★ SOSA Home & Body
Something small, sent on an ordinary day, for no reason other than that you thought of them
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★★★★★
"Sent my sister an attar on a Tuesday for no reason at all. She rang to ask what the occasion was. There wasn't one, and that was the whole point."
SOSA Adaa attar
★★★★★
"My girlfriend had a rough fortnight at work. I did not pretend a bottle would fix it - I just sent something small so she knew I had noticed."
Garden Bloom reed diffuser
★★★★★
"Long distance for two years. Posting her something every few months is the closest thing we have to turning up at the door."
SOSA Mastani attar
★★★★★
"Bought my father the hanging one because he drives to the plant every morning and would never spend on himself."
Sandalwood car perfume
★★★★★
"Was told the honest thing - that under four hundred rupees there was nothing worth sending - and to stretch a little instead. Ended up with the attar."
SOSA Ameeri attar
★★★★★
"Best friend moved cities and I could not visit. A reed diffuser felt less like a card and more like being in her flat."
Evening Calm reed diffuser
★★★★★
"Sent my sister an attar on a Tuesday for no reason at all. She rang to ask what the occasion was. There wasn't one, and that was the whole point."
SOSA Adaa attar
★★★★★
"My girlfriend had a rough fortnight at work. I did not pretend a bottle would fix it - I just sent something small so she knew I had noticed."
Garden Bloom reed diffuser
★★★★★
"Long distance for two years. Posting her something every few months is the closest thing we have to turning up at the door."
SOSA Mastani attar
★★★★★
"Bought my father the hanging one because he drives to the plant every morning and would never spend on himself."
Sandalwood car perfume
★★★★★
"Was told the honest thing - that under four hundred rupees there was nothing worth sending - and to stretch a little instead. Ended up with the attar."
SOSA Ameeri attar
★★★★★
"Best friend moved cities and I could not visit. A reed diffuser felt less like a card and more like being in her flat."
Evening Calm reed diffuser
✓ 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 · Just-Because & Surprise Fragrance Gifting
What should I avoid sending across a distance? Anything with a plug, a battery, an app or a setup step, and anything that needs a second purchase to work. A machine is a good product and a bad long-distance surprise, because you are not there to show them how it runs or which fluid it takes.
Does a just-because gift need to be expensive to matter? No, and expense works against it here. With no birthday or festival attached, a large parcel asks the person to work out what it signified before they can simply use it. Between ₹379 and ₹1,000 is where these stay easy to receive.
See SOSA Safar ₹3,999 →
When you hand somebody a gift you can explain it in the same breath. Sent from another city, the object has to do that on its own, with you not in the room. That single difference rules out more products than budget ever does, and it is why this page is a checklist rather than a list of ideas - four things a gift has to be before the question of which scent even comes up.
Leading with this because it passes every test on the page. The SOSA Attar Trio, from ₹1,055 - three sealed 3ml bottles of alcohol-free oil, flat enough to send easily, nothing to plug in and nothing to explain. If you want it lighter, a single attar from ₹379 does the same job with one bottle instead of three.
Quick answers — read this first
What should I send my long-distance partner for no reason? Something small, flat, sealed and self-explanatory. A 3ml attar from ₹379 or the Attar Trio from ₹1,055 if you cannot name a scent they wear. A 50ml reed diffuser from ₹749 works for their home and needs nothing but a shelf.What should I avoid sending across a distance? Anything with a plug, a battery, an app or a setup step, and anything that needs a second purchase to work. A machine is a good product and a bad long-distance surprise, because you are not there to show them how it runs or which fluid it takes.
Does a just-because gift need to be expensive to matter? No, and expense works against it here. With no birthday or festival attached, a large parcel asks the person to work out what it signified before they can simply use it. Between ₹379 and ₹1,000 is where these stay easy to receive.
The short answer
Short answer: Use four tests: small, flat, sealed, and nothing to plug in. A 3ml attar at Rs 379 passes all four, the Attar Trio at Rs 1,055 passes them too, and a 50ml reed diffuser at Rs 749 passes if they have their own room.
The pick: The SOSA Attar Trio from ₹1,055 - three sealed 3ml bottles, or a single attar from ₹379 if you want it lighter.
Why: It is flat, sealed and needs no instructions, and three characters in one box means they choose rather than you guessing at their taste from another city.
In this guide
A gift with no occasion attached has one job an occasion gift does not: it has to make sense on its own. That usually means small enough not to need explaining and useful enough not to sit there - which is why a ₹379 attar often lands better than something three times the price handed over with an apology for the timing.
Small enough to send
SOSA attars · from ₹379
For their home
Reed diffusers · from ₹749
Not sure what to send?
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Straight answer
What is worth sending a long-distance partner when there is no occasion?
Run it through four tests before you think about scent at all. Is it small - because with no occasion attached, a big parcel asks a question the person has to answer before they can enjoy it. Is it flat and sealed - a 3ml attar at ₹379 is a sealed roll-on bottle roughly the size of a thumb, which is about as easy to send as an object gets. Does it need a socket - if the answer is yes, leave it, because a machine needs setting up and you are not there to do it. Does it need a second purchase - the ₹299 Hotel Collection bottle is water-based fuel for an ultrasonic machine, so it is not a gift unless they already own one. What passes: attars from ₹379, the Attar Trio at ₹1,055, a 50ml reed diffuser from ₹749 lasting about 6 to 10 weeks, and car fragrance from ₹449 if they drive. A portion of every SOSA order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Handed over, a gift comes with you attached. Sent, it does not - so it has to make sense with nobody standing next to it.
Passes every test on this page: the SOSA Attar Trio at ₹1,055, three sealed 3ml bottles in one box, nothing to plug in and nothing to explain.
SOSA Attar Trio ₹1,055
The checklist: what actually survives being sent
There is a reason long-distance gift lists feel interchangeable: they sort by sentiment, which is the one variable that does not narrow anything down. Sort by what physically survives the trip and what needs no explanation at the other end, and most of the internet's suggestions fall out of the list immediately.
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The first test
Small, and smaller than you think
With no birthday or festival to hang it on, size is the thing that changes the meaning. A ₹379 attar reads as exactly what it is. The same gift at four times the price starts asking your partner what it marked and whether they have missed something, and that question uses up the goodwill the gesture was meant to create.
Practically, keep it between ₹379 and about ₹1,000. If you want the gift to feel more considered than that, put the extra effort into accuracy - the right scent for the room they actually sit in beats a bigger bottle of a scent you guessed at.
Practically, keep it between ₹379 and about ₹1,000. If you want the gift to feel more considered than that, put the extra effort into accuracy - the right scent for the room they actually sit in beats a bigger bottle of a scent you guessed at.
Tip: If they would feel they owe you something back, it is the wrong size for an ordinary day.
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The second test
Flat, sealed, and nothing that has to be handled carefully
This is the boring part of the checklist and it does most of the work. A 3ml or 6ml attar is a sealed roll-on bottle you could lose in a pocket. The Attar Trio is three of those in one box. A 50ml reed diffuser is glass with a sealed cap and a bundle of reeds, so it travels sensibly but it is not weightless - the 130ml at ₹1,249 to ₹1,349 is the size you buy for a home you are standing in, not the size you send.
Reed oil, the water-based Hotel Collection and waterless nebuliser oil are three different fluids and none of them is interchangeable. That is exactly the kind of detail you would explain in person and cannot explain from another city, which is the practical reason to send something that involves no fluid at all.
Reed oil, the water-based Hotel Collection and waterless nebuliser oil are three different fluids and none of them is interchangeable. That is exactly the kind of detail you would explain in person and cannot explain from another city, which is the practical reason to send something that involves no fluid at all.
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The third test
Nothing to plug in, charge, pair or assemble
SOSA makes machines and they are good machines. Boond at ₹899, Sukoon at ₹1,899 and Megh at ₹3,499 are ultrasonic and run the water-based Hotel Collection from ₹299. Safar at ₹3,999 is a waterless, cordless, rechargeable cold-diffusion car and travel diffuser. Vaayu at ₹11,999 is the waterless cold-air machine with a Bluetooth app and timer.
Every one of them is a considered purchase for somebody who has decided they want a machine. None of them is a just-because surprise for a person in another city, because the gift then comes with a job attached: work out which fluid, find a socket, read the instructions. Save those for when the person has asked for one, and send something that works the moment the box is open.
Every one of them is a considered purchase for somebody who has decided they want a machine. None of them is a just-because surprise for a person in another city, because the gift then comes with a job attached: work out which fluid, find a socket, read the instructions. Save those for when the person has asked for one, and send something that works the moment the box is open.
Tip: A gift that comes with homework attached is not a light gesture, whatever it cost.
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
The four tests, in the order to apply them
- Small first: keep it between Rs 379 and Rs 1,000 and do not round up.
- Flat and sealed: a 3ml attar or a 50ml reed, never the 130ml across a distance.
- Nothing to plug in, charge or pair - no machines as an unasked-for surprise.
- Nothing needing a second purchase: skip the Rs 299 bottle unless they own a machine.
The SOSA principle
A gift you hand over comes with you attached to it. A gift you send has to carry its own explanation, which means the simplest object usually wins.
That is a design constraint, not a compromise - and it rules out far more products than price does.
Which SOSA products pass the checklist, and in what size
Only once the checklist is passed does scent matter. For something worn, the four attars divide cleanly: Adaa is the bright daytime one at ₹379, bergamot with green cardamom and jasmine sambac; Ameeri at ₹385 is Taif rose, Indian sandalwood and Persian saffron; Mastani at ₹389 is night-blooming jasmine with damask rose and oudh; Nawaab at ₹399 is white royal oud with Mysore sandalwood and Kashmir saffron. For a home you have not stood in, Morning Freshness at ₹749 is the least declarative of the reeds - Malabar lemon and mint, which is hard to object to in a flat you cannot picture. Garden Bloom and Evening Calm are ₹799, and Mountain Breeze and Fresh Brew are ₹849 and are stronger opinions.
The SOSA gift edit
What passes the checklist, and where each one still fails
| The option | Who it suits, and where it fails |
|---|---|
| A single attar · ₹379 to ₹1,199 | Passes all four tests comfortably: sealed, thumb-sized, no instructions, no second purchase. The default send. It fails when you have guessed the character wrong, which is why the 3ml is the right first one and the 12ml is not. |
| The Attar Trio · ₹1,055 to ₹3,189 | Ameeri, Nawaab and Mastani in one box, so the choosing is handed to them rather than guessed by you. The best answer when you cannot name a scent they wear. It fails by looking like a set - three bottles can read as more of an event than an ordinary Tuesday was meant to be. |
| A 50ml reed diffuser · ₹749 to ₹849 | Glass, sealed, passive, about 6 to 10 weeks, nothing to plug in or switch off. The right send when you are buying for a room rather than a person. It fails in a shared flat, and the 130ml is the wrong size to send at all - buy that one for a home you are standing in. |
| Car fragrance · ₹449 to ₹549 | Nine scents, each in a mild hanging format and a stronger spray at the same price. Small, sealed and used daily by anybody who commutes. It fails completely for somebody who rarely drives, and refills at ₹399 to ₹429 are only for a person who already owns the bottle. |
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 →
One thing the checklist deliberately leaves out: there is no gift box, ribbon, printed card or note service here, so whatever you send goes without a message unless you send the message yourself. That is not a gap to be embarrassed about - it is a reason to write two lines separately, in your own words, rather than hoping an object says something specific for you. The object is the proof you were thinking about them on a day when nothing made you. The words are the content. Keep those two jobs separate and both get done properly.
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 you are surprising, whether they drive, whether their home is already scented and what you want to spend - and you will be told which one to send, including when the cheaper one is the better gift.
The test I use for anything going to another city is simple: could they open it, understand it and use it in under a minute, with nobody there to help? If not, it is the wrong thing to send.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
The SOSA gifting range
Three questions settle almost every one of these. Will it be worn, in which case it is a taste decision and you need to be able to name something they already wear? Will it sit in a room, in which case it is a placement decision and a reed diffuser asks nothing of you except an address? Or does it go in a car, where the real choice is between the mild hanging format and the stronger spray at the same price? Answer that, then pick the band - and with no occasion attached, the band should usually be lower than you first reach for.
The SOSA 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 send? Tell SOSA on WhatsApp at +91 96192 18531 who you are surprising, roughly how old they are, whether they drive, whether they already keep their home scented, and what you want to spend. You will get one straight recommendation, including the times the honest answer is the cheaper product or a different category altogether. Bulk orders 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 advice about anybody's wellbeing: a gift is a way of telling somebody you thought about them, and where a person is genuinely struggling it belongs alongside showing up for them rather than in place of it.
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A note from Sonal
The orders I like most are the ones with no date attached. Somebody buys one attar on a Wednesday afternoon and asks us to send it to a flat in another city, and there is no birthday in the note and no anniversary and no festival. Those are, in my experience, the gifts that actually get used, and I think the reason is unglamorous: nobody has to live up to them. An anniversary gift carries an expectation. A Wednesday gift carries none, so it gets opened, put on a shelf and used the next morning.
The practical advice I give people is the opposite of what they expect. Go smaller than you think. A large unexplained present asks a question - what is this for, what do I owe you - and the person receiving it spends energy answering it. A ₹379 attar, a ₹449 car scent, a ₹749 reed diffuser: these are small enough to be accepted without any of that. If you want to spend more, spend it on accuracy instead of size - the right scent for somebody's actual flat beats a bigger bottle of the wrong one every time.
One honest thing about the harder version of this. People write to us when somebody they love is having a terrible week, and they want to send something that helps. I will not tell you that a fragrance does that, because it does not. What a small parcel says is: I was thinking about you on a day when nothing made me. That is a real thing to say to somebody and it is worth saying. It is not treatment, it is not a substitute for turning up, and anybody who sells it to you as either is selling you something else.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best just-because gift to send a long-distance partner?
A 3ml SOSA attar at Rs 379 to Rs 399 if you can name a scent they like, or the Attar Trio at Rs 1,055 if you cannot. Both are sealed, flat and need no instructions. A 50ml reed diffuser at Rs 749 to Rs 849 is the version for their home if they have a room of their own.
Should I send a diffuser machine to my long-distance partner?
Not as an unasked-for surprise. A machine needs a socket or charging and the correct fluid, and you are not there to set it up or explain it. Boond at Rs 899, Sukoon at Rs 1,899 and Megh at Rs 3,499 are worth buying for somebody who has said they want one.
Is the Rs 299 Hotel Collection bottle a good small gift?
No. It is water-based fuel for an ultrasonic machine rather than a standalone gift, so it only makes sense for somebody who already owns one. The cheapest real standalone gift is a 3ml attar at Rs 379, then car hanging refills at Rs 399 to Rs 429, then car fragrance at Rs 449.
How much should I spend on a gift with no occasion behind it?
Between Rs 379 and about Rs 1,000 covers nearly every version of this well. Above that, the size of the gift starts doing the talking, and on an ordinary day that is the one thing you did not want it to do.
Can I send something for their home if I have never seen their flat?
Yes, but choose the least declarative scent and the smaller size. Morning Freshness at Rs 749 in 50ml is lemon and mint and is hard to object to in a room you cannot picture. Save Fresh Brew and Mountain Breeze at Rs 849 for a home whose character you actually know.
Take the next step
Send the thing that explains itself
A 3ml attar from ₹379 or the Trio from ₹1,055 if you can picture them wearing something. A 50ml reed diffuser from ₹749 if you are buying for their room instead. Car fragrance from ₹449 if they drive. All of them sealed, small and usable the moment the box is open - and all of them small enough not to need an occasion behind them.
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 small thing, sent on a day that was not marked on any calendar
SOSA — alcohol-free fragrance, made in India, sent because you thought of them and not because a date told you to
Alcohol-free attars from ₹379 in 3ml, 6ml and 12ml, the Attar Trio from ₹1,055, reed diffusers from ₹749 lasting about 6 to 10 weeks and car fragrance from ₹449 in a mild hanging format or a stronger spray at the same price. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
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More just-because 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. No claim is made anywhere on this page about mood, stress, calm, sleep, comfort or wellbeing: fragrance is a scent, not a treatment, and where a product name contains a word such as Calm that is a name and not an effect. Where this guide covers sending something to a person having a difficult time, it treats a gift as a gesture of attention alongside real support and never as a substitute for a person or for professional help, and it gives no mental-health advice. No delivery date, dispatch time, order cut-off, 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.