★ SOSA for Diagnostic, Pathology and Imaging Centres
Drawing a socket and a mount height costs nothing at fit-out and costs a contractor and a morning afterwards
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"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
★ What the drawing is making room for, whenever you buy it
SOSA Vaayu165×80.5×215mm, 0.9kg, wall or HVAC mountedView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuDC 12V/1A, 5W - one small socketView ₹11,999
SOSA AngaanFor a hub with accessible duct workView ₹25,999
✓ A socket, a mount position, a lock position and a shaded zero list - four lines, drawn once ✓ No installation service, no commissioning, no AMC and no warranty statement published - ask us, never assume ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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Does that mean buying a machine for every new branch? It does not, and I would rather you did not. The drawing and the purchase are separate decisions with separate timing. A branch whose scented volume comes to 65m³ should never own a machine, and the drawing still costs nothing - at worst you have a spare socket. Buy hardware when the branch's converted volume and its door traffic argue for it, which for most collection centres is never.
What does SOSA do at fit-out? Nothing, and I want that stated rather than implied. There is no installation service, no commissioning, no published lead times and no AMC or warranty statement, along with no bulk pricing, no discount slab, no minimum order, no GST arrangement, no custom branding and no corporate account programme. The drawing is yours, your interior contractor does the work, and multi-branch enquiries go to the contact page with nothing promised on terms.
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 a 400ml refillable tank lasting 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 (roughly 1.5 units of electricity a month on a ten-hour daily schedule), freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. 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, and also runs standalone wall-mounted or lay-flat. The SOSA Meenar (₹38,500) is the largest machine in the range, quoted for roughly 12,000-18,000 sq ft of HVAC-connected space. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and clinical protocol and is not a substitute for any of them, it is not a medical device, and SOSA makes no health, therapeutic or treatment claim of any kind and no claim that fragrance affects bookings, retention or spend. CE, RoHS and SGS are electrical and compliance marks, not medical approval. 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.
Interior standards are where a chain spends its cheapest money, because everything in them is a drawing rather than a job. Scenting belongs there for exactly that reason, and the argument has nothing to do with whether you buy a machine this year.
Quick answers — read this first
Should scenting be in a new-branch interior standard? Yes, and the reason is sequencing rather than fragrance. Four lines on the fit-out drawing cost a pencil stroke: a small socket at mount height on the named wall, the mount position itself, a service and lock position the named owner can reach, and the clinical rooms shaded so nobody puts anything in them. Add those after handover and you are paying a contractor to chase a cable through a finished reception and patch the wall afterwards.Does that mean buying a machine for every new branch? It does not, and I would rather you did not. The drawing and the purchase are separate decisions with separate timing. A branch whose scented volume comes to 65m³ should never own a machine, and the drawing still costs nothing - at worst you have a spare socket. Buy hardware when the branch's converted volume and its door traffic argue for it, which for most collection centres is never.
What does SOSA do at fit-out? Nothing, and I want that stated rather than implied. There is no installation service, no commissioning, no published lead times and no AMC or warranty statement, along with no bulk pricing, no discount slab, no minimum order, no GST arrangement, no custom branding and no corporate account programme. The drawing is yours, your interior contractor does the work, and multi-branch enquiries go to the contact page with nothing promised on terms.
The short answer
Short answer: Yes. Four lines on a fit-out drawing - a socket at mount height, the mount position chosen from the air path, a reachable lock and service position, and the clinical rooms shaded - cost nothing at design stage and cost a contractor afterwards. Draw them at every new branch even if you buy hardware later, or never.
The pick: nothing at fit-out. The drawing points at the SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 for the branches whose volume eventually earns one, and at a ₹749 reed for the many that do not.
Next step: send the fit-out drawing for the next branch and we will mark the four positions on it before the contractor starts - ask for a clinic scenting plan.
In this guide
Nothing on that list is a purchase. It is four annotations on a drawing that already exists, and the fourth one is the most valuable of the four.
What the annotations are making room for, if a branch ever earns it
What the mount position is drawn for
SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
Where placement rules come from
Placing a machine in a large reception
Send the next branch drawing
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
Should a diagnostic chain include professional scenting in its new-branch interior standards?
Yes, and the whole argument is that four lines on a drawing cost a pencil stroke while the same four things cost a contractor, a morning and a patched wall once the branch is open. This is a sequencing decision rather than a fragrance decision, which is why it belongs in the interior standard next to socket positions, light temperature and signage rather than in a marketing document. Here are the four lines. One, a small socket at mount height on the named wall. A cold-air machine of this type runs on DC 12V at 1A, 5W - roughly 1.5 units of electricity a month on a ten-hour daily schedule, though tariffs vary - so this is a modest requirement, and it is trivial before the wall is finished and irritating afterwards. Two, the mount position itself, chosen from the air path. Out of the supply blast, in the travel toward a return, roughly a metre up, never facing a seated patient at head height, and one and a half to two metres past the threshold rather than in the doorway where a cycling door exports the output to the pavement. That position is decided from the mechanical drawing, which at fit-out stage you actually have. Three, a service and lock position the named owner can reach. The key-lock matters in a public building because adaptation is real and the person at the desk stops registering the level within a week; the lock only works if the person allowed to use it can get to the unit without a stepladder, and if a waiting child cannot. Four, and most valuable, shade the unscented rooms on the drawing. Collection and phlebotomy, sample processing and bench areas, every scan room and its control room, and the changing cubicles stay unscented in every branch as a flat rule with no lighter version, because their contents are decided by your lab director, your radiographers, the equipment manufacturers and your facilities engineer. Shading them at drawing stage means no fit-out contractor and no enthusiastic branch manager ever puts anything in them. Now the honest limits. Drawing the lines is not buying the hardware, and most collection centres should never own a machine - a branch whose scented volume converts to 65m³ is a ₹749 reed and always will be. And SOSA has no bulk pricing, no discount slab, no minimum order, no GST arrangement, no custom branding, no published lead times, no installation or commissioning service, no AMC or warranty statement and no corporate account programme at all - a multi-branch enquiry goes to the contact page and nothing is promised on terms; in particular there is no installation service, no commissioning and no published warranty or AMC, so the drawing is yours to own and your interior contractor does the work. Fragrance here is an ambience decision like lighting, seating or signage, SOSA products are not medical devices, the clinician's judgement overrides any plan, and we make no claim that scenting a new branch affects footfall, package sales or revenue.
Yes - as four annotations, not as a purchase. A socket at mount height, a mount position taken from the air path, a reachable lock position, and the clinical rooms shaded out. All four cost nothing at drawing stage.
There is nothing to buy at fit-out. When a branch's converted volume eventually argues for hardware it is the SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 - 165×80.5×215mm, 0.9kg, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounted, which is what the mount line on the drawing is sized for.
See the SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 Ask for a clinic scenting plan
The physical facts the drawing has to accommodate
Small, light, wall-mountable and quiet enough for a waiting room
What the drawing is making room for
Read this section as dimensions rather than as a recommendation. The point of putting it in an interior standard is that the contractor needs to know what size of object might arrive one day, not that every branch should have one.
The unit most branch drawings are dimensioned for
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser, 1000m³ or roughly 2,000-3,000 sq ft, ₹11,999. 165×80.5×215mm, 0.9kg, black or white, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounted, DC 12V/1A at 5W, under 38dB.
From ₹11,999
Only where the new branch is a genuine hub with ducting
SOSA Angaan
HVAC nebulising diffuser rated to 3,000m³, about 8,000-10,000 sq ft, ₹25,999, 800ml reservoir, metal body, under 42dB, HVAC-connected or wall-mounted. If the fit-out has no accessible duct work, its main advantage is unavailable.
From ₹25,999
The four lines, drawn properly
Three of these are positions and one is a shaded area. The shaded area is the one I would fight hardest to keep in the standard, because it is the only line on the drawing that prevents a decision rather than enabling one.
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One
The socket and the mount, drawn together
These two belong on the same line of the standard because a mount position without a socket beside it produces a cable running down a finished wall, which is the exact outcome the drawing exists to avoid. The electrical requirement is small - DC 12V at 1A, 5W, which is roughly 1.5 units of electricity a month on a ten-hour schedule, and tariffs vary by state so treat that as the draw rather than the bill. The mount itself carries under a kilogram, so the constraint is position rather than structure. Draw both on the wall your air path argues for, not the wall the console table is going against. And put a note beside them saying what the position is for, because in three years the person reading the drawing will not be you and an unlabelled socket at 1.1 metres gets used for something else.
Tip: Annotate the socket with its purpose. An unlabelled outlet at an odd height is an invitation to a water cooler.
The Vaayu is 0.9kg and 165×80.5×215mm, so the bracket is a small detail - the position is the part worth drawing.
See SOSA Vaayu →
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Two
Position taken from the mechanical drawing, not the furniture layout
At fit-out you have something a working branch never has: the mechanical drawing, on a desk, before anything is built. Use it. Keep the position out of the direct supply throw, because a supply diffuser scatters output rather than distributing it. Put it in the travel toward a return, because that is the path the air is actually taking. Keep it roughly a metre up and never aimed at a seated patient at head height. And keep it one and a half to two metres inside the threshold - a doorway is a pressure and traffic boundary, and a source placed there spends its output on the street every time the door cycles, which in a busy centre is constantly. Also check whether the return serves the back of house, because a shared return distributes into rooms you shaded, and if it does the honest response is to run lower or not at all.
Tip: Mark the return path on the same drawing as the mount. Anyone reviewing the standard later can then see why the position is where it is.
Where a new hub genuinely has accessible duct work, an Angaan mount changes the drawing entirely and is worth deciding at this stage rather than after.
See SOSA Angaan →
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Three
Shade the rooms nothing may ever go into
This is the line I would keep even if you struck the other three. Shade collection and phlebotomy, sample processing and bench areas, every scan room and its control room, and the changing cubicles, and write on the drawing that these rooms carry no fragrance source of any kind - not a lighter setting, nothing. Give the jurisdictional reason on the drawing too: those rooms are specified by your lab director, your radiographers, the equipment manufacturers and your facilities engineer. A shaded drawing survives every handover a branch ever has, and it prevents the specific failure I see most in chains - a well-meaning branch manager putting a bottle somewhere it should not be, eighteen months after anybody discussed it. It also shrinks the volume the branch is buying for, which is a budget conversation you would rather have at design stage.
Tip: Put the shading on the same sheet as the mount position. A zero list on a separate page gets separated.
A Vaayu is only ever sized against the unshaded part of the drawing, which at fit-out you can measure exactly rather than estimate.
See SOSA Vaayu →
The SOSA principle
Everything in an interior standard is cheap while it is still a drawing and expensive the moment it is a wall. Scenting earns its place in that document on timing alone, before anybody argues about fragrance.
Which is why the branch that never buys a machine still benefits from the four lines: the worst case is a spare socket and a shaded drawing.
What each line saves later
Four rows. Read the right-hand column as the cost of leaving that line off the drawing, because that is the only honest way to justify putting it on.
The SOSA plan
The four fit-out lines and what each one prevents
| The line on the drawing | What omitting it costs after handover |
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Socket at mount height on the named wall
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A trailing cable down a finished reception wall, or a contractor chasing a channel and making good. Trivial before the wall is closed. View → |
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Mount position taken from the air path
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A unit on the console table by the door, exporting output to the pavement every time it cycles, and a branch manager who concludes the product is weak. |
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Reachable service and lock position
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A lock nobody uses because the unit is awkward to reach, which means the level drifts upward as staff adapt to it and nobody notices for a quarter. |
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Clinical rooms shaded on the sheet
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Somebody, eventually, putting a source in a room that should carry nothing - and a machine sized against the lease rather than the remainder. View → |
The placement rules behind line two are argued in where a scent machine belongs in a large reception, the shaded rooms are set out in full in which areas of a pathology centre stay fragrance-free, and the document all of this feeds is how to standardise ambient fragrance across a chain. SOSA makes no health, therapeutic or wellbeing claim of any kind, and no claim that scenting a new branch affects footfall, package sales, retention, reviews or revenue.
Before the contractor starts
Send the next branch's fit-out drawing and we will mark the socket, the mount, the lock position and the rooms that stay shaded.
Drawing a socket costs a pencil stroke. Adding one to a finished reception costs a contractor, a morning and a patch of wall that never quite matches.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
What the drawing eventually points at, by branch size
The standard is universal; the purchase is not
Hardware, whenever the volume earns it
Drawn into every branch, bought into very few of them. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA position at fit-out stage
Drawn at fit-out, bought only when the volume argues for it
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Vaayu
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A new branch with 1,500-3,000 sq ft of public air | ₹11,999, wall or HVAC mounted, one small socket, under 38dB | ₹11,999 View → |
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SOSA Angaan
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A new hub with accessible duct work | ₹25,999, 800ml, ducted - decide this at drawing stage or lose the advantage | ₹25,999 View → |
 SOSA Meenar
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A flagship build at hospital scale | ₹38,500, quoted for roughly 12,000-18,000 sq ft of HVAC-connected space | ₹38,500 View → |
Most new collection centres will never reach any of those rows and belong on a reed at ₹749-₹849, with published refills, oil only, at ₹2,399 for 300ml and ₹3,499 for 500ml - and the four drawing lines still cost you nothing. On terms, SOSA has no bulk pricing, no discount slab, no minimum order, no GST arrangement, no custom branding, no published lead times, no installation or commissioning service, no AMC or warranty statement and no corporate account programme at all - a multi-branch enquiry goes to the contact page and nothing is promised on terms, and there is no installation, commissioning or spare-parts policy published either. Fragrance here is an ambience decision like lighting, seating or signage, with no health, therapeutic or clinical claim of any kind, and no claim that it affects footfall, package sales, retention, reviews or revenue. It works alongside your ventilation, cleaning and laboratory protocol, never instead of them, SOSA products are not medical devices, collection, processing, bench, scan and control rooms stay unscented, staff must be able to switch the source off in seconds, and the clinician's judgement overrides any plan. Ask for a clinic scenting plan with your branch list attached.
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A note from Sonal
The branches where scenting works well are almost always the ones where somebody thought about the wall before the wall existed. Not because the fragrance is better - it is the same liquid - but because the source ends up in the air path instead of on the prettiest surface, and because there is a socket where it needs to be rather than three metres away behind a plant.
I like this question because the honest answer costs a chain nothing and commits it to nothing at all. You can draw four lines into a new-branch standard, open eleven branches over three years, and buy exactly one machine at the end of it. The drawing does not oblige you to spend anything; it only stops the cheap decisions from quietly becoming expensive ones later, once the walls are closed and the contractor has gone home and nobody wants to reopen a finished reception for the sake of an outlet.
The part I cannot help with is the doing. There is no installation service, no commissioning visit and no published warranty or AMC, so the drawing is yours and your interior contractor executes it. We make no health, therapeutic or clinical claim of any kind, and no claim that scenting affects footfall, package sales, retention or revenue. Fragrance is an ambience decision, like lighting or seating. Clinical rooms stay unscented, and the clinician's judgement overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Should ambient scenting be written into a new-branch interior standard?
Yes, as four drawing lines rather than as a purchase: a small socket at mount height on the named wall, the mount position chosen from the air path, a service and lock position the named owner can reach, and the clinical rooms shaded as carrying no source. All four are free at design stage and all four are expensive to add later.
What electrical provision does a cold-air machine need?
A single small outlet at mount height. The unit runs on DC 12V at 1A, 5W, which works out at roughly 1.5 units of electricity a month on a ten-hour daily schedule, and tariffs vary so treat that as the draw rather than a bill. It is waterless, so there is no supply or drainage to design around.
Does drawing it in mean we have to buy a machine for that branch?
It does not, and most branches should not. The drawing and the purchase are separate decisions with separate timing. If a branch's scented volume converts to well under 200 cubic metres it belongs on a reed and probably always will. The worst outcome of drawing the lines anyway is a spare socket.
Does SOSA install or commission machines at a new branch?
There is no installation service, no commissioning visit, no published lead times and no AMC, spare-parts or warranty statement. Your interior contractor mounts it and your named owner sets it. I would rather write that plainly than let a fit-out programme assume a service that does not exist - ask us directly rather than assuming.
Where on the drawing should the mount position go?
Out of the direct supply throw, in the travel toward a return, roughly a metre up, never aimed at a seated patient at head height, and one and a half to two metres inside the threshold rather than in the doorway. At fit-out you have the mechanical drawing on the desk, which is the one moment when this can be decided properly.
Four lines, drawn once
SOSA — Clinic Scenting scenting in the new-branch interior standard
A socket, a mount position, a reachable lock and a shaded zero list - all free at drawing stage. No installation service, no commissioning and no warranty or AMC published, so the drawing is yours to own. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Ask for a clinic scenting plan → SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
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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 a 400ml refillable tank lasting 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 (roughly 1.5 units of electricity a month on a ten-hour daily schedule), freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. 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, and also runs standalone wall-mounted or lay-flat. The SOSA Meenar (₹38,500) is the largest machine in the range, quoted for roughly 12,000-18,000 sq ft of HVAC-connected space. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and clinical protocol and is not a substitute for any of them, it is not a medical device, and SOSA makes no health, therapeutic or treatment claim of any kind and no claim that fragrance affects bookings, retention or spend. CE, RoHS and SGS are electrical and compliance marks, not medical approval. 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.