★ SOSA for Luxury Watch Boutiques and Premium Retail
One fragrance across four cities, and four different numbers behind it - because a customer perceives a level, never your dial
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★★★★★
"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
★★★★★
"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
★ The machine class for a store past 1,500 sq ft, in any of the four
SOSA VaayuSame profile in every cityView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuIntensity set locally and recordedView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuKey-lock, so the record stays the truthView ₹11,999
✓ Waterless, so the machine adds no moisture to the room and leaves no residue on surfaces ✓ Adjustable intensity and a key-lock, so four stores can hold one perceived level at four different settings ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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Then why does each store need a different setting? Because the same composition at the same setting does not read the same in different air. Humid coastal air, a sealed and conditioned summer, a naturally ventilated winter, a mild and stable year - each of those changes how a customer perceives the room. If you hold the number constant across the estate, you get four different perceived levels, which is precisely the inconsistency you were trying to avoid. Holding the perceived level constant is the actual goal, and it requires four different numbers to achieve.
What does that cost across four stores? Machine class follows store size, not the city. Past about 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 per store; under about 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy. A four-store estate will honestly run a mix, and that is correct rather than a compromise. Note before you plan a rollout: cold-air refill oil is not currently sold separately, so confirm continuity of supply with SOSA first.
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.
The question is usually asked as though sameness and adjustment were opposites. They are not. Sameness is what your customer experiences; the setting is what produces it, and holding one number across four cities is the surest way to end up with four different stores.
Quick answers — read this first
Should all four cities use the same fragrance? Yes, and without much hesitation. A signature exists because it is the same across visits, across years and across branches - that is the entire mechanism by which anyone recognises anything. A customer who knows your Mumbai boutique and walks into your Delhi one should meet the same room, not a regional interpretation of it. And practically, running different oils in different cities makes the estate impossible to standardise, impossible to audit and impossible to reproduce when a manager changes.Then why does each store need a different setting? Because the same composition at the same setting does not read the same in different air. Humid coastal air, a sealed and conditioned summer, a naturally ventilated winter, a mild and stable year - each of those changes how a customer perceives the room. If you hold the number constant across the estate, you get four different perceived levels, which is precisely the inconsistency you were trying to avoid. Holding the perceived level constant is the actual goal, and it requires four different numbers to achieve.
What does that cost across four stores? Machine class follows store size, not the city. Past about 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 per store; under about 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy. A four-store estate will honestly run a mix, and that is correct rather than a compromise. Note before you plan a rollout: cold-air refill oil is not currently sold separately, so confirm continuity of supply with SOSA first.
The short answer
Short answer: yes to the same fragrance and no to the same setting. One profile across all four cities is what makes a signature recognisable; the number behind it has to be set per store, because humid coastal air, a two-season city, a mild stable one and an inland mall market each read the same composition differently. Set each locally, record it, and audit on foot. One SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) from about 1,500 sq ft; a Sukoon (₹1,899) below 750.
The pick: one SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) per store past about 1,500 sq ft, each at its own recorded setting, and one SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) in any branch that is a single room under about 750 sq ft.
Next step: send the four floor plans with sizes, ceiling heights and how each store is ventilated, and we will suggest a machine class and a starting setting for each - Ask for a retail scenting plan.
In this guide
Consistency is an outcome, not an instruction. Four identical numbers produce four different stores; four considered numbers produce one.
The machine class for a larger branch - tap to see the specification
One per branch past about 1,500 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999
The method behind this
One signature, per-store settings
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
Should the same watch-store fragrance be used in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad?
Yes to the fragrance and no to the setting, and the second half is where all the useful work is. Start with why the answer to the first half is easy. A signature is a recognition device, and recognition requires sameness - across visits, across years and across branches. A customer who knows your Mumbai boutique and walks into your Delhi one should meet the same room, not a regional interpretation of it, and the register that suits a watch boutique does not change with the postcode anyway: dry woods with a leather facet, a soft dry amber, or dry tea and citrus at the brighter end, and nothing sweet, edible or powdery in any city. There is also an operational reason. Different oils in different cities makes the estate impossible to standardise, impossible to audit and impossible to reproduce when a manager moves. So: one profile, everywhere, permanently. Now the part that surprises people. If you also hold the setting constant across four cities, you will not get four identical stores - you will get four different ones. The same composition at the same output reads differently in humid coastal air than in a sealed and conditioned summer showroom, and differently again in a naturally ventilated winter room or in mild, stable air. Add the local architecture on top - a street door that exchanges air dozens of times an hour, a mall shopfront onto a busy corridor, a double-height ceiling that eats capacity - and the number that produces the right room in one branch will produce a thin one or a heavy one in another. What a customer experiences is a perceived level. They never see your dial. So the correct target is the same perceived level everywhere, and reaching it takes four different numbers. Setting them is not complicated. In each store, start low; live with it a full trading week; ask the advisors who breathe it nine hours a day, six days a week, and treat a yes-but as a no; then confirm it by walking in from outside after twenty minutes away, because your own nose adapts within about twenty minutes and stops being an instrument. Change one step at a time. Then write the number down - setting, timer hours, date, who set it - on a card in each back office, and turn the key-lock on, because a shop floor has many hands and levels only ever drift upward. I will not give you per-city percentages; SOSA has measured none of this and any figures I quoted would be invented. Machine class follows size rather than city: past about 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 per store; under about 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899, because a Vaayu would be the wrong buy there. A four-store estate will honestly run a mix of the two, and that is correct rather than a compromise. One disclosure before you plan anything: cold-air refill oil is not currently sold separately, so the 400ml supplied runs 90+ days a fill and continuity of supply must be confirmed with SOSA before you commit to a multi-store programme. And to be plain: no one can promise you that ambient scent moves footfall, dwell or spend, and any supplier quoting you a figure is selling. Ask for a retail scenting plan and send the four floor plans.
One fragrance in all four cities, four different settings behind it. A customer perceives a level rather than a number, so identical dials across an estate produce four different stores. Set locally, record it, audit on foot.
Per branch past about 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu - waterless, adjustable intensity so each city gets its own number, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers on local trading hours, under 38dB, key-lock. ₹11,999. Any branch under 750 sq ft takes a SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 instead.
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What travels, and what does not
The profile travels; the setting stays behind in each store
The machine class, and where it drops
Machine class is decided by the size of each trading floor rather than by which city it is in, which is why a four-store estate almost always runs both of these. The images link through to the product pages.
Branches past about 1,500 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, roughly 2,000-3,000 sq ft. Adjustable intensity is what lets four branches hold one perceived level at four different numbers, and the key-lock is what keeps each of those numbers where the record says it is. 400ml tank running 90+ days a fill, app timers, under 38dB, auto-stop.
From ₹11,999
Branches under about 750 sq ft
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, supplied with three 15ml fragrances. A small branch in any of the four cities takes this, and a Vaayu at six times the price would be covering a fraction of what it is rated for. A mixed estate is the correct outcome, not an inconsistency.
From ₹1,899
The three reasons the number has to move
Three variables that differ between your branches, none of which is the fragrance, and all of which land on the same dial.
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The air is different in each city
The same composition reads differently in different air
Humid coastal air, a sealed conditioned summer, an opened-up winter room and mild stable air are four different environments for the same output. In practice a coastal branch tends to read heavier through the wet months; a conditioned one reads sharper and distributes further; a naturally ventilated one scatters and reads thinner. I will not give you a table of per-city percentages, because SOSA has measured none of this and inventing figures for rooms I have never entered would be exactly the behaviour this cluster is written against. What I will give you is the direction and the instruction to confirm it by arriving from outside with a fresh nose.
Tip: One step at a time, then a full trading week before you touch anything again.
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The buildings are different too
A street door, a mall shopfront and a double-height ceiling all change the answer
City is a convenient label for a bundle of building facts. A street-facing branch exchanges air with the road every time the door opens; a mall unit sits inside somebody else's air handling; a double-height flagship has far more volume than its floor plate suggests, because you scent volume rather than floor area and 1000m³ is a cubic figure. Two branches with identical square footage in two cities can honestly need different numbers and occasionally different machines. That is not the estate failing to standardise - it is the estate being standardised on the thing that matters, which is what a customer perceives.
Tip: Record ceiling height alongside floor area on every store record. Most estates never do.
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The people are different as well
Each branch's floor team holds that branch's only real measurement
Head office cannot judge intensity from a spreadsheet, and a regional manager visiting for two hours cannot either. The advisors in each store breathe that air nine hours a day, six days a week, and they are the only people with a genuine reading of it. Ask them directly after a normal trading week, treat a yes-but as a no, and give them the authority to switch the machine off in seconds if a customer mentions sensitivity - no permission, no discussion, no defending the choice. Then key-lock the level so it holds, and record it centrally so the branch and head office are looking at the same number.
One card per store: setting, timer hours, date, who set it. One line per store in the central record.
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The SOSA principle
Four identical settings produce four different stores; four considered settings produce one - because consistency is something a customer feels rather than something head office dials.
The profile is the thing you standardise. The number is the thing you standardise it with.
The plan, city by city
The same three sentences repeated four times, with the local reason each store's number sits where it does.
The SOSA plan
One fragrance, four cities, four recorded settings
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Mumbai
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Humid coastal air and often a street door. Expect a lower number in the wet months and a re-judge as they leave. Two recorded settings for this branch. |
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Delhi
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Sealed and conditioned in summer, frequently opened up in winter. Two genuinely different rooms, so two recorded settings and one fragrance. |
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Bengaluru
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Mild and stable, often naturally ventilated. One number that holds all year, and quite often a smaller machine than the same footprint elsewhere. |
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Hyderabad
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Inland, and much of the premium trade sits in conditioned mall units. Where that is true, expect the most stable number in the estate. |
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Every branch, the same rule
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One profile. Start low, ask the floor team, confirm by walking in from outside, change one step, then leave it a week. |
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Every branch, the same record
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Setting, timer hours, date, who set it - on a card in the back office and on one line in the central record. |
The full method for running this as a system, rather than as four conversations, is the family pillar: whether one signature scent can work across Indian cities if machine settings are adjusted for each store. And the single hardest branch to set is usually the coastal one, which is argued in whether Mumbai humidity affects the way a luxury store smells. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
One profile everywhere, one number per store
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 per branch past about 1,500 sq ft - adjustable, timed and key-locked, so four stores hold one level.
If your four stores all run the same number, you do not have a consistent estate. You have four stores that happen to share a dial position and nothing else.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why this machine suits a multi-city estate
One class of machine, one profile, and a number that stays put
The SOSA multi-city specification
Two machine classes cover a four-city estate, chosen by the size of each trading floor rather than by geography, and a mixed estate is the correct answer rather than a compromise. Cold-air refill oil is not currently sold separately, so the 400ml supplied runs 90+ days a fill and continuity of supply must be confirmed with SOSA before you commit to a multi-store programme; bulk pricing, invoicing and support terms are not published and should be confirmed too. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA watch-boutique specification
One fragrance, machine class by size, setting by store
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Sukoon
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Any branch that is a single room under about 750 sq ft | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included, the honest buy at this size in any of the four cities | ₹1,899 View → |
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SOSA Vaayu
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Any branch past about 1,500 sq ft, or with a lobby and a lounge | 1000m³ (about 2,000-3,000 sq ft), waterless, adjustable intensity, app timers, key-lock, wall or HVAC mountable | ₹11,999 View → |
One profile everywhere, one recorded setting per store, and an audit done on foot rather than on a screen. Ambient scent here is a presentation decision like lighting or case layout; it is never used to cover or mask another smell; and cold-air refill supply, bulk pricing and commercial terms are unpublished and must be confirmed with SOSA before a multi-store programme. And to be plain about it: no one can promise you that ambient scent moves footfall, dwell or spend, and any supplier quoting you a figure is selling. Ask for a retail scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
Retail heads ask me this expecting a debate and there is not much of one. Yes, the same fragrance in all four cities. A signature works by being recognisable, and something that changes by region is not a signature - it is four decisions that happen to have been made by the same company. The register for a watch boutique does not vary by postcode either: dry, woody, a leather facet, nothing sweet or edible, in Mumbai exactly as in Hyderabad.
The interesting half is the setting, and this is where estates get it backwards. Somebody decides that consistency means the same number everywhere, sends it out, and ends up with a coastal store that reads heavy in July, a Delhi store that reads thin all winter and a Bengaluru store that nobody has thought about since it opened. Your customer never sees the number. They walk in and feel a level. Holding the level steady across four different sets of air takes four different numbers, and that is what standardisation actually looks like here.
So: one profile, machine class by size rather than by city - a Vaayu at ₹11,999 past about 1,500 sq ft, a Sukoon at ₹1,899 under 750 - a setting chosen locally with the floor team, written on a card, key-locked, and one line per store in a central record. Before you commit to a rollout, ask us about refill continuity, because cold-air refill oil is not currently sold separately and I would rather you heard that from me than discovered it in month four. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Should the same watch-store fragrance be used in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad?
Yes. A signature works by being recognisable across visits, years and branches, and the register that suits a watch boutique does not change by city - dry woods with a leather facet, a soft dry amber, or dry tea and citrus, and nothing sweet or edible anywhere. Running different oils in different cities also makes an estate impossible to standardise, audit or reproduce when a manager moves. One profile, everywhere, permanently.
Should the machine setting be the same in every city too?
No, and this is where most estates go wrong. The same composition at the same output reads differently in humid coastal air, in a sealed conditioned summer, in an opened-up winter room and in mild stable air. Holding the number constant therefore produces four different perceived levels. What a customer experiences is a level rather than a dial position, so the correct target is one perceived level and it takes four different numbers to reach.
How do I decide the setting for each store?
Locally, and on foot. Start low, live with it for a full trading week, ask the advisors who breathe it nine hours a day and treat a yes-but as a no, then confirm by walking in from outside after twenty minutes away, because your own nose adapts within about twenty minutes. Change one step at a time. Then write the setting, timer hours, date and the name of whoever set it on a card in the back office.
Will my four stores need the same machine?
Not necessarily, and a mixed estate is the correct outcome rather than an inconsistency. Machine class follows the size of each trading floor rather than the city: past about 1,500 sq ft one SOSA Vaayu at Rs 11,999, and under about 750 sq ft one SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899, where a Vaayu would be the wrong buy. Two branches of the same footprint can also differ if one has a double-height ceiling, because you scent volume rather than floor area.
What should I confirm before rolling this out across an estate?
Refill continuity, first. Cold-air refill oil is not currently sold separately today - the machine ships with 400ml, which runs 90 or more days a fill - so continuity of supply must be confirmed with SOSA before you commit to a multi-store programme. Bulk pricing, invoicing, warranty, installation and multi-site support terms are not published either and should be confirmed rather than assumed. I would rather flag that than have you find it in month four.
One fragrance, four numbers, one recorded standard
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for luxury watch boutiques and premium retail
The SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) covers up to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with adjustable intensity so each branch holds one perceived level at its own recorded setting; any branch under about 750 sq ft takes a Sukoon at ₹1,899 instead. Cold-air refill supply and commercial terms should be confirmed before a rollout. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
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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.