which is a component and not a present — so this page tells you the floor, explains why it is there, and sends you ₹79 up or somewhere else entirely
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"Gave the 50ml as a housewarming gift for a friend who works from home. She ordered three more for the rest of the house."
Morning Freshness · verified buyer
★★★★★
"Gifted it to a friend with a newborn. She said it's the one calm corner of the house now. Buying two more."
Evening Calm · verified buyer
★★★★★
"Gifted to my dad for his study. He's the hardest person to buy fragrance for. He texted me asking for a second one."
Mountain Breeze · verified buyer
★★★★★
"Bought as a wedding gift batch. Every single couple messaged to ask where it was from. The most asked-about gift we've given."
Garden Bloom · verified buyer
★★★★★
"Put it in the guest room before my parents visited. My mother asked me where the spa smell was coming from."
Evening Calm · verified buyer
★★★★★
"Finally a lavender that doesn't smell like fabric softener. My bedroom feels calm the moment I walk in after work."
Evening Calm · verified buyer
★★★★★
"Gave the 50ml as a housewarming gift for a friend who works from home. She ordered three more for the rest of the house."
Morning Freshness · verified buyer
★★★★★
"Gifted it to a friend with a newborn. She said it's the one calm corner of the house now. Buying two more."
Evening Calm · verified buyer
★★★★★
"Gifted to my dad for his study. He's the hardest person to buy fragrance for. He texted me asking for a second one."
Mountain Breeze · verified buyer
★★★★★
"Bought as a wedding gift batch. Every single couple messaged to ask where it was from. The most asked-about gift we've given."
Garden Bloom · verified buyer
★★★★★
"Put it in the guest room before my parents visited. My mother asked me where the spa smell was coming from."
Evening Calm · verified buyer
★★★★★
"Finally a lavender that doesn't smell like fabric softener. My bedroom feels calm the moment I walk in after work."
Evening Calm · verified buyer
✓ Alcohol-free · phthalate-free · paraben-free · IFRA-compliant · 0 ppm formaldehyde · composed in Pune ✓ The ₹299 Hotel Collection 15ml is an ultrasonic machine refill — never a standalone gift ✓ Free shipping above ₹499 — two ₹379 candles clear it, one does not
Founder Diaries · Diwali 2026 · Under ₹500
About the ₹299 figure: the Hotel Collection 15ml is ₹299, and it is a refill for an ultrasonic diffuser. It does nothing on its own. Never give it as a standalone gift.
The floor: no reed diffuser below ₹749 and no diffuser machine below ₹899. Not a policy, a cost — the reasoning is below.
The honest gap: if ₹300 is genuinely the ceiling and it cannot move, buy a box of mithai from a good local halwai instead. At this figure the sweets are the better gift and I would rather tell you so.
Misty Mornings₹379A composition is a list of materials with wildly different costs, and the expensive ones are the ones that make a room smell like an actual thing rather than a reference to one. Cold-pressed citrus, real chamomile, genuine sandalwood — none of those fall in price because a marketing plan needs a ₹299 line. What falls instead is the percentage of real material, which is why the cheapest scented objects smell thin at first and then smell of nothing. You do not save money at the bottom of this market; you buy a shorter object.
Cozy Corner₹379A candle is 80g of soy wax, a correctly sized wick, a glass jar that has to survive a courier, and a pour done at a temperature that stops the surface sinking or frosting. Each of those is small; together they are most of ₹379 before a drop of fragrance goes in. The reed diffuser is the same story in a different shape — a refillable glass bottle, six fibre reeds and 50ml of oil on a heat-stable CCT carrier, which is where ₹749 comes from. Every corner you cut here shows up in the recipient's hands, not in a spreadsheet.
Evening Walks₹379Everything SOSA makes is phthalate-free, paraben-free, IFRA-compliant and tested at 0 ppm formaldehyde, and the reed line is climate-tested through 45°C heat and 85% monsoon humidity so it does not turn sour in an Indian May. None of that is visible on a shelf and all of it costs money, which is exactly why it is the first thing to disappear from a product built to hit a low number.
SOSA facts verified August 2026: There is no SOSA product under ₹300 other than the Hotel Collection 15ml at ₹299, which is a water-based ultrasonic refill and not a standalone gift; the ultrasonic and reed oils are not interchangeable. Scented jar candles ₹379 single (Bookshop, Cozy Corner, Misty Mornings, Evening Walks), hand-poured soy, 80g, roughly 15–18 hours, ₹664 as a two-pack. Sandalwood Scented Candle ₹449 · Smoked Oudh Scented Candle ₹449 · wax melts ₹474 · Everyday Beautiful Mugs ₹474 · 3ml attars ₹379–₹399 · solid perfumes ₹459–₹489 · car perfumes ₹449–₹509. The reed diffuser line starts at Morning Freshness 50ml ₹749 and runs to Fresh Brew and Mountain Breeze at ₹849, all alcohol-free on a heat-stable CCT carrier, phthalate-free, paraben-free, IFRA-compliant, 0 ppm formaldehyde, with six fibre reeds in a refillable glass bottle and 6–8 weeks of longevity; there is no reed at any price below ₹749. The cheapest ultrasonic machine is the Boond at ₹899. SOSA does not sell a gift set, gift hamper, gift box, gift card, gift wrap, gift note or personalisation, and does not sell a room spray — every SOSA spray is a car perfume. Free shipping above ₹499. Composed and made in Pune, India. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. SOSA is an independent Indian fragrance house and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any hotel brand. Prices subject to change — see the live product pages.
I am going to lose this sale in the first paragraph, and I would rather lose it here than at somebody's front door. SOSA has nothing to sell you at ₹300. Our cheapest reed diffuser is ₹749 and our cheapest machine is ₹899, so neither exists at this budget; the cheapest thing we make that is genuinely giftable is a ₹379 jar candle. There is exactly one item on the whole store under ₹300 — the Hotel Collection 15ml at ₹299 — and it is a refill for an ultrasonic machine, which makes it a poor gift for anyone who does not already own the machine. This page exists to say that plainly, explain why the floor is where it is, and then help you decide between spending ₹79 more and buying something else entirely.
Quick answers — read this first
The straight answer: there is no SOSA Diwali gift under ₹300. The cheapest giftable item is a jar candle at ₹379 — hand-poured soy, 80g, roughly 15–18 hours of burn.About the ₹299 figure: the Hotel Collection 15ml is ₹299, and it is a refill for an ultrasonic diffuser. It does nothing on its own. Never give it as a standalone gift.
The floor: no reed diffuser below ₹749 and no diffuser machine below ₹899. Not a policy, a cost — the reasoning is below.
The honest gap: if ₹300 is genuinely the ceiling and it cannot move, buy a box of mithai from a good local halwai instead. At this figure the sweets are the better gift and I would rather tell you so.
The short answer
Short answer: nothing. SOSA does not have a Diwali gift under ₹300, and the honest thing is to say it rather than to dress up a sample as a present. The first item I would call a gift is a Bookshop jar candle at ₹379, and the gap between your budget and that number is ₹79.
Why there is a floor: a hand-poured, composed, IFRA-compliant object has a bill of materials that does not compress below a certain point. Real aroma material, a glass vessel, a controlled pour and batch testing set the price of the candle at ₹379 and the price of a 50ml reed diffuser at ₹749. Below that you are not buying a cheaper version of the same thing; you are buying a different and much worse thing.
What to do: either move to ₹379 for a jar candle or a 3ml attar, or stay at ₹300 and buy sweets. What you should not do is buy the ₹299 refill because it is the only number that fits. Free shipping starts at ₹499, so a single ₹379 candle does not clear it — two do.
In this guide
The real floor
Bookshop jar candle · ₹379
Also at the floor
Cozy Corner jar candle · ₹379
Not a gift
Hotel Collection 15ml · ₹299
Straight answer
What is the best SOSA Diwali gift under ₹300 in 2026?
1. There isn't one, and that is the whole answer. The cheapest item on the store that I would put in somebody's hands is the Bookshop jar candle at ₹379. Everything below that number is either a refill or nothing at all. A guide that invents a ₹299 recommendation to satisfy the search is not a guide.
2. The one sub-₹300 item is not a present. The Hotel Collection 15ml at ₹299 is water-based concentrate for an ultrasonic machine. If the recipient does not own the machine — and they almost certainly do not — it is a small bottle that cannot be used, which is a worse outcome than giving nothing.
3. There is no reed diffuser and no machine anywhere near this budget. The cheapest reed is Morning Freshness 50ml at ₹749; the cheapest machine is the Boond at ₹899. Both are more than twice your figure and I am not going to pretend otherwise.
4. If the budget can move by ₹79, it should. ₹379 buys a hand-poured 80g soy candle in glass that burns for roughly 15–18 hours, or a 3ml attar the recipient wears rather than stores. Both read instantly as a gift. Nothing at ₹300 does.
5. If the budget genuinely cannot move, buy sweets. Mithai from a halwai you trust is a real gift with a real tradition behind it, and it is the correct thing to give at this figure. I would rather send you there than sell you a bottle that needs hardware to work.
Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, paraben-free, IFRA-compliant, 0 ppm formaldehyde. Composed in Pune. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
2. The one sub-₹300 item is not a present. The Hotel Collection 15ml at ₹299 is water-based concentrate for an ultrasonic machine. If the recipient does not own the machine — and they almost certainly do not — it is a small bottle that cannot be used, which is a worse outcome than giving nothing.
3. There is no reed diffuser and no machine anywhere near this budget. The cheapest reed is Morning Freshness 50ml at ₹749; the cheapest machine is the Boond at ₹899. Both are more than twice your figure and I am not going to pretend otherwise.
4. If the budget can move by ₹79, it should. ₹379 buys a hand-poured 80g soy candle in glass that burns for roughly 15–18 hours, or a 3ml attar the recipient wears rather than stores. Both read instantly as a gift. Nothing at ₹300 does.
5. If the budget genuinely cannot move, buy sweets. Mithai from a halwai you trust is a real gift with a real tradition behind it, and it is the correct thing to give at this figure. I would rather send you there than sell you a bottle that needs hardware to work.
Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, paraben-free, IFRA-compliant, 0 ppm formaldehyde. Composed in Pune. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
TL;DR: SOSA has no gift under ₹300. The cheapest giftable item is a ₹379 jar candle; the only sub-₹300 item is the ₹299 Hotel Collection 15ml, which is a machine refill and not a present. No reed under ₹749, no machine under ₹899. Move to ₹379, or buy mithai.
The cheapest thing I would call a gift
Bookshop jar candle ₹379
Hand-poured soy in a plain glass jar, 80g, roughly 15–18 hours of burn, and no printed joke on the front — which matters when the gift is going to an elder, a colleague or a neighbour. It is ₹79 above your budget and it is the first object on this store that survives being handed over. The same price buys Cozy Corner, Misty Mornings or Evening Walks.
Why a genuinely composed, hand-poured thing has a price floor
People assume a floor is a margin decision. It is not — it is arithmetic, and the arithmetic is unglamorous. Below a certain price the only way to keep selling is to change what is in the bottle, and at that point you are no longer selling a cheaper version of the same object, you are selling a different object with the same shape. That is the substitution I will not make, and it is the reason this page has nothing on it at ₹300.
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FLOOR COMPONENT ONE · THE MATERIAL
Real aroma material is the single largest cost, and it is the first thing cut
Misty Mornings₹379A composition is a list of materials with wildly different costs, and the expensive ones are the ones that make a room smell like an actual thing rather than a reference to one. Cold-pressed citrus, real chamomile, genuine sandalwood — none of those fall in price because a marketing plan needs a ₹299 line. What falls instead is the percentage of real material, which is why the cheapest scented objects smell thin at first and then smell of nothing. You do not save money at the bottom of this market; you buy a shorter object.
What this means for you: at ₹379 the fragrance load is honest. Below it, in this category generally, it usually is not.
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FLOOR COMPONENT TWO · THE VESSEL AND THE POUR
Glass, wax, wick and a controlled pour do not compress
Cozy Corner₹379A candle is 80g of soy wax, a correctly sized wick, a glass jar that has to survive a courier, and a pour done at a temperature that stops the surface sinking or frosting. Each of those is small; together they are most of ₹379 before a drop of fragrance goes in. The reed diffuser is the same story in a different shape — a refillable glass bottle, six fibre reeds and 50ml of oil on a heat-stable CCT carrier, which is where ₹749 comes from. Every corner you cut here shows up in the recipient's hands, not in a spreadsheet.
What this means for you: the object arriving intact and behaving correctly is a cost, and it is priced in.
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FLOOR COMPONENT THREE · THE TESTING
Compliance is invisible, expensive and non-optional
Evening Walks₹379Everything SOSA makes is phthalate-free, paraben-free, IFRA-compliant and tested at 0 ppm formaldehyde, and the reed line is climate-tested through 45°C heat and 85% monsoon humidity so it does not turn sour in an Indian May. None of that is visible on a shelf and all of it costs money, which is exactly why it is the first thing to disappear from a product built to hit a low number.
What this means for you: a gift is something a household lives with for weeks. That is not the place to economise.
The ₹299 item, and why I will not sell it to you as a present
There is exactly one thing on this store priced under ₹300, and search engines find it constantly: the Hotel Collection 15ml at ₹299. It is a lovely thing and it is not a gift. It is a water-based concentrate that goes into an ultrasonic diffuser machine, of which the cheapest we sell is the Boond at ₹899. Given to someone who does not own such a machine, it is a sealed 15ml bottle with nothing to put it in — and reed oil and this oil are not interchangeable in either direction, so it cannot be poured into a reed diffuser either.
This is the trap at the bottom of every budget search. When a shopper filters by price, the cheapest thing in the category surfaces whether it is a product or a component, and components photograph exactly like presents. The test is not "does it cost under ₹300", it is "can the person open it and use it tonight without owning anything else." The ₹299 bottle fails that test and the ₹379 candle passes it, and that one sentence is worth more than any list I could pad this page with.
Everything SOSA sells nearest to ₹300
Four items around your budget, and whether each is actually a gift
| Item | Price | What it is | Is it a gift? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel Collection 15ml | ₹299 | Water-based concentrate for an ultrasonic machine | No. It is a refill and needs hardware the recipient probably does not own |
| Bookshop jar candle ★ | ₹379 | Hand-poured 80g soy candle in glass, 15–18 hours, message-free | Yes — the cheapest thing on the store that is |
| Adaa attar 3ml | ₹379 | Bergamot, cardamom and jasmine sambac in a roll-on | Yes, if you know they wear fragrance — it is a personal gift, not a room one |
| Sandalwood Scented Candle | ₹449 | A single named material, no printed message, the most grown-up thing at this end | Yes, and it is the one I would actually pick if ₹149 can move |
If the budget can move ₹79
The three I would hand over, all at ₹379
The SOSA principle
A price filter asks whether a thing is cheap enough. A gift asks whether the person can use it tonight without owning anything else.
Those two questions have different answers at the bottom of every category, and the second one is the only one that matters at a door.
The paragraph where mithai wins, and it wins fairly
I sell home fragrance and I am still going to say this: at ₹300, sweets are the better gift. Mithai is not a fallback, it is the form the greeting has taken in this country for a very long time, and there are households where arriving with anything else reads as a small refusal of the ritual. For a first visit to elders, for a neighbour you greet twice a year, for the family your parents have known for thirty years, a box from a halwai you trust is correct and a diffuser is a substitution nobody asked for. It also does the one thing my products cannot: it gets shared, that evening, in the room, by everyone standing in it.
What mithai does not do is survive the week. The festive days bring several identical boxes through one door, more than a household can eat, and a good part of it is passed on or quietly thrown away. That is the argument for a scented object, and it is an argument about duplication and duration rather than quality — but it only becomes a real argument above ₹379. Below that figure I have nothing to put on the other side of the scale, so the scale does not tip.
A refill is not a small gift. It is a component of a gift somebody else already bought.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
What to buy at this budget — including the option that isn't us
Three routes, in the order I would take them. The last row is the honest gap: the thing this page cannot give you no matter how it is written, which is a SOSA gift at ₹300.
The ₹300 decision
Three routes, and the one that does not exist
| Route | What you get | When it is right | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Move to a ₹379 jar candle ★ | Hand-poured 80g soy in glass, 15–18 hours, no printed message | Whenever ₹79 can move. It is the shortest distance between this budget and a real gift | ₹379 |
| 2. A 3ml attar | Adaa ₹379, Ameeri ₹385 or Mastani ₹389 — a worn fragrance rather than a room one | For a sister, a cousin or a friend you know wears scent. Not for an elder you are guessing about | ₹379–₹389 |
| 3. Sandalwood Scented Candle | One named material, restrained label, the most adult object at this end of the shelf | If the gift is going to an in-law, a boss or anyone where a joke would be wrong | ₹449 |
| Buy two of anything at ₹379 | Two gifts, ₹758 in total, and the order clears the ₹499 free-shipping line | If you have two names on the list — the arithmetic is better than it looks | ₹758 |
| The honest gap: nothing at ₹300 | SOSA has no gift under ₹300. The only item below that line is a ₹299 machine refill, and no reed exists below ₹749 or machine below ₹899 | If the ceiling truly cannot move, buy mithai from a halwai you trust. It is the correct gift at this figure | — |
Honest notes for buyers: jar candles are hand-poured soy, 80g, roughly 15–18 hours of burn, and the four core scents carry no printed message, which is what makes them safe for elders, colleagues and neighbours. Everything SOSA makes is alcohol-free, phthalate-free, paraben-free, IFRA-compliant and 0 ppm formaldehyde. The reed diffusers referenced here start at ₹749 and ship with six fibre reeds in a refillable glass bottle; there is no reed below that price and no machine below ₹899. SOSA does not sell a gift set, a gift box, a gift card or gift wrapping, and there is no personalisation. Free shipping above ₹499 — a single ₹379 candle does not clear it, two do. Composed in Pune by an ISIPCA Versailles-trained perfumer. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Where the reed line actually starts
Morning Freshness 50ml ₹749
Included here so that nobody reaches the end of this page still wondering. The cheapest reed diffuser SOSA makes is ₹749, it is two and a half times your budget, and I am not going to bend the number. It is cold-pressed Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus in a refillable glass bottle with six fibre reeds, it runs 6–8 weeks, and it clears free shipping on its own. If this is a gift that has to matter, this is the shelf it lives on.
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A note from Sonal
Every festive season somebody in the office asks whether we should build a ₹299 gift, because the search volume at that price is enormous and we are leaving it on the table. The answer has been no for the same reason each time: the only way to reach ₹299 is to take out the part that makes the thing worth giving. I would rather write a page that sends you elsewhere than put my name on a product designed backwards from a price.
The people searching at this figure are usually not being stingy. They have eleven names and a fixed total, and ₹300 is what the division produced. If that is you, the more useful move is almost always to cut the list rather than the gift — six people who receive something real will remember it, and eleven who receive a token will not.
And if the list cannot be cut, buy sweets and give them properly. It is a real gift, it is the older tradition, and there is no version of my job that involves talking you out of it at a price where I have nothing better to offer. Everything we do make is composed in Pune, and a part of every order funds a girl's classroom through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Diwali gift under ₹300 from SOSA in 2026?
There is not one. The cheapest giftable item on the store is a jar candle at ₹379 — hand-poured soy, 80g, roughly 15–18 hours. The only item priced below ₹300 is the Hotel Collection 15ml at ₹299, which is a refill for an ultrasonic machine rather than a gift. If ₹300 is a hard ceiling, mithai from a good halwai is the better purchase and I would rather say so.
Can I gift the ₹299 Hotel Collection 15ml on its own?
No. It is a water-based concentrate that only works inside an ultrasonic diffuser machine — the cheapest of which is the Boond at ₹899 — and it cannot be poured into a reed diffuser, because reed oil and ultrasonic oil are not interchangeable in either direction. Given to someone without the machine it is a bottle they cannot use, which is worse than giving nothing.
Is there a reed diffuser under ₹300, or under ₹500?
No to both. The cheapest SOSA reed diffuser is Morning Freshness 50ml at ₹749, and there is no smaller or cheaper size. The cheapest diffuser machine is the Boond at ₹899. Anything sub-₹500 at SOSA is a candle, a wax melt, a mug, a car perfume, a 3ml attar or a solid perfume — never a reed.
Why can't a scented candle be made for ₹299?
Because the components do not compress. Eighty grams of soy wax, a correctly sized wick, a glass jar built to survive a courier and a controlled pour account for most of ₹379 before any fragrance goes in, and real aroma material is the largest cost after that. The usual way to reach a lower number is to reduce the fragrance load or drop the testing — phthalate-free, paraben-free, IFRA-compliant, 0 ppm formaldehyde — and both of those show up in the recipient's hands rather than on a shelf.
I have eleven people and a small total. What should I actually do?
Cut the list before you cut the gift. Six people receiving a ₹379 candle each will remember it; eleven receiving something under ₹300 will not, and you will have spent more in total. If the list is fixed and the budget is fixed, buy sweets — that is the honest answer at this figure. If you have two names, note that two candles at ₹379 come to ₹758 and the order clears the ₹499 free-shipping line, which a single candle does not.
Diwali 2026 · under ₹500
There is no SOSA gift at ₹300 — the floor is ₹379, and it is ₹79 away
Jar candles ₹379 in four message-free scents, Sandalwood and Smoked Oudh at ₹449, 3ml attars from ₹379. No reed diffuser below ₹749 and no machine below ₹899. Free shipping above ₹499, so two candles ship free and one does not. Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, IFRA-compliant, composed in Pune, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Shop the ₹379 jar candle → Sandalwood candle ₹449
Continue the read
More Diwali 2026 gifting under ₹500
- Under ₹400 — the complete list, which is seven items long.
- Under ₹500 — the whole sub-₹500 shelf and how to choose across it.
- Premium-looking under ₹500 and luxury-looking under ₹500 — the three levers of perceived expense.
- Useful under ₹500 — why a consumable gets used and an object gets stored.
- Home fragrance under ₹500 — four formats, four different jobs.
- Are reed diffusers a good gift under ₹500? — no, because there isn't one, and here is the bill of materials.
- The SOSA sub-₹500 shelf, ranked and the complete under-₹500 gifting guide.
- Brand: the SOSA founder story.
Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: Written by Sonal Sahani, ISIPCA Versailles-trained founder and perfumer at SOSA Home & Body, on what is genuinely available as a Diwali 2026 gift at a ₹300 budget and why SOSA's price floor sits where it does. Review quotations are from verified SOSA buyers and refer to the reed diffusers referenced in this guide, all of which sit above this budget. No competing gift category is priced anywhere on this page.SOSA facts verified August 2026: There is no SOSA product under ₹300 other than the Hotel Collection 15ml at ₹299, which is a water-based ultrasonic refill and not a standalone gift; the ultrasonic and reed oils are not interchangeable. Scented jar candles ₹379 single (Bookshop, Cozy Corner, Misty Mornings, Evening Walks), hand-poured soy, 80g, roughly 15–18 hours, ₹664 as a two-pack. Sandalwood Scented Candle ₹449 · Smoked Oudh Scented Candle ₹449 · wax melts ₹474 · Everyday Beautiful Mugs ₹474 · 3ml attars ₹379–₹399 · solid perfumes ₹459–₹489 · car perfumes ₹449–₹509. The reed diffuser line starts at Morning Freshness 50ml ₹749 and runs to Fresh Brew and Mountain Breeze at ₹849, all alcohol-free on a heat-stable CCT carrier, phthalate-free, paraben-free, IFRA-compliant, 0 ppm formaldehyde, with six fibre reeds in a refillable glass bottle and 6–8 weeks of longevity; there is no reed at any price below ₹749. The cheapest ultrasonic machine is the Boond at ₹899. SOSA does not sell a gift set, gift hamper, gift box, gift card, gift wrap, gift note or personalisation, and does not sell a room spray — every SOSA spray is a car perfume. Free shipping above ₹499. Composed and made in Pune, India. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. SOSA is an independent Indian fragrance house and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any hotel brand. Prices subject to change — see the live product pages.