★ SOSA for Modular Kitchen Showrooms and Experience Centres
A timber showroom already has a fragrance and it belongs to the wood, so your job is the second voice that agrees with it rather than a first voice that competes
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"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
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"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
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"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
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"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
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"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
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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
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"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
★ The register for a room full of real timber
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserDry pine, sage and cedar - never sweetView ₹849SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserSits underneath the wood, not over itView ₹849SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserRun low, and lower again in summerView ₹849
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Why not something warm to match the warmth of the wood? Because warmth is what the room already has plenty of, and adding more produces heaviness rather than more warmth. The fragrance should supply what the room is short of, which in a timber showroom is dryness and air. This is also where the edible instinct arrives - vanilla, warm spice, coffee - and it is wrong here for the usual reason: a room selling ₹5-10 lakh cabinetry that smells of a café reads as a café. Our own Fresh Brew at ₹849 is exactly the register to avoid.
What do I buy, and what does it cost? Under about 300 sq ft, one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 for 50ml, or ₹1,349 for 130ml - and that is the entire answer, with nothing else to buy. Between about 300 and 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899. Past roughly 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, run low in the same dry woody direction. The register does not change with the size of the room - only the hardware carrying it does, and at the smallest sizes that hardware is six fibre reeds in a bottle.
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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.
Of all the showroom types I get asked about, a timber one is the easiest to get right and the easiest to overdo, and the reason is the same in both directions: the room is already saying something. The fragrance's whole job is to agree with it quietly.
Quick answers — read this first
What fragrance works with natural wood kitchen displays? Dry woods - Himalayan pine, sage and cedar - at a low level. The point is that timber already has a smell, particularly oak, cedar and anything recently finished, and a customer walking a wood-led showroom is picking it up before they get to whatever you have added. A dry woody register sits underneath that and extends the same idea. Anything sweet, powdery, floral or edible arrives as a separate voice, and the room ends up with two conversations in it rather than one.Why not something warm to match the warmth of the wood? Because warmth is what the room already has plenty of, and adding more produces heaviness rather than more warmth. The fragrance should supply what the room is short of, which in a timber showroom is dryness and air. This is also where the edible instinct arrives - vanilla, warm spice, coffee - and it is wrong here for the usual reason: a room selling ₹5-10 lakh cabinetry that smells of a café reads as a café. Our own Fresh Brew at ₹849 is exactly the register to avoid.
What do I buy, and what does it cost? Under about 300 sq ft, one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 for 50ml, or ₹1,349 for 130ml - and that is the entire answer, with nothing else to buy. Between about 300 and 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899. Past roughly 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, run low in the same dry woody direction. The register does not change with the size of the room - only the hardware carrying it does, and at the smallest sizes that hardware is six fibre reeds in a bottle.
The short answer
Short answer: dry woods at a low level - Himalayan pine, sage and cedar. Timber already has a smell of its own, so the fragrance sits underneath it and extends the same idea rather than introducing a second one. Nothing sweet, warm or edible, because warmth is what a wood room already has. Mountain Breeze at ₹849 for 50ml, and under about 300 sq ft that reed is the whole answer.
The pick: one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed (₹849 for 50ml, ₹1,349 for 130ml) for a timber studio under about 300 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) to about 750 sq ft, and one SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) past roughly 1,500 sq ft.
Next step: tell us which timbers your displays actually use and how recently they were finished, and we will tell you whether you need anything at all yet - Ask for a retail scenting plan.
In this guide
The one showroom type where the fragrance has something to lean on. Get the direction right and the level can be very low indeed, because the wood is doing most of the work already.
The dry-wood register - tap to see the specification
The dry-wood default, ₹849
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849
The two-way behind this choice
Fresh vs woody: which is better for a showroom?
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
What fragrance works with natural wood kitchen displays?
Dry woods, low, sitting underneath what the timber is already doing. In practice that means Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, or the same family in cypress and dry green terms - and the reasoning matters more than the shortlist, because it tells you how to judge anything else you are offered. A showroom built around real oak, walnut, teak or veneer already has a smell, and it is a good one. Timber is not neutral, particularly where it has been recently finished or where cut edges and interiors are exposed. So a customer walking your floor is receiving something before they reach whatever you added, and the only sensible question is whether your addition agrees with it or argues with it. A dry woody register agrees: it reads as an extension of the room rather than as a product in the room, and at a low setting a customer will register the space as looked-after without being able to name a fragrance - which is the target in every post I write. Now the trap, and in this showroom it is a specific one. The palette is warm, so the instinct is to add warmth: amber, sweet resin, vanilla, warm spice, something like a fire in a room with wooden floors. Warmth is what your room already has, and more of it produces heaviness rather than more warmth. The fragrance should supply the thing the room is short of, which in a timber showroom is dryness and air - the sense of a window having been open. And the edible version of that instinct is the one this whole guide exists to talk you out of: a brand selling ₹5-10 lakh kitchens that smells of coffee or baking reads as a café rather than as an interiors showroom, so our own Fresh Brew at ₹849 is named here as the exact register to avoid. Two honest cautions. First, if your displays are new, the wood you are smelling may be off-gassing joinery rather than seasoned timber, and fragrance never covers that - two smells in one airspace combine rather than cancel, so ventilate and wait first. Second, I make no claim in either direction about what ambient scent does to timber, veneer or a finish; the machine is waterless and adds no moisture to the room, and anything beyond that is a question for whoever made your displays. On cost, this is the cheapest answer in the cluster. Under about 300 sq ft, one SOSA Mountain Breeze at ₹849 for 50ml, or ₹1,349 for 130ml, is the whole purchase. To about 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899. Past roughly 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 in the same direction. And plainly: no one can promise you that ambient scent moves footfall, enquiries or order value. Ask for a retail scenting plan and tell me which timbers you use.
Dry woods - pine, sage, cedar - underneath what the timber is already saying, at a low level. Nothing sweet, warm or edible, because warmth is what the room already has. ₹849 for the reed, and under about 300 sq ft that is the entire answer.
For a timber-led showroom the register is SOSA Mountain Breeze - Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, alcohol-free and phthalate-free, 50ml lasting 6-8 weeks - at ₹849, or ₹1,349 for the 130ml. Under about 300 sq ft that reed is the complete answer and there is nothing else to buy.
See the SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849 Ask for a retail scenting plan
The rule for a wood-led room
Extend what the timber is doing rather than adding a second idea
The register, and what it costs
The reed is the honest starting point for a timber showroom, and for a small one it is the finishing point too. The second card is the fragrance for the rooms that have no wood to extend.
The default for oak, walnut, teak and veneer
SOSA Mountain Breeze
Himalayan pine with sage and cedar, alcohol-free and phthalate-free on a coconut-derived base, six fibre reeds flipped weekly. 50ml runs 6-8 weeks at ₹849, 130ml runs 14-18 weeks at ₹1,349. Dry rather than sweet, which is the entire reason it belongs in a room full of timber instead of arguing with it.
From ₹849
For the white and grey rooms with no timber - run low
SOSA Morning Freshness
Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus at ₹749 for 50ml, the brightest end of the dry register. Named here so you can see the fork: this one belongs where there is no wood to extend, and it punishes overdoing by reading as a cleaning product in a kitchen context.
From ₹749
The three rules for a timber showroom
One about direction, one about level, and one about timing. The third catches out more new showrooms than the other two together.
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Go underneath the wood
The timber is the first voice, and it is better than anything you would add
Real oak, walnut, teak and veneer are not neutral, and a wood-led showroom is already giving a customer something dry and material before you contribute anything. The right addition reads as more of that rather than as a separate product, which is why dry pine, sage and cedar work and why a floral, a powder or a sweet resin does not. A useful test: stand in the middle of the floor and ask whether you can tell where the room ends and the fragrance begins. If you can, the direction is wrong, and turning it down will not fix a direction problem - it will just make the wrong thing quieter.
Tip: Judge the direction on the floor, not from the bottle in your hand.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
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Resist the urge to match warmth
Add what the room lacks, which is dryness and air
Every warm palette invites a warm fragrance and the result is always heavier than intended, because you have doubled the quality the room had most of. A timber floor under warm lighting is already generous; what it can be short of is the sense of a window recently open. That is what a dry woody or dry green register supplies, and it is why the room reads as fresh rather than as cosy. This is also where the edible shortcut appears - vanilla, warm spice, coffee - and it is wrong in a kitchen showroom for three separate reasons, of which the simplest is that a brand selling ₹5-10 lakh cabinetry that smells of baking reads as a bakery.
Tip: If a note would sound good on a menu, it does not belong in your showroom.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
3
Check the wood is seasoned, not curing
New joinery and old timber smell different, and only one of them is a fragrance decision
A great many showrooms that ask about wood fragrance are actually smelling recent joinery, adhesive and edge banding rather than seasoned timber, and those are on a curing calendar that ends by itself. Fragrance never covers that, because two smells in one volume of air combine rather than cancel, so adding a dry cedar to a curing display gives you both. The test is free: walk in cold first thing in the morning, before your nose adapts, and see whether what you get reads as wood or as workshop. If it is workshop, ventilate, open every carcase overnight and wait, and buy nothing at all this month.
The SOSA principle
A timber showroom is the only one that arrives with a fragrance already installed, and it is a better one than most suppliers would sell you - so the whole skill here is addition by agreement rather than addition by contrast.
Which is why the best wood-led showrooms I have walked into run their level lower than anybody expects.
The plan, by showroom size
Same register at every size, and the only thing that changes is the hardware carrying it - which for a small timber studio is nothing more than a bottle and six reeds.
The SOSA plan
Fragrance for natural wood displays, by size of showroom
| The showroom | What to do |
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A timber studio under about 300 sq ft
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One Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 for 50ml, or ₹1,349 for 130ml. That is the entire purchase, with no schedule to manage. |
 300 to 750 sq ft
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One Sukoon at ₹1,899 in the same dry woody direction. A Vaayu here would be rated for several times the volume you actually have. |
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750 to 1,500 sq ft
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The decision point, and it turns on control rather than reach - an entrance, a consultation room or central AC to mount into is what moves you up. |
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Past about 1,500 sq ft
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One Vaayu at ₹11,999, low, on trading hours, in the same direction. One volume of air, one profile. |
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Any size, while displays are still curing
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Nothing. Ventilate, open every carcase overnight and wait, because a dry cedar over fresh joinery gives you both. |
The palette that tests this rule hardest is the dark one, and it is set out in what a dark-wood luxury kitchen display should smell like. And if your floor mixes timber with marble, minimal white and classic displays, the family's whole answer is in how fragrance changes between modern, classic and luxury displays. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
The cheapest right answer in the guide
Mountain Breeze at ₹849 for 50ml, and under about 300 sq ft there is nothing else to buy.
A wood-led showroom is the one room where I regularly tell people they have already got most of a fragrance and simply have not noticed, because they walk into it every morning and their nose stopped reporting it years ago.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why the reed suits this room
No schedule, no dial, no dB - just a bottle and six reeds
The SOSA kitchen-showroom specification
One register covers every timber showroom, and only the hardware changes with size. For a machine, cold-air refill oil is not currently sold separately, so the 400ml supplied runs 90+ days a fill and further supply should be confirmed with SOSA before a rollout. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA kitchen-showroom specification
Dry woods, low, and the hardware chosen by cubic volume
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
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Timber, veneer and warm displays, and any studio under about 300 sq ft | Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, alcohol-free, 50ml for 6-8 weeks at ₹849 or 130ml for 14-18 weeks at ₹1,349 | ₹849 View → |
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SOSA Sukoon
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A single-room timber showroom of roughly 300 to 750 sq ft | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included, the honest buy at this size rather than a Vaayu | ₹1,899 View → |
 SOSA Vaayu
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Timber display floors past about 1,500 sq ft | 1000m³ coverage, waterless, adjustable intensity, app timers, key-lock, under 38dB, wall or HVAC mountable | ₹11,999 View → |
Take the direction from the timber, set the level from the consultation seat at minute ninety, and check the wood is seasoned rather than curing before buying anything. I make no claim in either direction about what ambient scent does to timber, veneer or any finish - that is a question for whoever made your displays. Ambient scent here is a presentation decision like lighting or display styling, and it is never used to cover another smell or to substitute for ventilation. And plainly: no one can promise you that ambient scent moves footfall, enquiries or order value, and a 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
Timber showrooms are my favourite ones to advise, and also the ones where I most often end up recommending less than the owner expected. The reason is simple: they have a head start they cannot smell any more. Real oak, walnut and teak, veneers, cut edges, freshly opened carcases - all of that is doing something in the air before anybody adds anything, and because the owner walks in every morning, they stopped registering it years ago. So they ask what to add, when the honest first step is to notice what is there.
Once you can see the room that way, the direction is obvious. Go underneath the wood rather than over it. Dry pine, sage and cedar read as an extension of the same idea, so the customer perceives the space rather than a product in it - and that is the whole target. The mistake I talk people out of most is matching warmth with warmth: a warm palette under warm light invites amber and sweetness, and what you get is not more warmth but more weight. Add what the room is short of instead, which is dryness and the sense of air having moved. And keep every edible idea out of it entirely, because a room selling kitchens at ₹5-10 lakh that smells of coffee or baking has quietly reclassified itself as a café. Our own Fresh Brew at ₹849 is a lovely thing and it belongs in a home, not on your floor.
On hardware I would undersell here more than anywhere. Under about 300 sq ft, one Mountain Breeze at ₹849 is the entire answer and I would rather you spent that than ₹11,999. To about 750 sq ft, a Sukoon at ₹1,899. Past roughly 1,500 sq ft, a Vaayu at ₹11,999 in the same direction. And if your displays went in last month, buy none of them yet. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
What fragrance works with natural wood kitchen displays?
Dry woods at a low level - Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, or the same family in cypress and dry green terms. Timber already has a smell of its own, so the fragrance goes underneath it and extends the same idea rather than introducing a second one. Mountain Breeze is Rs 849 for 50ml or Rs 1,349 for 130ml, and under about 300 sq ft that reed is the entire answer.
Should a wood showroom use a warm, sweet fragrance to match the palette?
No, and this is the most common mistake in a timber room. Warmth is what the palette already has, so adding a warm amber or a sweet resin produces heaviness rather than more warmth. The fragrance should supply what the room is short of, which is dryness and the sense of air having moved. Anything edible is ruled out entirely - a brand selling kitchens at Rs 5-10 lakh that smells of baking reads as a bakery.
Will fragrance affect my timber, veneer or finishes?
I make no claim about that in either direction, because it is not a perfumer's question. What can honestly be said is a fact about the machine: the Vaayu is waterless, so it adds no moisture to the room and leaves no residue on surfaces. Whether room humidity matters to a particular veneer, lacquer or oiled finish is a question for the manufacturer who made your displays, and they will answer it properly.
My wood displays are new and smell of joinery. Should I add a woody fragrance?
No. What you are smelling is new joinery, adhesive and edge banding on a curing calendar rather than seasoned timber, and fragrance never covers another smell because two smells in one airspace combine rather than cancel. Ventilate hard, open every carcase overnight, clear the fit-out debris, and wait. Judge it by walking in cold first thing, and buy nothing until that walk-in reads as wood rather than as workshop.
How strong should it be in a wood-led showroom?
Lower than you think, because the timber is carrying most of it already and your customers sit through a sixty to ninety minute consultation where exposure compounds. Set the level for the ninetieth minute rather than the arrival, and set it for the designers who breathe it nine hours a day. If a customer can name the fragrance, it is too strong, and in this room particularly it should read as the space rather than as a product.
Dry woods, underneath the timber
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for modular kitchen showrooms and experience centres
Mountain Breeze (₹849 for 50ml, ₹1,349 for 130ml) is Himalayan pine, sage and cedar - the dry-wood register for oak, walnut, teak and veneer, and the complete answer under about 300 sq ft. To 750 sq ft a Sukoon at ₹1,899; past 1,500 sq ft a Vaayu at ₹11,999 in the same direction. Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, composed in Pune, made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
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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 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.