What is the common failure? A bottle that satisfies four criteria and fails the one that was actually a gate, usually because the gate was treated as a heavy weighting and traded off against price and scent.
What can SOSA meet? The brand-answerable group in full, per product. It cannot meet a verified blanket vegan claim or an analytical phthalate-absence claim, and it will not predict your skin response.
Sorting your criteria into answerable and not
The value of sorting before shopping is that it changes what you do with each criterion rather than just how you weigh it. A criterion in group one becomes a message: you send it, you get an answer, and the answer either passes or fails. A criterion in group two becomes an appointment: no amount of brand communication substitutes for it, and treating a brand's reassurance as a substitute is how people get hurt. A criterion in group three becomes a budget decision: either you move up to a price point where the claim becomes arithmetically possible and can be documented, or you drop the criterion and buy a composition knowingly. Those are three different actions, and a buyer who has not sorted will try to resolve all five criteria with the same activity, which is usually reading product pages. Reading product pages resolves none of the three. There is a particular trap with previous reactions that deserves naming, because it sits across groups one and two. The allergen list is in group one and the interpretation is in group two, which means a brand can hand you half of what you need and you can mistake it for the whole. Having the list in hand feels like progress and it is only progress if somebody qualified reads it against your history. The second half of that is the part people skip, usually because the first half was free and quick. If you have ever reacted to a fragranced product, treat the list as something you collect in order to take it somewhere, rather than as the answer itself.
What our range can and cannot meet
What our range can and cannot meet. Can: all of group one, per product and size, for Adaa at ₹379, Ameeri at ₹385, Mastani at ₹389 and Nawaab at ₹399, with the trio at ₹1,055. Cannot: a verified blanket vegan claim, because we have not completed verification across the fragrance, carrier, additives and packaging for every product; an analytical phthalate-absence claim, because we have not commissioned finished-batch testing; a religious certification, because we hold none; and any prediction about your skin. Not applicable: rare natural material claims, because our prices are character prices and we do not make them.
| Scent | Why it suits the mood |
|---|---|
| Alcohol requirement | Group one. An oil carrier with no added ethanol, as a formulation claim, confirmable in writing per product and size |
| Ingredient restrictions | Group one for named materials and animal-derived content across four places. Not a blanket vegan claim, which we have not earned |
| Previous reactions | Group two. We supply the allergen list; a dermatologist reads it against your history. We will not predict your response |
| Fragrance preference and budget | Yours to decide, and our four sit within ₹20 at 3ml, so budget mostly chooses the size rather than the attar |
For the exact wording of the group-one request, what to request from SOSA about ethanol, DEP and fragrance allergens. For the appointment half of group two, what to ask the brand and your dermatologist. And for the full perfumer's checklist across every criterion, the complete attar evaluation checklist. Ask us group one at +91 96192 18531. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA attar range
Every SOSA attar is formulated with an oil carrier and no added ethanol, with no intentionally added DEP, and is made in small batches in India. Each comes in 3ml, 6ml and 12ml so that a first purchase can be small. Here is the range, and what we think you should interrogate on each one.
| Product | Where it sits | What it is, and what to ask us about it | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adaa attar 3ml | Daytime · the lightest way in | Bergamot, green cardamom, jasmine sambac and white musk. The cheapest honest test of whether oil-based fragrance suits your skin at all | ₹379 |
| Ameeri attar 3ml | Festive · rose and sandalwood | Taif rose, Indian sandalwood, saffron and soft oudh. The one to ask the sourcing questions about, because the name makes claims worth checking | ₹385 |
| Mastani attar 3ml | Evening · jasmine and rose | Night-blooming jasmine, Damask rose and oudh. Floral-heavy, so the page to read first if florals have troubled your skin before | ₹389 |
| Nawaab attar 3ml | Statement · oud and saffron | White royal oud, Mysore sandalwood and Kashmir saffron. Our most-questioned name, and the one we most expect you to ask us to substantiate | ₹399 |
| Attar trio 3ml | Three at once · cheaper than three | Ameeri, Nawaab and Mastani together. Bought singly the three 3ml bottles come to ₹1,173, so the trio saves ₹118 | ₹1,055 |
| Beast solid perfume 15g | No bottle · no spill | An alcohol-free solid body perfume. A different format for the same requirement, useful if a rollerball applicator is the part that worries you | ₹549 |
Each attar comes in 3ml, 6ml and 12ml. Adaa is ₹379 / ₹669 / ₹1,149; Ameeri ₹385 / ₹679 / ₹1,165; Mastani ₹389 / ₹685 / ₹1,179; Nawaab ₹399 / ₹699 / ₹1,199. The three-attar trio is ₹1,055 / ₹1,859 / ₹3,189, against ₹1,173 / ₹2,063 / ₹3,543 for the same three bought singly, so the trio saves ₹118, ₹204 or ₹354 depending on size. If you have reacted to a fragrance before, buy the 3ml: the saving on a larger bottle is a poor trade against a 12ml bottle of something your skin dislikes. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Versailles
I could sell more attar by writing "chemical-free" on the bottle. I will not, and I want to explain why in a way that is useful to you rather than flattering to us. Every fragrance ever made is chemicals. Rose oil is several hundred chemicals that a plant assembled. The word is not a safety claim; it is a word chosen because it tests well.
The same goes for "hypoallergenic" and "safe for everyone". No ordinary fragrance product can substantiate either. A skin-applied perfume is a product that a small number of people will react to, and a brand that tells you otherwise is either not thinking carefully or hoping you will not.
What I can do is tell you what we know and show you the paper. Our attars are formulated with an oil carrier and no added ethanol. There is no intentionally added DEP. We hold supplier IFRA conformity statements for the concentrates, the declarable-allergen lists that come with them, and a safety assessment of the finished attar at the strength we actually sell it at. Ask me for any of that on WhatsApp at +91 96192 18531 and you will get it, per product, with the formula percentages withheld because those are the recipe and not the safety information.
And where I cannot answer, I will say so rather than improvise. If you have reacted to fragrance before, I am not the right person to tell you whether you will react to mine - a dermatologist with our allergen list in hand is. Buy the 3ml. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
SOSA product facts verified October 2026: SOSA sells four attars, each in 3ml, 6ml and 12ml. Adaa (bergamot, green cardamom, jasmine sambac, white musk) is ₹379, ₹669 and ₹1,149. Ameeri (Taif rose, Indian sandalwood, saffron, soft oudh) is ₹385, ₹679 and ₹1,165. Mastani (night-blooming jasmine, Damask rose, oudh) is ₹389, ₹685 and ₹1,179. Nawaab (white royal oud, Mysore sandalwood, Kashmir saffron) is ₹399, ₹699 and ₹1,199. The Ameeri, Nawaab and Mastani trio is ₹1,055, ₹1,859 and ₹3,189. Beast solid body perfume is 15g at ₹549.
SOSA formulation and documentation position: SOSA attars are formulated with an oil carrier and no added ethanol, and contain no intentionally added diethyl phthalate. SOSA holds supplier IFRA conformity statements for the fragrance concentrates used in its attars, the declarable-allergen lists supplied with those concentrates, and a safety assessment of the finished attar at its actual selling concentration. These are available per product on request via WhatsApp on +91 96192 18531; formula compositions and percentages are not disclosed. SOSA does not describe its attars as chemical-free, hypoallergenic, non-toxic or safe for everyone, and does not claim that its documentation prevents individual reactions. Whether a named material in a product title is present as a natural extract or as a formulated accord is a product-level question answered on request, as is whether a particular attar contains animal-derived materials. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live collection pages.
General fragrance-safety context: IFRA Standards restrict, prohibit or set limits on fragrance materials by product use category, and a conformity statement relates to a concentrate as assessed for a stated use, not to a finished product in the abstract. The EU list of fragrance substances that must be declared on cosmetic labels began at 26 substances and has since been substantially expanded. Agarwood-producing Aquilaria species and musk deer are listed under CITES, and Santalum album is a species of conservation concern, which is why sourcing questions on oud, musk and sandalwood are reasonable to ask of any seller. Nothing on this page is medical advice; if your skin reacts to a fragrance, stop using it and speak to a dermatologist.