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The objection is not electricity, it is being caught without it
I will answer this for SOSA's own formats only. I hold no published specification for a product SOSA does not sell, so the honest instruction there is to read the specification its maker publishes.
The request behind this question is usually not about electricity. It is about not wanting one more thing in the car that can be out of charge when you need it. That is a fair thing to want, and SOSA's answer to it is not a feature on Safar. It is a different format: a glass bottle with a stopper, at Jasmine ₹459, which has no charge to be out of.
The answer in 30 seconds
I do not want charging, cables or electronic controls in my fragrance routine. What formats should I consider?
- In one line. Two of SOSA's three car formats need no power at all; Safar is the one with the cable. For a product SOSA does not sell, read its published specification.₹509
- The short answer. If you want no charging and no controls, SOSA has two car formats that have neither: the 12ml hanging bottle and the 10ml or 50ml spray, from Jasmine Rs 459. Safar, at Rs 3,999, is the powered one, with a 2000 mAh battery, Type-C charging, three speeds and a 1, 2 or 3 hour timer.
- If you only do one thing: look for the words battery and cable on the specification of whatever you are considering. That one test sorts the powered from the unpowered without anybody's opinion being involved.
- Which SOSA formats need no charging? The 12ml hanging bottle and the 10ml or 50ml spray. The hanging is a refillable glass bottle with a stopper; the spray is a spray bottle. Neither has a battery, a cable or a control of any kind.
- Which SOSA format does need charging? Safar. It carries a 2000 mAh battery and charges over Type-C with the cable in the box, and SOSA publishes no charge duration, so there is no figure to quote you.
- What should I do about a product SOSA does not sell? Read its own published specification and look for two things: a battery and a cable. I will not characterise it beyond that, because SOSA publishes nothing about it and nor do I.
The answer, in full
Within what SOSA publishes, two of the three. The 12ml hanging bottle is a refillable glass bottle with a stopper: you hang it, SOSA states 4 to 6 weeks, that is 28 to 42 days, of continuous diffusion per bottle, and the stopper loosens for stronger and tightens for subtler. The 10ml spray is 100 sprays, stated as three months and above at one spray a day and fifty days at two a day, and a 50ml is ₹1,509 and 500 sprays. Neither of those two carries a battery, a cable or a switch. Safar is the third: ₹3,999, a 2000 mAh battery, Type-C charging with the cable in the box, three speed settings and a 1, 2 or 3 hour auto-off timer. For anything SOSA does not sell I hold no specification and will not invent one, so read the specification its maker publishes and see whether a cable is in the box. A portion of every SOSA order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The three SOSA formats, by what they need from a power source
This is a specification question rather than a taste question, so it has a clean answer inside SOSA's own range. Outside that range the clean answer is the maker's own published specification, which you can check.
Hanging: no battery, no cable, one mechanical control
The 12ml hanging bottle is glass, refillable, and closed with a stopper. SOSA publishes 4 to 6 weeks, that is 28 to 42 days, of continuous diffusion per bottle, and the stopper loosens for stronger and tightens for subtler. There is nothing to charge and no button. A 15ml refill is ₹399 to ₹449 across eight scents.
The only control is a stopper you turn by hand.
Spray: no battery, no cable, no control at all
The 10ml spray is 100 sprays, stated by SOSA as three months and above at one spray a day and fifty days at two a day. The 50ml is ₹1,509 and 500 sprays, stated as about a year and more, and the spray combos carry 200 sprays. The format has no settings because there is nothing on it to set.
Safar: a 2000 mAh battery and a Type-C cable
Safar is the powered format: ₹3,999, or ₹4,499 for the hotel-inspired variant, with a 2000 mAh battery, Type-C charging and the cable in the box. It has three speed settings and a 1, 2 or 3 hour auto-off timer, and SOSA publishes no charge duration in any form. Up to ten hours continuous or thirty hours intermittent per charge is published, and that figure is the battery rather than the oil.
If a cable in the car is the objection, this is the format it lands on.
The scents, and the formats each one comes in
Eight of the nine car scents come as a 12ml hanging or a 10ml spray at the same price per scent: Jasmine ₹459, Lavender and Sandalwood ₹499, Icy Mint ₹499, Sandalwood ₹509, Lemon ₹509, Oud ₹519, Vetiver ₹519 and Sea Breeze ₹519. Mysore Orange Blossom ₹559 is the ninth and it is sold as a spray. Ruling out the powered format barely narrows the scent list, and SOSA publishes no ranking of the nine car scents by strength or by longevity.
Want to smell a trio before you commit a bottle? The three-spray discovery sets run ₹709 to ₹909. See the discovery sets →
What each format needs, and what SOSA does not publish
| What the record says | |
|---|---|
| Whether the format needs charging | Published for all three of SOSA's formats. The 12ml hanging and the 10ml spray carry no battery; Safar carries a 2000 mAh battery and a Type-C cable. |
| Whether a charge duration is published for Safar | It is not, in any form at all. No such figure exists on the record, so none appears on this page and none should appear on any other. |
| What the hanging bottle needs from you | Published: hanging it, and a 15ml refill at ₹399 to ₹449 once the bottle is empty at the end of 4 to 6 weeks of continuous diffusion. |
| What a product SOSA does not sell needs | Unpublished here, and not mine to state. Read the specification its maker publishes and look for a battery, a cable and a control panel. |
If you take the hanging bottle, your whole routine is this: hang it, turn the stopper if you want it stronger or subtler, and buy a 15ml refill when it is empty. If you take the spray, your routine is one press when you want it. Neither routine involves a socket, and that is a published property of the format rather than a judgement about it.
“Two of the three formats have no battery and no cable. That is a specification, and you can check it on the product page before you believe a word of this page.”
Choosing a format with no power, in four steps
- Decide that no cable is a requirement rather than a preference.
- That leaves the 12ml hanging bottle and the 10ml or 50ml spray.
- Pick between one hanging action and one press per journey.
- For anything SOSA does not sell, read its own published specification.
SOSA car fragrance
The two formats with nothing to charge
The hanging bottles and the sprays carry no battery and no cable. The specification for each sits on its product page, which is where I would rather you checked it than take my word.
10 ml sprays ₹459–₹559 · 12 ml hanging bottles ₹459–₹519 · 15 ml refills ₹399–₹449 · 50 ml spray ₹1,509 · three-spray discovery sets ₹709–₹909 · SOSA Safar ₹3,999, ₹4,499 hotel-inspired
View the Sandalwood hanging bottleSee the 15ml refillsQuestions, answered
Is there a SOSA car fragrance with no battery and no cable?
Does the hanging bottle have any electronic controls?
How long does SOSA Safar take to charge?
Are powered diffusers worse than hanging bottles?
What if I want no fragrance tasks at all?
If you would rather ask a person
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Sandalwood ₹509 for the 12ml hanging, and 15ml refills ₹399 to ₹449 across eight scents. A portion of every SOSA order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
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