How SOSA works
Two rungs, honestly: a spray you aim when you choose, or a cordless diffuser that decides for you
Fragrance is the last step
A car perfume goes on top of clean, aired cabin. It is not a way of dealing with a smell that has a source.
Alcohol-free by formulation
An oil and water carrier rather than ethanol. Phthalate-free and IFRA-compliant.
Sprayed into the air, not onto the car
Aimed at the centre of the cabin, away from leather and fabric. The directions are on the bottle and we repeat them here.
Composed by a trained perfumer
Sonal Sahani, ISIPCA Versailles-trained, composes the whole range.
A portion funds girl-child education
Part of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
We will tell you not to buy
Where the honest answer is a vacuum, a service booking or an open window, these guides say so and sell nothing.
Fragrance is the last step
A car perfume goes on top of clean, aired cabin. It is not a way of dealing with a smell that has a source.
Alcohol-free by formulation
An oil and water carrier rather than ethanol. Phthalate-free and IFRA-compliant.
Sprayed into the air, not onto the car
Aimed at the centre of the cabin, away from leather and fabric. The directions are on the bottle and we repeat them here.
Composed by a trained perfumer
Sonal Sahani, ISIPCA Versailles-trained, composes the whole range.
A portion funds girl-child education
Part of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
We will tell you not to buy
Where the honest answer is a vacuum, a service booking or an open window, these guides say so and sell nothing.
✓ Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, IFRA-compliant · an oil and water carrier, not ethanol ✓ Safar: cordless, waterless cold diffusion · 3 speeds · 1/2/3-hour auto shut-off ✓ A fragrance is the last step, never the first · and SOSA is not affiliated with Tata Motors ✓ Other brands named are the property of their respective owners · SOSA compares formats, not other companies' products
Founder Diaries · Car Fragrance
Is a waterless diffuser better than what I already use? It is not better; it is different, and it solves two specific problems. It removes a decision you would otherwise repeat, and it holds a level rather than a count you estimate. If neither of those is bothering you, there is nothing in it for you - the device does not make a fragrance stronger, longer-lasting or nicer.
Is there anything worth doing if I am not switching? One thing, and it is free: check whether what you call satisfied is a judgement you made recently or one you made a year ago and have stopped testing. Ask somebody who does not travel in your car to tell you what they notice on getting in. If their answer matches yours, you are genuinely happy and you are done.
Ask first
What this guide does not claim. A car perfume is a fragrance, not a cleaning product, an odour treatment or an air treatment. Nothing here removes, neutralises or eliminates a smell, and nothing here should be read as advice about health, air quality, allergies or anyone's wellbeing. Where a cabin smells of embedded tobacco, damp, or of the air conditioning in the first minute after startup, the honest answer is cleaning or a service booking rather than a fragrance product, and these guides say so rather than selling around it. SOSA is not a car detailer and has no detailing partner.
SOSA car perfume, specified: alcohol-free and phthalate-free, IFRA-compliant, on an oil and water carrier rather than ethanol. The spray is a 10ml bottle holding 100 sprays; a 50ML bottle holds 500. The hanging format is a 12ml refillable glass bottle with an adjustable stopper, sold at the same price as the 10ml spray. Directions, as printed: aim the atomiser toward the centre of the cabin, away from leather or fabric upholstery, and let it settle before driving; for the hanging format, avoid direct contact with leather, fabric or the dashboard. SOSA sells the spray and hanging formats and the Safar diffuser; there is no plug-in and no vent clip.
SOSA Safar, specified: a waterless, cordless cold-diffusion perfume diffuser - aroma only, it adds no humidity. A 20ml bottle, a 2000 mAh rechargeable lithium battery charged over Type-C with the cable included, up to 10 hours continuous or up to 30 hours intermittent diffusion per full charge, three speed settings from light to intense and a 1 / 2 / 3-hour auto shut-off timer. No water, no heat, no residue and no white dust; approximately 6.9 cm. In the box: the diffuser, the 20ml bottle, a Type-C cable, the user manual and the three fragrance oils named in the variant you choose. Country of origin China (imported). SOSA does not publish an oil volume, a refill price or a figure for how long one fill lasts, and these guides do not estimate one.
On other brands named here. Brand and product names other than SOSA's own are the property of their respective owners, and are used only to identify the product a reader already owns. SOSA Home & Body is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or associated with Involve Your Senses or any other fragrance company named on this page, and none of them has reviewed or approved this content. SOSA has not tested another company's product and states no figure for anybody else's runtime, longevity, volume, price, ingredients or contents - where this page compares, it compares formats: a spray you aim, a passive pad or card that runs whether or not you are in the car, a vent clip that depends on airflow, and a device that holds a level you set. Those are properties of the category, and the comparison is SOSA's own opinion on format rather than a claim about any particular product. If a named product suits you, keep it - several pages in this guide say exactly that.
On vehicle names. Where a vehicle make or model is named in these guides it describes what a fragrance product suits and nothing more. SOSA Home & Body is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or associated with Tata Motors or any vehicle manufacturer, and no manufacturer has reviewed or approved this content. An electric cabin is a cabin: what changes with an EV is how the car is used, parked and charged, not how a fragrance behaves - the battery changes the car, not the fragrance.
Prices verified 5 October 2026: 10ml spray ₹449 (Jasmine), ₹479 (Lavender, Sandalwood), ₹489 (Icy Mint), ₹499 (Lemon), ₹509 (Sea Breeze, Oud, Vetiver), ₹549 (Mysore Orange Blossom); 50ML spray ₹1,499 across the range; two-scent combos ₹899 to ₹949 and 50ML pairs ₹2,999; the three-mini discovery set ₹699 to ₹799; hanging refills ₹399 to ₹429; SOSA Safar ₹3,999 and ₹4,499. Stock across the car range runs to several thousand units a scent. SOSA is an online fragrance house and ships across India; it holds no retail counters, and no delivery window is quoted here. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Prices and availability change - see the live product pages.
Stay. You have just told me you are happy with the fragrance, the format, how long it lasts and how strong it is, which is four out of four, and there is no fifth thing I am holding back. A product that is doing what you want it to do is not a problem waiting for a solution, and the fact that something more expensive exists is not a reason to buy it. I would rather write this page honestly and have you close the tab than talk you into replacing a thing that works.
Quick answers — read this first
Should I switch car perfume if I am happy with the one I have? No. If the fragrance, the format, the longevity and the intensity are all satisfactory, every one of the reasons anybody switches has already been ruled out. Switching would change your method and leave your outcome exactly where it is - which is the definition of spending money for nothing.Is a waterless diffuser better than what I already use? It is not better; it is different, and it solves two specific problems. It removes a decision you would otherwise repeat, and it holds a level rather than a count you estimate. If neither of those is bothering you, there is nothing in it for you - the device does not make a fragrance stronger, longer-lasting or nicer.
Is there anything worth doing if I am not switching? One thing, and it is free: check whether what you call satisfied is a judgement you made recently or one you made a year ago and have stopped testing. Ask somebody who does not travel in your car to tell you what they notice on getting in. If their answer matches yours, you are genuinely happy and you are done.
The short answer
Short answer: No - stay with it. Four out of four satisfied means every reason for switching is already ruled out, and a more expensive format solves problems you have just said you do not have.
The pick: Nothing. Keep what you have. If you ever want the cheapest possible change, it is a refill for the thing you already own rather than a new system - and if what you own stops suiting you one day, the question becomes which of the four things changed.
Honest note: a car perfume sits on top of the air already in the cabin. It does not remove a smell, and where there is a source, that comes first.
In this guide
A hatchback cabin is the smallest space SOSA sells fragrance into, which makes it the easiest one to overdo. The spray is dosed in single sprays - one for a light welcome, two before you pick somebody up, three for a full reset - aimed at the centre of the cabin and away from leather or fabric. The 10ml bottle holds 100 sprays at Rs 449; the 50ML holds 500 at Rs 1,499, which is Rs 3.00 a spray against Rs 4.49. None of that matters, though, until the cabin is clean and aired: a perfume sits on top of the air already in the car.
Once you know the scent
50ML spray · ₹1,499 · 500 sprays
While you are deciding
Three minis · from ₹699
Not sure fragrance is the answer
Tell us what it smells of
Straight answer
Should I stay with my current car perfume if I am happy with it?
Yes. Nothing on this page is for you, and that is the honest answer.
You have already answered your own question, and it is worth seeing why. People replace a car fragrance for one of four reasons: they want a different smell, they are tired of the method, it does not last as long as they would like, or the strength is wrong. You have ruled out all four by name. There is no fifth reason, and the existence of a more expensive format is not one - a device is not a better fragrance, it is a different delivery system, which is a distinction worth holding on to for the whole of this category.
What the expensive option would and would not do for you. Safar at ₹3,999 buys exactly two things. It removes a decision you would otherwise make repeatedly, and it holds a level you set instead of a count you estimate. That is the whole list. It does not make a fragrance stronger, it does not make it last longer, it does not improve the oil, and it does nothing at all for somebody who is not currently bothered by either of those two things. You are not. So the honest arithmetic is ₹3,999 for nothing, and I am not going to dress that up.
The one thing worth doing, and it is free. Check that "satisfied" is a current reading rather than an old one. Nobody smells their own car accurately - you adapt to it within minutes and within weeks you stop registering it at all, which means you can be satisfied with something you have genuinely stopped noticing. The test takes one journey: ask somebody who does not travel in your car regularly what they notice as they get in. If what they say matches what you think, you are right and you are finished. If they say they cannot smell anything, you have learned something useful for nothing. The difference between real fade and your own nose is worth knowing either way.
The cheapest change, if you ever want one. It is a refill for what you already own, not a new system. And if one day one of those four things does change - the smell stops suiting you, or the method starts to annoy you, or the level is wrong for a passenger - then come back, because the answer depends entirely on which of the four it was. The case for not switching is set out at more length here.
One thing that is true whatever you use. A car perfume does not remove a smell. If the cabin ever develops one with a source behind it, no fragrance - yours, ours, or a ₹3,999 device - is the answer to that, and in some cases the answer is a workshop rather than a shop.
You have already answered your own question, and it is worth seeing why. People replace a car fragrance for one of four reasons: they want a different smell, they are tired of the method, it does not last as long as they would like, or the strength is wrong. You have ruled out all four by name. There is no fifth reason, and the existence of a more expensive format is not one - a device is not a better fragrance, it is a different delivery system, which is a distinction worth holding on to for the whole of this category.
What the expensive option would and would not do for you. Safar at ₹3,999 buys exactly two things. It removes a decision you would otherwise make repeatedly, and it holds a level you set instead of a count you estimate. That is the whole list. It does not make a fragrance stronger, it does not make it last longer, it does not improve the oil, and it does nothing at all for somebody who is not currently bothered by either of those two things. You are not. So the honest arithmetic is ₹3,999 for nothing, and I am not going to dress that up.
The one thing worth doing, and it is free. Check that "satisfied" is a current reading rather than an old one. Nobody smells their own car accurately - you adapt to it within minutes and within weeks you stop registering it at all, which means you can be satisfied with something you have genuinely stopped noticing. The test takes one journey: ask somebody who does not travel in your car regularly what they notice as they get in. If what they say matches what you think, you are right and you are finished. If they say they cannot smell anything, you have learned something useful for nothing. The difference between real fade and your own nose is worth knowing either way.
The cheapest change, if you ever want one. It is a refill for what you already own, not a new system. And if one day one of those four things does change - the smell stops suiting you, or the method starts to annoy you, or the level is wrong for a passenger - then come back, because the answer depends entirely on which of the four it was. The case for not switching is set out at more length here.
One thing that is true whatever you use. A car perfume does not remove a smell. If the cabin ever develops one with a source behind it, no fragrance - yours, ours, or a ₹3,999 device - is the answer to that, and in some cases the answer is a workshop rather than a shop.
Stay. Satisfied on the fragrance, the format, the longevity and the intensity rules out all four reasons anybody switches, and a more expensive delivery system solves two problems you have just said you do not have.
Keep what you already own. On the routine above there is nothing here worth your money, and a product that is working is not a problem to be solved - swapping it would change the method and leave the outcome exactly where it is. If you ever do want the cheapest change, it is a refill for what you have rather than a new system. Come back the day the thing you own stops doing what you want; the answer will still be here.
Ask before you switch
Why a working product is not a problem to solve
Three things make this an easy answer, and the third is the only one carrying any risk at all - so it is the only one worth spending a journey on.
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Four axes
You have ruled out every reason to switch
People change car fragrance for four reasons: the smell, the method, the longevity, the strength. You have named all four and reported no complaint in any of them. There is no fifth reason hiding behind the question, and a page that invented one would be arguing with you about your own car. Satisfied on four out of four is not a close decision.
Tip: Every reason to switch is a complaint. You have none.
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What the upgrade sells
Two things, both answers to problems you do not have
A device removes a repeated decision and holds a level you set rather than a count you estimate. That is the whole list. It does not make a fragrance stronger, longer-lasting or nicer, and it does nothing whatsoever for somebody not currently bothered by either of those two things. Spending ₹3,999 to solve somebody else's problem is still ₹3,999.
Tip: If neither automation nor a repeatable level is bothering you, there is nothing in it.
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Your own reading
The only real risk in your position
The one thing that could make you wrong is that you adapted to the cabin months ago and stopped testing it. You cannot smell your own car accurately - nobody can - so it is possible to be satisfied with something you have genuinely stopped noticing. One passenger's honest answer settles it, and it costs you nothing but the asking.
Tip: Ask somebody who does not travel in your car what they notice on getting in.
The SOSA principle
A product that is doing what you want is not a problem waiting for a solution, and the existence of something costlier is not a reason.
Every reason to switch is a complaint. No complaint, no reason.
The one question worth asking anyway
There is nothing to choose here, which is the point of the page. If you ever do want to change the scent rather than the system, the range runs to nine compositions and a 10ml is 100 sprays from ₹449 - but wanting a different smell is a different question from the one you asked, and you have not asked it.
The SOSA car edit
What each option would actually change for you
| Option | When it is the right call |
|---|---|
| Keeping what you have |
Four out of four satisfied · costs nothing · nothing changes Trade-off: None that you have named |
| A refill for what you own |
The cheapest possible change · keeps the thing that is working Trade-off: Only relevant when it runs out, which is not a reason to act today |
| Switching to another spray |
A different smell, if you wanted one Trade-off: You do not want one - this would change the label and nothing else |
| SOSA Safar, ₹3,999 |
Removes a repeated decision · holds a level · 3 speeds, 1/2/3-hour timer Trade-off: Solves two problems you have explicitly said you do not have |
The one genuinely useful thing to do costs nothing: get a second opinion on your own cabin from somebody who does not travel in it. You adapt to your own car within minutes and stop registering it within weeks, so a passenger's first three seconds is more reliable evidence than anything you can tell yourself.
Not sure whether fragrance is even the answer?
Tell us what the cabin actually smells of, how old the car is and what you have already cleaned. If the honest answer is a vacuum, a new cabin filter or a workshop, we will say so rather than sell you a bottle.
I would rather you closed this page having bought nothing than replaced something that was already working.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
The SOSA car perfume edit
Every SOSA car perfume is alcohol-free and phthalate-free on an oil and water carrier, hand-blended in small batches in India. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Here is the edit by how certain you are of the scent, which is the thing that should decide the size you buy.
The SOSA car perfume edit
Five answers by how sure you are of the scent - from ₹449 to ₹3,999
| Format | Best for | What it is, honestly | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50ML car perfume spray | You already know the scent works | 500 sprays at ₹3.00 a spray. The cheapest way to run one scent for a long time | ₹1,499 |
| 10ml car perfume spray | You are still deciding | 100 sprays of the same formulation. The honest size for a scent you have not lived with yet | ₹449 |
| Discovery set, three minis | You have no idea which scent | Three mini sprays in fixed scent trios. Made for exactly this problem | ₹699 |
| Two-scent combo | Two people, or two moods | Jasmine and Lemon, Jasmine and Lavender, Oud and Lemon, or Sandalwood and Oud | ₹899 |
| SOSA Safar diffuser | You want it handled without spraying | Cordless, rechargeable, waterless. Runs on a timer rather than on you remembering | ₹3,999 |
Four honest notes. A car perfume does not remove a smell, and nothing on this page will. If the cabin has a source - food under a seat, a damp mat, an air conditioner that smells in the first minute, tobacco in the foam - that source has to go first, and in two of those cases the answer is a workshop rather than a shop. Fragrance sits on top of the air already in the car. The spray is aimed at the centre of the cabin, away from leather and fabric, because that is what the directions on the bottle say; it is not a fabric treatment and it is not an upholstery product. On the two rungs: most people should start with the spray - the 10ml at ₹449 is 100 sprays and the 50ML at ₹1,499 is 500, which is ₹3.00 a spray against ₹4.49. Safar at ₹3,999 is the upgrade, and it buys one thing: the fragrance happens without you remembering it. Cordless, waterless cold diffusion, three speed settings and a 1/2/3-hour auto shut-off, up to 10 hours continuous or 30 hours intermittent per charge. It ships with the diffuser, the 20ml bottle, the Type-C cable, the manual and the three scents you choose. If you would not use the timer, the spray is the better buy and this page will say so. On the car: naming a model says what the product suits and nothing more - SOSA is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or associated with Tata Motors, and an electric cabin is a cabin: the battery changes the car, not the fragrance.
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A note from Sonal
Car fragrance is the part of this business where the marketing is worst, and I would like ours to be the boring, accurate version. Most of the category sells you a bottle as an answer to a smell. It almost never is. A car that smells wrong smells wrong for a reason, and the reason is nearly always physical - something under a seat, something damp in the boot, something in the air conditioning, something ground into the fabric two owners ago.
A perfume cannot reach any of that. What it can do is sit on top of clean, aired air and make a small cabin pleasant to get into. That is a real thing worth buying, and it is a much smaller claim than the one usually made for it. So the sequence is: find the source, clean it, open the windows, and only then reach for a bottle. If you do those three things and the car is fine, you may not need us at all, and I would rather say that than sell you something that will disappoint you in a fortnight.
The other thing worth knowing is how little you need. A hatchback is the smallest cabin we sell into, and the commonest mistake is treating a spray like an aerosol - four or five pumps at the windscreen. It is dosed in single sprays, aimed at the middle of the car and away from the seats. One is a welcome. Three is a full reset before guests get in. That is the entire dial, and most people never need the top of it. A portion of every order supports girl-child education.
Frequently asked questions
Is it worth upgrading my car perfume if I have no complaints?
No. Every reason to switch is a complaint, and you have named four areas and no complaint in any of them. A more expensive format does not improve a fragrance you are already happy with - it changes how the fragrance is delivered, which is only valuable if the delivery is what was bothering you.
Does a waterless diffuser make a fragrance stronger or last longer?
No. It removes a decision and holds a level you set. That is what the money buys. Strength is a setting rather than an improvement, and longevity is a property of how much oil you run and how often, not of the device being expensive.
How do I know whether I am genuinely satisfied or just used to it?
Ask a passenger who does not travel in your car regularly to tell you what they notice as they get in. You adapt to your own cabin within minutes and stop registering it within weeks, so your own nose is the one instrument you cannot trust here. If their reading matches yours, you are genuinely happy.
What is the cheapest thing I could change?
A refill for whatever you already own. That keeps the thing that is working and costs the least of any option on the table. It is also not something to do today - do it when the one you have runs out.
When would it be worth coming back to this question?
When one of the four changes. If the smell stops suiting you, that is a scent question. If the method starts to annoy you, that is a format question. If the level is wrong for a passenger, that is a control question. They have different answers, and knowing which one you have is most of the work.
A cabin that smells of nothing, and then of something you chose
SOSA — alcohol-free car perfume spray, and an honest account of what it cannot fix
Keep what you have. If the day comes that it stops suiting you, the answer depends on which of the four things changed - ask us then.
Car perfume sprays → Three-mini set
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More from SOSA
- All SOSA car perfumes - 10ml ₹449, 50ML ₹1,499
- The three-mini discovery set - when you have not chosen a scent (from ₹699)
- Two-scent combos - ₹899 to ₹949
- SOSA Safar - cordless waterless diffuser, on a timer (₹3,999)
- Tell us what the cabin actually smells of - we will say if fragrance is the wrong answer
- Brand: Founder story — why SOSA exists
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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 cabin and cleaning advice applies to any brand. SOSA does not sort fragrance by the gender of the wearer.What this guide does not claim. A car perfume is a fragrance, not a cleaning product, an odour treatment or an air treatment. Nothing here removes, neutralises or eliminates a smell, and nothing here should be read as advice about health, air quality, allergies or anyone's wellbeing. Where a cabin smells of embedded tobacco, damp, or of the air conditioning in the first minute after startup, the honest answer is cleaning or a service booking rather than a fragrance product, and these guides say so rather than selling around it. SOSA is not a car detailer and has no detailing partner.
SOSA car perfume, specified: alcohol-free and phthalate-free, IFRA-compliant, on an oil and water carrier rather than ethanol. The spray is a 10ml bottle holding 100 sprays; a 50ML bottle holds 500. The hanging format is a 12ml refillable glass bottle with an adjustable stopper, sold at the same price as the 10ml spray. Directions, as printed: aim the atomiser toward the centre of the cabin, away from leather or fabric upholstery, and let it settle before driving; for the hanging format, avoid direct contact with leather, fabric or the dashboard. SOSA sells the spray and hanging formats and the Safar diffuser; there is no plug-in and no vent clip.
SOSA Safar, specified: a waterless, cordless cold-diffusion perfume diffuser - aroma only, it adds no humidity. A 20ml bottle, a 2000 mAh rechargeable lithium battery charged over Type-C with the cable included, up to 10 hours continuous or up to 30 hours intermittent diffusion per full charge, three speed settings from light to intense and a 1 / 2 / 3-hour auto shut-off timer. No water, no heat, no residue and no white dust; approximately 6.9 cm. In the box: the diffuser, the 20ml bottle, a Type-C cable, the user manual and the three fragrance oils named in the variant you choose. Country of origin China (imported). SOSA does not publish an oil volume, a refill price or a figure for how long one fill lasts, and these guides do not estimate one.
On other brands named here. Brand and product names other than SOSA's own are the property of their respective owners, and are used only to identify the product a reader already owns. SOSA Home & Body is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or associated with Involve Your Senses or any other fragrance company named on this page, and none of them has reviewed or approved this content. SOSA has not tested another company's product and states no figure for anybody else's runtime, longevity, volume, price, ingredients or contents - where this page compares, it compares formats: a spray you aim, a passive pad or card that runs whether or not you are in the car, a vent clip that depends on airflow, and a device that holds a level you set. Those are properties of the category, and the comparison is SOSA's own opinion on format rather than a claim about any particular product. If a named product suits you, keep it - several pages in this guide say exactly that.
On vehicle names. Where a vehicle make or model is named in these guides it describes what a fragrance product suits and nothing more. SOSA Home & Body is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or associated with Tata Motors or any vehicle manufacturer, and no manufacturer has reviewed or approved this content. An electric cabin is a cabin: what changes with an EV is how the car is used, parked and charged, not how a fragrance behaves - the battery changes the car, not the fragrance.
Prices verified 5 October 2026: 10ml spray ₹449 (Jasmine), ₹479 (Lavender, Sandalwood), ₹489 (Icy Mint), ₹499 (Lemon), ₹509 (Sea Breeze, Oud, Vetiver), ₹549 (Mysore Orange Blossom); 50ML spray ₹1,499 across the range; two-scent combos ₹899 to ₹949 and 50ML pairs ₹2,999; the three-mini discovery set ₹699 to ₹799; hanging refills ₹399 to ₹429; SOSA Safar ₹3,999 and ₹4,499. Stock across the car range runs to several thousand units a scent. SOSA is an online fragrance house and ships across India; it holds no retail counters, and no delivery window is quoted here. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Prices and availability change - see the live product pages.