How should I send them? All six in one numbered message, each phrased as a closed question. Numbering makes it easy for support to answer in order and awkward for them to skip one, which is exactly the effect you want.
What if support cannot answer? I will check with the formulation team or supplier and come back to you is a good answer. Instant reassurance in place of a fact means the information is not held, which is itself an answer.
Six questions, and how to send them
A word about who you are actually writing to, because it changes how to phrase things. In a small brand, customer support is often the founder, and your questions will reach somebody who knows the answers or knows who does. In a larger operation you are writing to someone following a script, who may not have access to a specification and whose training is in resolving queries rather than in formulation. Neither situation is improved by an adversarial tone, and both are improved by questions that are easy to route. A numbered list of closed questions is the most routable thing you can send: a support agent who cannot answer number three can forward number three, whereas a paragraph of concerns can only be answered with a paragraph of reassurance because there is nothing in it to route. It is also worth noticing which of the six is most often missing from product pages, and it is usually the second. Alcohol content gets stated because it sells. Allergen information gets omitted because it is not a selling point and because many brands do not hold it. But intended use and use category get omitted because almost nobody has thought about them, which means asking is frequently the first time anyone at the brand has considered which exposure situation their product corresponds to. That is a useful intervention rather than an imposition, and a brand that comes back having actually checked has improved as a result of your message. The sixth question about storage is the one buyers skip and the one that will affect your bottle most, especially in an Indian summer.
What a good reply looks like
What a good reply looks like: six short factual answers, or five answers and a note that the sixth is being checked. What a poor reply looks like: a warm paragraph that touches none of the six, or confidentiality cited for the allergen list, which is a document rather than a formula. For our part, the answers are an oil carrier named per product with no added ethanol; the leave-on skin-applied fine fragrance case; yes to the allergen list; yes to the finished-product assessment at the selling concentration; a yes or no on any named material; and keep it out of sunlight and heat.
| Scent | Why it suits the mood |
|---|---|
| 1. Carrier and ethanol | An oil carrier, named per product on request, with no added ethanol and no intentionally added DEP |
| 2. Intended use and use category | A leave-on fine fragrance applied to skin, assessed against that case at the actual selling concentration |
| 3 and 4. Allergen list and assessment | Both available per product and size, whether or not you order. Not the formula or the percentages |
| 5 and 6. Named material and storage | A yes or no on any material you name, and a storage instruction: out of sunlight, away from heat, not in a car |
For the three messages that work when a page says alcohol-free without naming a base, what to ask an online attar seller. For the full set of what we will send, what product-specific safety information SOSA makes available. And for the storage side in detail, storing a premium attar through Indian summer. Send us the six 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.