★ SOSA for Indore Businesses
Yes, and the reason has nothing to do with square feet or how many people pass through - it is that a person walking through a volume samples it for seconds at a pace they choose, while a person seated in a lounge with nothing to do is living in it for forty minutes at a pace somebody else chose
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"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
SOSA VaayuA connected reception, lounge and corridorView ₹11,999
Mountain BreezeThe dry pine, sage and cedar registerView ₹849
Morning FreshnessThe cool register for a white, daylit officeView ₹749
✓ 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 · Indore
Is that not just about how long they are there? Duration is part of it, but the sharper point is attention. On the display floor the product is the object of attention. In the lounge there is no product, so the room is what is being experienced.
What does that mean in practice? The level is set from the furthest lounge seat at the end of the longest wait, and the fragrance-free seat matters most in the lounge, because that is where somebody is stuck.
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.
Yes. The display floor is where the walking happens; the lounge is where the waiting happens. Only one of those is a person sitting still with nothing to attend to.
Quick answers — read this first
Which is worth scenting - the lounge or the display floor? The lounge. A customer walks the display floor at their own pace while looking at a car. In the lounge they are seated, unoccupied, and there because something else is taking time.Is that not just about how long they are there? Duration is part of it, but the sharper point is attention. On the display floor the product is the object of attention. In the lounge there is no product, so the room is what is being experienced.
What does that mean in practice? The level is set from the furthest lounge seat at the end of the longest wait, and the fragrance-free seat matters most in the lounge, because that is where somebody is stuck.
The short answer
Short answer: the lounge, because a person walking a display floor samples the room for seconds while looking at a car, and a person in a lounge is seated, unoccupied and waiting on somebody else's timetable.
The pick: a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) for a connected reception and lounge, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849) where the lounge is one seating group.
Next step: sit in your own lounge for forty minutes on a Saturday with no phone. Or ask for a scenting plan for your space.
In this guide
The only room in a dealership where nobody is looking at a car is the one worth specifying.
Sized to the visitor zone - tap to see each
One machine, the visitor floor
SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
The areas that carry nothing
Which areas stay fragrance-free
Send the floor plan
Free scenting plan for your space
Straight answer
Is the customer lounge more valuable to scent than the vehicle display floor?
Yes, and the two reasons owners usually give for it are both the wrong ones. It is not because the lounge is smaller and therefore cheaper to hold, and it is not because more people pass through one than the other. It is about what the person in each room is doing. Take the display floor first. A customer on a display floor is upright, moving, and moving at a pace they chose themselves. They walk a line between three cars, stop at the one they came for, open a door, sit in it, get out again. Whatever the room smells of, they meet it in passing and at their own speed - and a person who is walking samples a volume for a few seconds at a time rather than living in it. More importantly, their attention has an object, and the object is the product. The room is a backdrop, and it is supposed to be a backdrop: the strongest note on a display floor is the one the manufacturer specified into the cars, and that is the note the customer came to experience. A house register competing with it on the display floor is a business talking over its own product. Now the lounge, and the difference is not a matter of degree. A customer in a dealership lounge is seated. They are not moving, so they are not sampling - they are in one air mass, in one chair, for as long as the job takes. They did not choose the duration, which is the part that matters most: a service wait, a finance approval, a documentation delay and a handover that is running late are all somebody else's timetable, and forty minutes of somebody else's timetable is experienced very differently from forty minutes of your own. And they have nothing to attend to. There is no car in front of them, no product to evaluate, no salesperson mid-sentence. The lounge is the only room in the entire building where the room itself is what is being experienced, because there is nothing else in it. That is the whole argument, and it decides four practical things. One: the level is set from the furthest lounge seat at the end of the longest wait, and never from the doorway at the moment of installation. The person the setting has to be right for is the one in hour two of a repair, not the one who put their head round the door for ten seconds. Two: the fragrance-free seat belongs here. A named seat away from the source, offered at the desk rather than waited for, matters in the lounge far more than anywhere else, precisely because this is the one room where a person cannot simply walk on. Three: the machine goes at the far end of the lounge from the door the customers come through, and out of the supply grille's throw, so nobody is sitting under the output. Four: the display floor is not a second zone. It is spill. Whatever reaches it from the lounge is the right amount, and the level in the lounge is never raised because the floor feels empty - and where the hall has a vehicle-sized opening in it, that hall could not have been specified anyway. One caution about the lounge, because its own smell has to be dealt with first. Dealership lounges accumulate coffee, a microwave, a sink, newspapers and upholstery that has taken four years of visitors, and where one of those is the note in the room, the sequence is to find and fix the source before adding anything. A SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 across a connected reception and lounge, key-locked and timed to opening hours, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser at ₹849 where the lounge is a single seating group. 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. Closed one-to-one consultation cabins and work bays 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 customer's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The lounge. On the display floor a customer is walking at their own pace with a car holding their attention. In the lounge they are seated, unoccupied, and waiting on somebody else's timetable, which makes the room itself the thing being experienced.
For the room where they sit: SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze at ₹849.
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.
A connected reception, waiting area and corridor of ~1,500-3,000 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³ - about 2,000-3,000 sq ft - on one unit. In a clinic, showroom or office its value is control rather than reach: the key-lock holds the level the furthest waiting chair was judged to, so it survives every shift and every new receptionist, and the 1h/4h/8h/24h timer keeps it on opening hours rather than saturating an empty room overnight. Waterless, so it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on stock, mirrors, screens or displays. 400ml tank, roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, under 38dB, wall or HVAC mount.
From ₹11,999
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
Walking, sitting, and who owns the clock
Two rooms, two completely different postures. Only one of them has a person in it with nothing to do.
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Posture
Upright and moving against seated
A person walking a display floor meets the room in passing, a few seconds at a time. A person in a chair is in one air mass for as long as the job takes.
Rule: only one of them is living in the room.
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The clock
Whose timetable is it
A walk through the display floor runs at the customer's own pace. A service wait, a finance approval or a late handover runs at yours.
Rule: borrowed time is experienced differently.
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Attention
The floor already has an object
On the display floor the car has their attention and the room is the backdrop. In the lounge there is no product in front of them at all.
Rule: so the room becomes the experience.
4
The seat
Set it from hour two, not the doorway
The person the level has to be right for is the one still there at the end of the longest wait, and the fragrance-free seat matters most in this room because they cannot walk on.
Test: offer that seat rather than wait for a request.
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The floor
Spill, not a second zone
Whatever reaches the display floor from the lounge is the right amount, and the lounge level is never raised because the hall feels empty of it.
Rule: a hall with a shutter cannot be specified anyway.
The SOSA principle
A dealership lounge is the only room in the building with nothing in it to look at - no car, no product, no salesperson mid-sentence. Which is exactly why the room itself is what the person in it experiences.
And why the display floor, which is where the money is standing, is the wrong place to spend an ambience budget: the product there is already the strongest thing in the air.
Lounge against display floor, question by question
Posture, timetable and attention - the three things that separate the two rooms.
The SOSA Hyderabad table
Which room earns the specification
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Why not the display floor?
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Because the customer is walking at their own pace with a car holding their attention, and the strongest note there is the one the manufacturer specified. |
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What makes the lounge different?
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The person is seated, unoccupied, and waiting on somebody else's timetable, so the room itself becomes the thing being experienced. |
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Where is the level set from?
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The furthest lounge seat at the end of the longest wait, not from the doorway on the day of installation. |
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Where does the fragrance-free seat go?
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In the lounge, named and offered at the desk, because it is the one room where a customer cannot simply walk on. |
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What carries the lounge?
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A Vaayu (₹11,999) across a connected reception and lounge, or a Mountain Breeze reed (₹849) where the lounge is one seating group. |
The register version is who already authored the hall, the containment version is what a vehicle-sized opening costs, and the cabin version is why a closed cabin is not a quieter lounge. SOSA makes no claim about footfall, enquiries, conversions or how long anybody stays.
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.
Forty minutes of your own time and forty minutes of somebody else's are not the same forty minutes, and a service lounge is always the second kind.
— 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 Vaayu
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A connected reception, waiting area and corridor of ~1,500-3,000 sq ft | Wall or HVAC mounted on the far side of the client zone from the meeting-room doors; level set from the furthest chair at the end of the longest wait, then key-locked; timer on opening hours | ₹11,999 View → |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
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The register for the whole client zone; alone where reception is one seating group | Pine, sage and cedar - dry, and reads as a considered room rather than a hotel lobby; three or four reeds in at the staff end of the desk | ₹849 / ₹1,349 View → |
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SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
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The same job in a white, glazed, daylit interior | Malabar lemon, mint and eucalyptus - cool with no warmth; one register for the whole business, never one per branch | ₹749 / ₹1,249 View → |
 SOSA Sukoon
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A reception or waiting area that is a closed room of 270-320 sq ft | High shelf on the wall the seating faces, on low, during opening hours, rinsed between refills; water-based, so not the choice in a damp building | ₹1,899 View → |
 SOSA Boond
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A director's cabin, a small reception or a single desk | One small enclosed space only, on low; never in a closed treatment room or consultation cabin | ₹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.
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A note from Sonal
Yes, and the two reasons owners usually give are both the wrong ones. It is not that the lounge is smaller and cheaper to hold, and it is not that more people pass through one than the other. It is what the person in each room is doing. A customer on a display floor is upright and moving at a pace they chose themselves: they walk between three cars, stop at the one they came for, open a door, sit in it, get out again. They meet the room in passing. And their attention has an object, which is the product - the room is a backdrop and is supposed to be one. The strongest note on a display floor is the one the manufacturer specified into the cars, and a house register competing with it there is a business talking over its own product.
The lounge is not a matter of degree, it is a different situation. The customer is seated, so they are not sampling the room, they are in it. They did not choose the duration, which is the part that matters most: a service wait, a finance approval, a documentation delay, a handover running late - all somebody else's timetable, and forty minutes of somebody else's timetable is experienced very differently from forty minutes of your own. And they have nothing in front of them. No car, no product to evaluate, no salesperson mid-sentence. It is the only room in the building where the room itself is what is being experienced, because there is nothing else in it.
That decides four things. The level is set from the furthest lounge seat at the end of the longest wait, never from the doorway on installation day. The named fragrance-free seat belongs here above anywhere else, because this is the room a person cannot simply walk on from. The machine goes at the far end from the customer door and out of the supply grille's throw, so nobody sits under the output. And the display floor is spill rather than a second zone - whatever reaches it is the right amount. One caution: lounges accumulate coffee, a microwave, a sink and four years of upholstery, and where one of those is the note in the room, that is a source to find and fix first. A SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 across a connected reception and lounge, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser at ₹849 where the lounge is one seating group. Fragrance does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and I make no claim that it does. Closed one-to-one consultation cabins and work bays are never scented. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than requested. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them, and the customer's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Is the customer lounge more important to scent than the display floor?
Yes. A customer walks the display floor at their own pace with a car holding their attention, while a lounge holds a seated person with nothing to do.
Why should the display floor be left alone?
Because the strongest note there came from the vehicles themselves, and a house register competing with it means a business talking over its own product.
Where should the lounge level be set from?
From the furthest seat at the end of the longest wait, then key-locked, so the setting is right for the person still there in hour two.
Why does the fragrance-free seat matter most in the lounge?
Because it is the one customer room where a person cannot simply walk on, so a named alternative seat is offered at the desk rather than waited for.
Should the lounge level be raised so the display floor gets some?
No. Whatever reaches the floor from the lounge is the correct amount, and a hall with vehicle-sized openings could not hold a set level in any case.
Sit in your own lounge for forty minutes
SOSA — Studio Scenting the room with nothing in it
On the display floor a customer is upright, moving at their own pace, with a car holding their attention and the room acting as backdrop. In the lounge they are seated, unoccupied, and waiting on your timetable rather than theirs - which makes it the one room in the building where the room itself is the experience. Set the level from the furthest seat at the end of the longest wait, put the named fragrance-free seat there, and treat the display floor as spill. 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
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More from SOSA
- SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999)
- SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849)
- Signature scent on AB Road
- Huge doors: stop scenting everything
- Consultation cabins and long stays
- The handover bay
- Whole office or only what customers see
- Kitchen, drainage and HVAC first
- Reception, consultation, delivery
- 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.