★ SOSA for Hyderabad Businesses
By making it a supply decision rather than a creative one, because an identity is only ever as old as its shortest uninterrupted run - eleven months of one register followed by a fortnight of something else leaves you with a fortnight-old identity and a memory
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"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
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★ Sized to the visitor-facing zone, in the register the business runs
Mountain BreezePine, sage and cedar - the house defaultView ₹849
Morning FreshnessLemon, mint and eucalyptus for a white officeView ₹749
SOSA VaayuThe same register across a connected client floorView ₹11,999
✓ One register in the visitor-facing zone only - entrance, reception and the waiting area - set from the furthest seat at the end of the longest wait and then key-locked ✓ Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented, a named seat is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than requested, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Hyderabad
What is the run? The number of uninterrupted weeks one register has been in place. A gap resets it, so eleven months followed by a fortnight of something else leaves a fortnight-old identity.
Why is day one special? Because it is the only moment a register can be chosen without discarding an accumulated run. Every later change costs everything the business has built up.
See the SOSA Vaayu Book a scenting plan
Facts verified 9 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 a 400ml refillable tank lasting roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification - electrical and compliance marks only. Being waterless it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on paper, screens or documents; refill supply should be confirmed with SOSA. The SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) is an HVAC nebulising diffuser rated to 3,000m³, roughly 8,000-10,000 sq ft, with an 800ml reservoir, metal body, programmable schedules and operation under 42dB. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml water-based ultrasonic diffuser for a single room of roughly 270-320 sq ft, and the SOSA Boond (₹899) is its compact equivalent; both use the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (15ml from ₹299, 100ml ₹999, 300ml ₹1,799), which is made for ultrasonic diffusers and is not reed diffuser oil. SOSA reed diffusers - Morning Freshness (₹749 / ₹1,249) and Mountain Breeze (₹849 / ₹1,349), or the two together as the Fresh & Grounded duo (₹1,548 / ₹2,548) - are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with a 50ml bottle lasting 6-8 weeks and a 130ml bottle 14-18 weeks. Ambient fragrance in a commercial space is an interior and hospitality decision only. SOSA makes no claim that it treats, relieves, prevents or improves any medical, dental or psychological condition, that it makes anyone feel calmer, more comfortable or more confident, that it affects recovery, patient comfort or any clinical outcome, or that it affects footfall, walk-ins, enquiries, bookings, conversions, sales, average spend, dwell time, customer retention or revenue. It does not remove or reduce any odour in the air, and it is never a substitute for ventilation, cleaning, housekeeping or fresh-air exchange - an office with a persistent smell has a source to find and fix first. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented, because the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free in the reception or waiting area and offered rather than waiting to be requested. The visitor's preference overrides any plan on this page, and where a customer, patient or member of staff is sensitive to fragrance the correct response is to reduce or switch off. 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.
By treating it as a supply decision. An identity is only as old as its shortest uninterrupted run - and day one is the only switch you will ever make for free.
Quick answers — read this first
How does a new salon build a sensory identity? By choosing one register it can still buy in three years, keeping a spare on the shelf, and naming one person who owns the reorder. The creative choice matters less than the run.What is the run? The number of uninterrupted weeks one register has been in place. A gap resets it, so eleven months followed by a fortnight of something else leaves a fortnight-old identity.
Why is day one special? Because it is the only moment a register can be chosen without discarding an accumulated run. Every later change costs everything the business has built up.
The short answer
Short answer: by treating it as a supply decision - one register, a supplier who will still list it in three years, a spare on the shelf and a named owner of the reorder. An identity is only as old as its shortest uninterrupted run.
The pick: one register for the whole salon: a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849) or Morning Freshness (₹749), carried later by a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) if the floor grows.
Next step: write the reorder trigger into the opening checklist before you open. Or ask for a scenting plan for your space.
In this guide
Eleven months of one register and a fortnight of something else is a fortnight-old identity, not an eleven-month one.
Sized to the visitor zone - tap to see each
The house register
Mountain Breeze · ₹849
For a white, daylit office
Morning Freshness · ₹749
Send the floor plan
Free scenting plan for your space
Straight answer
How should a new East Hyderabad salon build a recognisable sensory identity from day one?
By understanding what is actually being accumulated, because it is not a fragrance and it is not a taste - it is a run. A sensory identity is only ever as old as its shortest uninterrupted stretch of one register in one room. A salon that has carried the same register for eleven months and then spends a fortnight on something else, because the bottle ran out on a Saturday and somebody bought whatever the shop next door had, does not have an eleven-month identity with a small hiccup in it. It has a fortnight-old identity and an eleven-month memory, and those are different assets. Once you see identity as a counter that resets, the day-one work sorts itself into the right order, and the order is not the one most new businesses use. The creative decision - which register - matters far less than it feels like it should. It has three requirements and they are all negative: it should be dry rather than sweet, because a salon's own products are already sweet and warm and a second sweet layer is the commonest reason a room reads as heavy by evening; it should not resemble a hair product, because a register that reads as treatment smell is doing nothing an identity can use; and it must be liveable for the staff who are inside it for ten hours a day, six days a week, which is a much harder test than pleasing a client who is there for ninety minutes. Any register that clears those three is a good enough choice, and the difference between the remaining candidates is smaller than the difference between running one of them for three years and running two of them for eighteen months each. The supply decisions are where the identity is actually won or lost, and there are four. One register for the whole business, not one per room or one per staff member's preference. A supplier who will still list that exact line in three years - ask the question directly, because a seasonal or limited line is a guaranteed reset scheduled in advance, and a discontinued line is the single commonest way a salon's identity ends. A spare physically on the shelf rather than on order, because the gap that resets the counter is almost always the four days between noticing and receiving. And a named person who owns the reorder, with a written trigger - when the spare is opened, the replacement is ordered, on that day, by that person - rather than an arrangement where whoever notices does something. The same four lines belong in a written SOP the moment there is a second branch. Two more day-one habits are worth more than they cost. Write the level down, not just the register, because a setting somebody nudges in month four is a quieter kind of interruption but an interruption all the same. And set both at the level you will still be running in month eighteen rather than at an opening-week level, because week one is the copy everybody else is compared against and an opening you cannot sustain writes a reference you will spend two years falling short of. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and SOSA makes no claim that it does. The registers themselves: SOSA Mountain Breeze at ₹849 or Morning Freshness at ₹749, carried by a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 if the floor is a connected one. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than waiting to be requested. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
As a supply decision. An identity is only as old as its shortest uninterrupted run, so day one buys one register you can still order in three years, a spare on the shelf, a named owner of the reorder and a written level.
One register, from day one: SOSA Mountain Breeze at ₹849, or Morning Freshness at ₹749.
See the SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 Ask for a scenting plan for your space
The honest ladder
One source for the visitor zone, sized to the floor
What to buy, and for which space
The honest options for the visitor-facing zone, sized to the floor rather than to the ambition. The images link to the product pages so every figure here can be checked.
The register - or the whole answer where reception is one seating zone
SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
Himalayan pine, sage and Indian cedar - the driest register SOSA makes and the house default, because it reads as a considered room rather than as a hotel lobby. Where reception is a single seating group, this bottle at the staff end of the desk at ₹849 for 50ml carries the register on its own, three or four reeds in, flipped weekly; 130ml at ₹1,349 lasts 14-18 weeks. Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, six fibre reeds, and carried out of the room in seconds if a client asks.
From ₹849
The cool register for a white, glazed, daylit interior
SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus - cool and bright with no warmth or sweetness in it, which suits a white, glazed clinical interior where cedar can read as heavy. Three reeds in on the reception desk, or two in a hard-surfaced room. ₹749 for 50ml (6-8 weeks), ₹1,249 for 130ml (14-18 weeks). Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, six fibre reeds.
From ₹749
Four supply lines and one counter
The creative choice is the easy part and matters least. What a new salon is really specifying is a run that never gets interrupted.
1
The counter
As old as the shortest run
Eleven months of one register plus a fortnight of a substitute is a fortnight-old identity and an eleven-month memory. The counter resets at every gap.
Rule: ask what your run length is today.
2
The choice
Three negative requirements
Dry rather than sweet, because salon products are already sweet. Not resembling a hair product. Liveable for staff who are in it ten hours a day, which is the hard test.
Rule: anything clearing those three is good enough.
3
The supplier
Will this line exist in 2029?
Ask it directly. A seasonal or limited line is a reset scheduled in advance, and a discontinued line is the commonest way a salon's identity quietly ends.
Test: one register for the business, not per room.
4
The spare
On the shelf, not on order
The gap that resets the counter is nearly always the four days between noticing and receiving, which a bottle already in the cupboard removes entirely.
Rule: and a named person owns the reorder.
5
The level
Set month eighteen, not week one
Write the setting down as well as the register, and set both where you will still be running in a year and a half. An opening you cannot sustain writes a reference you fall short of.
Test: a nudged dial is a quiet interruption.
The SOSA principle
A salon that has run one register for eleven months, then a fortnight of whatever was available, does not have an eleven-month identity. It has a fortnight-old one - and nobody in the business noticed the reset.
Which is why the day-one decisions that matter are a supplier, a spare and a named owner, rather than the register itself.
A sensory identity from day one, question by question
What is actually accumulating, what resets it, and which decisions protect the run.
The SOSA Hyderabad table
Building a salon identity from opening day
| The question | The answer |
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What is a sensory identity made of?
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An uninterrupted run of one register in one room. Its age is the length of that run, and every gap resets the number to zero. |
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How much does the choice of register matter?
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Less than expected. Dry rather than sweet, not resembling a hair product, and liveable for staff at ten hours a day is the whole brief. |
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What is the commonest way an identity ends?
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A discontinued or seasonal line, followed by a substitute bought in a hurry. Ask a supplier directly whether the line is permanent. |
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Why keep a spare on the shelf?
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Because the reset usually happens in the four days between noticing an empty bottle and receiving a replacement, which a spare removes entirely. |
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What should a new salon buy on day one?
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One register for the whole business: Mountain Breeze (₹849) or Morning Freshness (₹749), plus a spare, a named owner and a written level. |
The recognition version is recognition before returning customers, the upgrade version is an upgraded salon and its register, and the evening version is fresh at ten, treatments by seven. SOSA makes no claim that fragrance affects what a client books or decides.
One register, the visitor-facing zone only, set from the furthest seat
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 waterless, key-locked and timed to opening hours; Mountain Breeze ₹849 or Morning Freshness ₹749 as the register. Send the floor plan with the closed rooms and the entrance marked and we will return it with the placement and the fragrance-free seat.
Day one is the only switch you will ever make for free. Every later change spends the whole run the business has accumulated, and buys a new one starting at zero.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Sized to the floor
The visitor zone gets one source; closed treatment and consultation rooms get none
The SOSA Hyderabad specification
One register, delivered at whatever size the visitor-facing zone is, with the rule that travels alongside each product. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA Hyderabad specification
What goes where in a clinic, salon, showroom or office
| Product | The space it fits | The rule that travels with it | Price |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
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Reception as a single seating group, and the register for the whole firm | Three or four reeds in at the staff end of the desk, flipped weekly; lifted out of the room in seconds if a client asks | ₹849 / ₹1,349 View → |
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SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
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The same, in a white, glazed or hard-surfaced room | Two or three reeds in - a hard room needs fewer, not more; cool, with no warmth or sweetness | ₹749 / ₹1,249 View → |
 SOSA Fresh & Grounded Reed Diffuser Duo
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Two genuinely separate seating groups in one client area | Two bottles in two places carrying one register - reach comes from placement, never from adding reeds | ₹1,548 / ₹2,548 View → |
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SOSA Vaayu
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When the client zone is a connected floor rather than one seating group | The same register carried by a machine, placed from the plan and key-locked at the level the furthest chair allowed | ₹11,999 View → |
 SOSA Sukoon
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A closed reception or waiting area of 270-320 sq ft | High shelf, on low, opening hours only, rinsed between refills | ₹1,899 View → |
A SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is the water-based rung for a single enclosed reception or client lounge of roughly 270-320 sq ft in a dry room, and a Boond (₹899) for a single cabin; both run on the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (from ₹299), which is not reed diffuser oil and is not interchangeable with it. Above about 3,000 sq ft of one connected volume the step is one SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) on the duct, not a second Vaayu. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented - the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there - and that is achieved by placement and doors rather than by a lower setting. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered at the desk rather than waiting to be asked. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, it makes no contribution to what a visitor buys, books or decides, and it works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them. The visitor's preference overrides any plan. Ask for a scenting plan for your space and send the floor plan with the closed rooms and the entrance marked.
SS
ISIPCA
Versailles
Versailles
A note from Sonal
By understanding what is actually being accumulated, because it is not a fragrance and it is not a taste - it is a run. A sensory identity is only as old as its shortest uninterrupted stretch of one register in one room. A salon that has carried the same register for eleven months and then spends a fortnight on something else, because a bottle ran out on a Saturday and somebody bought whatever was available nearby, does not have an eleven-month identity with a hiccup in it. It has a fortnight-old identity and an eleven-month memory, and those are different things.
Once you see identity as a counter that resets, the day-one work sorts into the right order - and the creative decision matters far less than it feels like it should. It has three requirements and they are all negative: dry rather than sweet, because a salon's own products are already sweet and warm and a second sweet layer is why a room reads as heavy by evening; not resembling a hair product, because a register that reads as treatment smell is doing nothing an identity can use; and liveable for the staff who are in it ten hours a day, six days a week, which is a far harder test than pleasing somebody who is there for ninety minutes. Anything clearing those three is good enough, and the gap between the remaining candidates is smaller than the gap between running one for three years and two for eighteen months each.
So the four decisions that matter are supply decisions. One register for the whole business. A supplier who will still list that exact line in three years - ask directly, because a seasonal line is a reset scheduled in advance. A spare physically on the shelf rather than on order, because the gap that resets the counter is the four days between noticing and receiving. And a named person who owns the reorder with a written trigger. Then write the level down too, and set both where you will still be running in month eighteen rather than at an opening-week level. Fragrance does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and I make no claim that it does. Mountain Breeze at ₹849 or Morning Freshness at ₹749, carried by a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 on a connected floor. Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented. A named seat is kept genuinely fragrance-free. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
How does a new salon build a recognisable sensory identity?
By protecting an uninterrupted run: one register, a supplier who will still list it in three years, a spare on the shelf and a named owner of the reorder.
Why is a gap in supply so damaging?
Because the identity is only as old as its shortest uninterrupted run, so a fortnight on a substitute leaves a fortnight-old identity rather than a long one.
How much does the choice of fragrance matter?
Less than most owners expect. Dry rather than sweet, not resembling a hair product, and liveable for staff over a ten-hour day is the entire brief.
What should be written down before opening?
The register, the level, the reorder trigger and the name of the person who owns it, all inside the opening checklist rather than in somebody's head.
Should the opening week be stronger than normal?
No. Week one becomes the reference every later visit is measured against, so set the level you will still be running in month eighteen.
Write the reorder trigger before you open
SOSA — Studio Scenting protect the run
A sensory identity is only as old as its shortest uninterrupted run, and a fortnight on a substitute resets the counter without anybody in the business noticing. So day one is four supply decisions: one register for the whole salon, a supplier who will still list it in three years, a spare on the shelf rather than on order, and a named person who owns the reorder. Write the level down too, at the level you will still run in month eighteen. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Ask for a scenting plan for your space → SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
One more look at the range
Continue the read
More from SOSA
- SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999)
- SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849)
- Recognition before you have returning customers
- Upgraded the salon: change the scent too?
- Kondapur salon: fresh at 10, treatments by 7
- Machine settings in the SOP
- Product smells, appointment after appointment
- Standing apart from price-driven neighbours
- Narsingi salon vs Jubilee Hills
- Ask us: Ask for a scenting plan for your space
- 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 planning advice applies to any brand.Facts verified 9 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 a 400ml refillable tank lasting roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification - electrical and compliance marks only. Being waterless it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on paper, screens or documents; refill supply should be confirmed with SOSA. The SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) is an HVAC nebulising diffuser rated to 3,000m³, roughly 8,000-10,000 sq ft, with an 800ml reservoir, metal body, programmable schedules and operation under 42dB. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml water-based ultrasonic diffuser for a single room of roughly 270-320 sq ft, and the SOSA Boond (₹899) is its compact equivalent; both use the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (15ml from ₹299, 100ml ₹999, 300ml ₹1,799), which is made for ultrasonic diffusers and is not reed diffuser oil. SOSA reed diffusers - Morning Freshness (₹749 / ₹1,249) and Mountain Breeze (₹849 / ₹1,349), or the two together as the Fresh & Grounded duo (₹1,548 / ₹2,548) - are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with a 50ml bottle lasting 6-8 weeks and a 130ml bottle 14-18 weeks. Ambient fragrance in a commercial space is an interior and hospitality decision only. SOSA makes no claim that it treats, relieves, prevents or improves any medical, dental or psychological condition, that it makes anyone feel calmer, more comfortable or more confident, that it affects recovery, patient comfort or any clinical outcome, or that it affects footfall, walk-ins, enquiries, bookings, conversions, sales, average spend, dwell time, customer retention or revenue. It does not remove or reduce any odour in the air, and it is never a substitute for ventilation, cleaning, housekeeping or fresh-air exchange - an office with a persistent smell has a source to find and fix first. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented, because the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free in the reception or waiting area and offered rather than waiting to be requested. The visitor's preference overrides any plan on this page, and where a customer, patient or member of staff is sensitive to fragrance the correct response is to reduce or switch off. 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.