How much do SOSA perfumes cost? Alcohol-free, at ₹599 for 10ml, ₹1,799 or ₹1,899 for 50ml and ₹3,499 or ₹3,599 for 100ml. For a gift with no occasion attached the 10ml is the right size, because the whole point is to stay small enough not to need explaining.
Which SOSA perfume should I pick? Match the family she already wears. Bahaar is pear and freesia, Chashni is sweet fruity gourmand, Khayaal is the softer modern one, Zaffran is saffron and sweet amber and Tabac Noir is tobacco and vanilla. These are SOSA's own compositions, not the designer fragrances they are described as inspired by.
The two conditions that have to be true before you buy a perfume
Two conditions have to hold before perfume is the right purchase, and a third decision follows only if both do. Most of the difficulty on this page is in the first two, which are about knowledge rather than money, and the third is a size question people almost always answer in the wrong direction.
If you cannot answer it, no amount of reading the notes on a page will fix that, and buying anyway is how people end up with the 50ml on the shelf. The honest alternative is not a more expensive perfume, it is a different product: a 3ml attar at ₹379, or something for a room she uses.
There is also the alcohol-free question, which is a real difference rather than a marketing line. SOSA perfumes and attars are alcohol-free, so they behave differently on skin from a conventional spray: closer, softer at the edges, without the sharp opening a high-alcohol scent has. That is a feature for some people and a disappointment for somebody who likes the lift of a traditional eau de parfum, and it is better to know which she is beforehand.
The 50ml and the 100ml are repurchase sizes. They are the right buy when she has already worn the 10ml down and told you she likes it, or when you are replacing a bottle you have watched her empty. Buying either of them as a first guess converts a small uncertainty into a large visible one, at three to six times the price.
- Name the family in one phrase: sweet, fruity, rose, woody, saffron or tobacco.
- Check she actually rotates fragrances rather than wearing one for years.
- Tell her it is alcohol-free, because it sits closer to the skin than a spray.
- Buy the 10ml at Rs 599. Keep 50ml and 100ml for a proven repeat.
The five SOSA perfumes, and which size to buy
The five SOSA perfumes are alcohol-free and sold in 10ml, 50ml and 100ml. Bahaar is English pear and freesia, the lightest and the easiest to wear in daylight, at ₹599, ₹1,899 and ₹3,599. Chashni is a sweet fruity gourmand at the same prices, and is the one to pick if what she wears is recognisably edible. Khayaal is the softer modern composition, also ₹599, ₹1,899 and ₹3,599. Zaffran is saffron with sweet amber at ₹599, ₹1,799 and ₹3,499, and it is the most assertive of the five. Tabac Noir is tobacco and vanilla at the same prices and is the deepest, which makes it an evening choice rather than an all-day one. Each of these is described as inspired by a well-known designer fragrance; SOSA is independent, and these are SOSA's own compositions rather than those fragrances.
| The option | Who it suits, and where it fails |
|---|---|
| A 10ml perfume · ₹599 | Alcohol-free personal fragrance in the smallest size made. The right buy when you can name her family in one phrase, and the only perfume size that suits a gift with no occasion attached. It fails when the phrase was a guess, though at ₹599 it fails cheaply. |
| A 50ml or 100ml perfume · ₹1,799 to ₹3,599 | The repurchase sizes. Genuinely the right gift when she has finished a bottle and asked for it again. It fails as a first guess, because a large bottle of the wrong thing is a mistake she has to keep looking at rather than one that quietly runs out. |
| A 3ml attar · ₹379 to ₹399 | Alcohol-free concentrated oil, rolled on rather than sprayed, in four characters. The better buy when you half know her taste, because it is smaller and the format itself is the interesting part. It fails for somebody who wants a fragrance that carries across a room. |
| A 50ml reed diffuser · ₹749 to ₹849 | Home fragrance for one room, about 6 to 10 weeks, nothing to plug in. The right buy when you cannot name anything she wears, because it sidesteps the taste question entirely. It fails if she already keeps her home scented and has her own preferences there. |
Two practical notes before you buy. Alcohol-free fragrance sits closer to the skin than a conventional spray, so it is applied at the pulse points and reapplied more readily through the day, and that is worth saying when you hand it over rather than leaving her to work out why it behaves differently. And if the 10ml at ₹599 still feels like more of a decision about her than you want to make on an ordinary day, that instinct is probably right: a 3ml attar at ₹379 or a 50ml reed diffuser at ₹749 makes no claim about her taste at all.
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.
| 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.
- 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.
Versailles
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
- 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
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.
