★ SOSA for Women's Health and Wellness Centres
Derive the register from what the rooms do, shortlist two or three, test each for a week in the real room at a low setting, ask the front desk rather than yourself, then lock it and write it down
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★ One machine to test with, one to hold it
SOSA VaayuSukoon ₹1,899 - three fragrances, for the test weeksView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuVaayu ₹11,999 - to hold the winner at one levelView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuKey-lock, so the decision survives the yearView ₹11,999
✓ A five-step method with the total spend named out loud, including where it stops at ₹1,899 ✓ Public areas only - examination, prenatal, postpartum, lactation and treatment rooms stay unscented ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Women's Health
Why can I not just choose the one I like? Because you are the worst-placed person in the building to judge it. Your sense of the level adapts within about twenty minutes of arriving, so by ten in the morning you are choosing on a nose that has stopped reporting. A bottle smelled at arm's length is also nothing like the same material dispersed at a low setting across a room with people, air conditioning and a door opening every four minutes. Test in the room, over a week, and then ask somebody who sits in that air all day.
What does the whole method cost? Name it out loud. A small clinic under about 750 sq ft: one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899, which ships with three 15ml fragrances - so the test kit and the final machine are the same purchase and the total is ₹1,899. A centre past about 1,500 sq ft: the same Sukoon to test with, then one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 to hold it. Total ₹13,898.
See the SOSA Vaayu Book a scenting plan
Facts verified 5 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting 90+ days a fill depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, operation under 38dB at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification, which are electrical and compliance marks and not medical approvals. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft and is supplied with three 15ml fragrances; the water-based Hotel Collection (₹299 / ₹999 / ₹1,799) is an ultrasonic fragrance and is not a refill for a waterless cold-air machine. SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with 50ml lasting about 6-8 weeks and 130ml about 14-18 weeks. Cold-air refill oil for the Vaayu is not currently sold separately - the machine ships with 400ml included and further refills should be confirmed with SOSA. Warranty, annual maintenance, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed before ordering. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and infection control and is never a substitute for any of them, it is never used to mask another smell, and no claim is made that fragrance influences a patient's decision or any commercial outcome. Clinical areas including procedure, post-procedure and photography rooms are left unscented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations; SOSA is an independent brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel named for reference. Coverage, fragrance usage and running cost depend on the space, settings and hours of use, and are confirmed on a consultation. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.
Most founders choose a signature scent the way they choose a candle - by smelling three bottles on a desk and picking the nicest one. That method fails in a clinic for a reason that has nothing to do with taste: a bottle at arm's length and a room at a low setting are two different things, and only one of them is what your patients will meet.
Quick answers — read this first
What is the actual method? Five steps, in this order. One: derive the register from what the rooms do, not from the interior or the brand. Two: shortlist two or three in that register, no more. Three: run each for a full week in the real room at a low setting. Four: ask the front desk, not yourself. Five: lock the level and write it down so it survives a staff change. The middle three are the ones everybody skips, and skipping them is why so many clinics are on their third fragrance.Why can I not just choose the one I like? Because you are the worst-placed person in the building to judge it. Your sense of the level adapts within about twenty minutes of arriving, so by ten in the morning you are choosing on a nose that has stopped reporting. A bottle smelled at arm's length is also nothing like the same material dispersed at a low setting across a room with people, air conditioning and a door opening every four minutes. Test in the room, over a week, and then ask somebody who sits in that air all day.
What does the whole method cost? Name it out loud. A small clinic under about 750 sq ft: one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899, which ships with three 15ml fragrances - so the test kit and the final machine are the same purchase and the total is ₹1,899. A centre past about 1,500 sq ft: the same Sukoon to test with, then one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 to hold it. Total ₹13,898.
The short answer
Short answer: derive the register from what the rooms actually do, shortlist two or three in that register, run each for a full week in the real room at a low setting, ask the front desk rather than trusting your own nose, then lock the level and write it down so it survives a staff change. Total spend ₹1,899 for a small clinic, or ₹13,898 for a larger centre that tests with a Sukoon and holds with a Vaayu.
The pick: test with one SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899, three 15ml fragrances included) and, past about 1,500 sq ft, hold the winner with one SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) key-locked at a recorded level.
Next step: send the floor plan with clinical and public rooms marked, and tell us who sits at the front desk all day, and we will give you a two-name shortlist and a test schedule - Ask for a clinic scenting plan.
In this guide
Steps three and four are the ones everybody skips, and they are the two that decide whether the choice survives contact with an actual working day.
The machines the method uses - tap for specifications
To hold the winner, past 1,500 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999
Where the register comes from
What a premium women's clinic should smell like
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
How do I choose a signature scent for a premium women's wellness clinic?
In five steps, and the order matters more than any individual choice. Step one: derive the register from what the rooms do. Not from the interior, not from the brand deck, not from the fact that the patients are women. This building performs examinations, scans, procedures and long private consultations, and the environmental cue that supports all of that is cleanliness rather than prettiness - so the register is clean, dry and cool: white tea, a dry light citrus, or soft dry woods such as cedar, pine and sage. Everything soft, sweet, powdery or floral is out, including the direction your beige-and-blush interior has been quietly recommending for the last eighteen months. Step two: shortlist two or three, and no more. A longer shortlist is not more rigorous, it just makes the decision take a quarter instead of a fortnight. Two is usually enough: one dry-woody and one fresh-citrus, and your wall colour will decide between them more reliably than your preference will. Step three: run each for a full week in the real room at a low setting. This is the step that gets skipped and it is the one that matters. A bottle smelled at arm's length and the same material dispersed across a room with air conditioning, people, and a door opening every four minutes are not the same experience, and a fragrance that is lovely in the hand can be entirely wrong at ten metres. A week, because day one tells you nothing except that something changed. Step four: ask the front desk, not yourself. Your own nose adapts within about twenty minutes of arriving, which is precisely why every over-scented reception was over-scented by someone being careful - they turned it up until they could smell it again. The person on the desk sits in that air for eight hours. Ask her whether she notices a fragrance or simply a clean room; a clean room is the right answer. Ask a returning patient nothing, and watch instead: if a patient can identify the fragrance, it is too strong. Step five: lock it and write it down. Record the profile and the intensity as an actual number, key-lock the machine, name one person who may change it, and put all of that in the operations folder next to the opening checklist - because a signature is a thing you have not changed, and an unwritten setting lasts about one staff change. Now the total, named out loud. Under about 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 is both the test kit and the final machine, because it ships with three 15ml fragrances - total spend ₹1,899, and a Vaayu at that size would be the wrong buy. Past about 1,500 sq ft, or wherever there is a corridor and closed cabins, test on the Sukoon and hold the winner on one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 - total spend ₹13,898, two machines, one of which moves to a second site later. The standing rules do not change at any step: public areas only, with examination, prenatal, scan, postpartum, lactation and pelvic-floor treatment rooms unscented rather than lightly scented, one seating area unscented by design, staff able to switch it off in seconds, and no argument if a patient objects. This is an ambience decision that makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim and no promise about any business outcome; it works alongside your cleaning and ventilation rather than instead of them and is never used to cover another smell; and your judgement as the treating clinician overrides all of it in your own rooms. Ask for a clinic scenting plan and we will send back a two-name shortlist and a test schedule rather than a catalogue.
Derive the register from what the rooms do, shortlist two or three, run each for a week in the real room at a low setting, ask the front desk rather than yourself, then lock the level and write it down. ₹1,899 for a small clinic, ₹13,898 for a larger centre.
The method uses two machines and sometimes one. SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 with three 15ml fragrances is the test kit, and under 750 sq ft it is also the final answer. Past 1,500 sq ft, SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 holds the winner behind a key-lock at a recorded level.
See the SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 Ask for a clinic scenting plan
The two steps everybody skips
A week in the real room, and somebody else's nose
The two machines the method uses
One machine to test with and one to hold the result, and for a smaller clinic they are the same machine. Buy the cheap one first in either case.
The test kit, and the answer under 750 sq ft
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, supplied with three 15ml fragrances - which is exactly what step three needs, a way to run two or three candidates for a week each in the actual room. For a single clinic reception it is also the final machine, and the total spend stops at ₹1,899.
From ₹1,899
To hold the winner, past about 1,500 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft. 400ml tank running 90+ days a fill, Bluetooth app with 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, adjustable intensity, under 38dB, 5W, auto-stop and key-lock. Step five is what you are buying: a recorded level that nobody can quietly move.
From ₹11,999
The five steps, in order
Grouped into the three that carry the weight. The first decides what you are choosing between, the second decides how you choose, and the third decides whether the choice is still true next March.
1
Derive, then shortlist to two
The register comes from what the rooms do, and then the choice is nearly made
Start from the procedures rather than the palette. A building that performs examinations, scans and private consultations wants a room that reads as clean, dry and cool - white tea, a dry light citrus, or soft dry woods such as cedar, pine and sage. That single decision removes the entire soft, sweet, floral and powdery half of perfumery, including whatever your interior has been recommending, and it removes it on grounds you can defend to a clinical partner. Then shortlist two: one dry-woody, one fresh-citrus. Warm wood, stone and beige take the woody; bright white and pale grey take the citrus. A shortlist of six is not more rigorous, it is just slower.
Tip: Write the reason for the register down in one line. You will be asked to justify it later.
2
A week each, in the real room, set low
A bottle in the hand tells you almost nothing about a room at ten metres
Dispersed at a low setting into a working reception - with air conditioning, a door opening every few minutes and fifteen people moving through - a fragrance behaves nothing like the same material smelled at arm's length. Some candidates thin out to nothing, others become obvious at the far end of the corridor. So run each one for a full week at a genuinely low setting, because the first day only tells you that something changed. Run them consecutively rather than in different rooms, keep the setting identical between them, and change nothing else in the building that week. This is unglamorous and it is the step that stops a clinic being on its third fragrance by the following year.
Tip: Start lower than feels right. You can raise it once at the end of the week; you cannot un-notice it.
3
Ask the desk, then lock it and write it down
Your nose stopped reporting at about twenty past nine, and an unwritten setting lasts one staff change
You adapt within twenty minutes of arriving, which is why over-scented receptions are almost always the work of somebody careful who kept turning it up until they could smell it again. The person on the front desk sits in that air for eight hours - ask her whether she notices a fragrance or simply a clean room, and take a clean room as the right answer. Then close it out: record the profile and the intensity as a number, key-lock the machine, name one person who may change it, and file all of it with the opening checklist. If a patient can identify the fragrance, it is too strong, and if she objects, reduce or switch off without argument.
The SOSA principle
Choosing a signature scent is not a tasting exercise, it is a testing one - and the two people least able to judge the result are the founder, whose nose adapted at twenty past nine, and the perfumer, who has never stood in the room.
Everything that goes wrong in this decision goes wrong between the bottle on the desk and the room at ten metres.
The method as a checklist
Print this, work down it over about three weeks, and do not let anyone jump to the last row first.
The SOSA plan
The five steps, what each one produces, and what it costs
| The step | What to do |
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1 · Derive the register
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From what the rooms do rather than the interior or the brand. Clean, dry and cool - white tea, dry light citrus, cedar, pine, sage. Costs nothing and takes ten minutes. |
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2 · Shortlist two or three
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One dry-woody and one fresh-citrus is usually the whole list. Your wall colour decides between them more reliably than your preference does. |
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3 · A week each, in the real room
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At a genuinely low setting, consecutively, with nothing else changed. The Sukoon ships with three fragrances, which is exactly what this step needs. ₹1,899. |
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4 · Ask the front desk
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She sits in that air for eight hours; you adapted twenty minutes after arriving. A clean room is the right answer, not a fragrance she can name. |
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5 · Lock it and write it down
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Record the profile and the intensity as a number, key-lock the machine, name one owner, and file it with the opening checklist. ₹11,999 past 1,500 sq ft. |
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The standing rules, at every step
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Public areas only. Examination, prenatal, scan, postpartum, lactation and treatment rooms unscented rather than lightly scented, and one seating area unscented by design. |
If you have not settled the register yet, the four candidate directions are weighed with a verdict in whether a women's health clinic should smell fresh, floral, woody or completely neutral. And if you are still deciding whether a signature is worth committing to in the first place, the definition that decides it is in should a women's health centre have a signature fragrance. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
Test small, hold steady
SOSA Sukoon ₹1,899 to run the test weeks, SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 to hold the winner at a recorded level.
The founder and the perfumer are the two people least qualified to sign this off. She adapted twenty minutes after walking in, and I have never once stood in the room.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why step five needs hardware
A decision that cannot be locked is a decision that gets remade every quarter
The SOSA specification, and the total
Two machines run this method and for a smaller clinic only one of them is needed. The totals are stated rather than implied, because the most useful thing I can tell most founders is that this decision does not have to be expensive. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA women's-health specification
The method, priced - ₹1,899 or ₹13,898
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Sukoon
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Testing at any size, and the final answer under about 750 sq ft | 270-320 sq ft coverage with three 15ml fragrances included. Total spend stops here at ₹1,899 for a single clinic reception | ₹1,899 View → |
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SOSA Vaayu
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Holding the winner in a centre of 1,500 sq ft and up | 1000m³ (about 2,000-3,000 sq ft), recordable intensity, key-lock, app timers, 90+ days a fill, under 38dB. Total with the test Sukoon: ₹13,898 | ₹11,999 View → |
Work the five steps in order, do not shorten the test weeks, and take the front desk's answer over your own. Keep every examination, prenatal, scan, postpartum, lactation and treatment room completely unscented rather than lightly scented, keep one seating area unscented by design with reception knowing which one, and make sure any member of staff can switch the machine off in seconds - if a patient objects, reduce or switch off without argument or explanation. Fragrance here is an ambience decision that makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim and no promise about any business outcome; it works alongside cleaning and ventilation rather than instead of them, and is never used to cover another smell. Ask for a clinic scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
Almost everybody who asks me this has already done the tasting. Three bottles on a desk, a quiet afternoon, and a favourite. I understand the appeal, and it is the wrong test, because none of your patients will ever meet the fragrance the way you just did. They will meet a low concentration of it, dispersed across a room with air conditioning and a door that opens every four minutes, while they are thinking about something else entirely.
So the method is built to replace the tasting. Derive the register from what the rooms do, which takes ten minutes and removes ninety per cent of the options on defensible grounds. Shortlist two. Run each for a full week in the actual reception at a genuinely low setting. Then ask the person on the front desk, because your own nose stopped reporting twenty minutes after you arrived, and hers has been in that air for eight hours. Then lock the level, write it down, and name one person allowed to change it, or you will be doing this again next year.
The totals are small and I would rather say them than let anyone assume otherwise. A clinic under about 750 sq ft: one Sukoon at ₹1,899, which is the test kit and the final machine in the same box. Total ₹1,899. A centre past 1,500 sq ft: the same Sukoon to test with, then a Vaayu at ₹11,999 to hold it. Total ₹13,898. Every room where you examine, scan or treat gets nothing at all, one seat in the waiting area stays unscented on purpose, and nobody can promise you any of this moves a business number. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
How do I choose a signature scent for a premium women's wellness clinic?
In five steps. Derive the register from what the rooms actually do rather than from the interior or the brand. Shortlist two or three in that register and no more. Run each for a full week in the real room at a low setting. Ask the front desk rather than trusting your own nose. Then lock the level, record it as a number and name one person allowed to change it, so the decision survives a staff change.
Why is testing in the room so important?
Because a bottle smelled at arm's length behaves nothing like the same material dispersed at a low setting across a working reception with air conditioning, fifteen people moving through and a door opening every few minutes. Some candidates thin out to nothing at that scale; others become obvious at the far end of a corridor. Run each for a full week, consecutively, at an identical setting, and change nothing else in the building that week.
Why should I ask the front desk instead of deciding myself?
Because your sense of the level adapts within about twenty minutes of arriving, so by mid-morning you are judging on a nose that has stopped reporting. That is how careful people produce over-scented receptions - they keep raising it until they can smell it again. The person on the desk sits in that air for eight hours. Ask whether she notices a fragrance or simply a clean room, and treat a clean room as the right answer.
What does the whole method cost?
For a clinic under about 750 sq ft of patient-facing area, one SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899 is both the test kit and the final machine, because it ships with three 15ml fragrances - total spend Rs 1,899, and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy at that size. For a centre past about 1,500 sq ft, test on the Sukoon and hold the winner on a SOSA Vaayu at Rs 11,999, for a total of Rs 13,898.
How do I stop the decision unravelling later?
Write it down on the day you commission it. Record the profile in plain words and the intensity as an actual number, key-lock the machine so the level cannot be moved, name one person who may change it and note what happens when that person leaves, and file all of it with the opening checklist. Then walk the building once a quarter to check that no second fragrance has appeared in an office or a corridor.
Five steps, three weeks, and a number written down
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for premium women's wellness clinics choosing a signature
Test with a SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899, three 15ml fragrances included) and hold the winner with a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999, up to 1000m³, key-locked at a recorded level) past about 1,500 sq ft. Total ₹1,899 for a small clinic, ₹13,898 for a larger centre. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Send the floor plan and we will send a shortlist and a test schedule.
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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 planning advice applies to any brand.Facts verified 5 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting 90+ days a fill depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, operation under 38dB at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification, which are electrical and compliance marks and not medical approvals. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft and is supplied with three 15ml fragrances; the water-based Hotel Collection (₹299 / ₹999 / ₹1,799) is an ultrasonic fragrance and is not a refill for a waterless cold-air machine. SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with 50ml lasting about 6-8 weeks and 130ml about 14-18 weeks. Cold-air refill oil for the Vaayu is not currently sold separately - the machine ships with 400ml included and further refills should be confirmed with SOSA. Warranty, annual maintenance, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed before ordering. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and infection control and is never a substitute for any of them, it is never used to mask another smell, and no claim is made that fragrance influences a patient's decision or any commercial outcome. Clinical areas including procedure, post-procedure and photography rooms are left unscented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations; SOSA is an independent brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel named for reference. Coverage, fragrance usage and running cost depend on the space, settings and hours of use, and are confirmed on a consultation. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.