★ Match a SOSA Fragrance to Your Bedroom
Look at your room, not at the label - the surfaces, the light and the fabric will tell you which bottle to buy
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"I read the five and recognised my room immediately in the third one. Bought the woody reed and it was right."
Mountain Breeze reed · dark bedroom
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"The point about hard rooms needing more reeds explained why my last diffuser felt weak. Nothing wrong with the diffuser."
Morning Freshness reed · hard surfaces
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"White walls, big windows, very little furniture. The lemon one suits it exactly."
Morning Freshness reed · bright bedroom
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"I have a very layered, soft, curtained room and had been using far too many reeds. Three is plenty."
Garden Bloom reed · reed count
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"Handy to have all five laid out. I would never have guessed cedar was the answer for my room."
Mountain Breeze reed · minimalist bedroom
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"Bought the 130ml once I knew which one I wanted. Better value and I re-order far less."
Garden Bloom reed · 130ml
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"I read the five and recognised my room immediately in the third one. Bought the woody reed and it was right."
Mountain Breeze reed · dark bedroom
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"The point about hard rooms needing more reeds explained why my last diffuser felt weak. Nothing wrong with the diffuser."
Morning Freshness reed · hard surfaces
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"White walls, big windows, very little furniture. The lemon one suits it exactly."
Morning Freshness reed · bright bedroom
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"I have a very layered, soft, curtained room and had been using far too many reeds. Three is plenty."
Garden Bloom reed · reed count
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"Handy to have all five laid out. I would never have guessed cedar was the answer for my room."
Mountain Breeze reed · minimalist bedroom
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"Bought the 130ml once I knew which one I wanted. Better value and I re-order far less."
Garden Bloom reed · 130ml
★ Three reeds that cover most bedrooms
Morning Freshness reedBright and modern rooms - lemon and eucalyptusView ₹749
Mountain Breeze reedMinimal, cool or wood-heavy rooms - cedar and sageView ₹849
Garden Bloom reedSoft, romantic, layered rooms - rose and jasmineView ₹799
✓ Three questions - how hard are the surfaces, how warm is the light, how much fabric is in the room - get you to one bottle ✓ Hard rooms need more reeds and soft rooms need fewer, which matters more than the scent you pick ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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Which SOSA fragrance suits a minimalist bedroom? SOSA Mountain Breeze, ₹849 for 50ml - Himalayan pine, sage and cedar. Dry, cool and mineral, which matches concrete, glass, pale wood and cool light rather than fighting them. Because a minimalist room has very little textile to hold fragrance, use four or five reeds rather than three and place the bottle where air actually moves rather than in a still corner.
Which SOSA fragrance suits a soft, layered, romantic bedroom? SOSA Garden Bloom, ₹799 for 50ml, is British rose and night-blooming jasmine and is the obvious match for a soft layered room. If you would rather not have florals, a powdery lavender and chamomile does the same job more quietly. Either way, use three reeds rather than the whole pack, because all that fabric absorbs fragrance and releases it slowly, so a soft room needs less than a bare one.
See the Morning Freshness reed Book a scenting plan
Facts verified 24 August 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Morning Freshness reed diffuser is an alcohol-free reed diffuser of Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus, ₹749 for 50ml and ₹1,249 for 130ml. The SOSA Garden Bloom reed diffuser is British rose and night-blooming jasmine, ₹799 for 50ml and ₹1,299 for 130ml. The SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser is Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, ₹849 for 50ml and ₹1,349 for 130ml. All use no flame, no power and no water, and the product pages state that a 50ml lasts 6 to 8 weeks and a 130ml lasts 14 to 18 weeks depending on room size, airflow and how often the reeds are flipped. The matching guidance here is based on a room's surfaces, light and textiles; SOSA does not classify any fragrance by gender, and every fragrance in the range is suitable for anybody. Reed oil should be kept on a coaster away from polished surfaces, out of reach of children and pets, and is not for skin or ingestion. Fragrance works alongside ventilation and cleaning and never replaces them. Scent enhances the ambience and perceived quality of a space; it works alongside proper ventilation and cleaning and is not a substitute for either, and SOSA makes no claim that fragrance alone influences a purchase decision. 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 fastest way to choose a bedroom fragrance is to stop thinking about fragrance and look at the room. Its surfaces decide how long a scent lasts, its light decides which register feels right, and its fabric decides how much you need. So here are five bedrooms most people recognise themselves in, the bottle that suits each, and the three questions that will get you there even if none of the five is yours.
Quick answers — read this first
How do I choose a bedroom fragrance to match my interior? Ask three questions about the room. How hard are the surfaces - hard rooms disperse scent fast and need more reeds, soft ones hold it and need fewer. How warm is the light - warm low light suits warm low scents, cool bright light suits clean dry ones. And how much fabric is there - textiles absorb fragrance and release it slowly. For a bright modern room the SOSA Morning Freshness reed (₹749) is the match; for a minimal, cool or wood-heavy room Mountain Breeze (₹849); for a soft layered room Garden Bloom (₹799).Which SOSA fragrance suits a minimalist bedroom? SOSA Mountain Breeze, ₹849 for 50ml - Himalayan pine, sage and cedar. Dry, cool and mineral, which matches concrete, glass, pale wood and cool light rather than fighting them. Because a minimalist room has very little textile to hold fragrance, use four or five reeds rather than three and place the bottle where air actually moves rather than in a still corner.
Which SOSA fragrance suits a soft, layered, romantic bedroom? SOSA Garden Bloom, ₹799 for 50ml, is British rose and night-blooming jasmine and is the obvious match for a soft layered room. If you would rather not have florals, a powdery lavender and chamomile does the same job more quietly. Either way, use three reeds rather than the whole pack, because all that fabric absorbs fragrance and releases it slowly, so a soft room needs less than a bare one.
The short answer
Short answer: match the fragrance to the room's surfaces, light and fabric. Minimalist and cool rooms take dry mineral woods - SOSA Mountain Breeze (₹849). Bright modern rooms take clean citrus - Morning Freshness (₹749). Soft layered rooms take florals or powder - Garden Bloom (₹799). Dark rooms take roasted or resinous scents and neutral rooms take soft woods. Hard rooms need more reeds; soft ones need fewer.
The pick: Morning Freshness (₹749) for a bright modern room, Mountain Breeze (₹849) for a minimal, cool or wood-heavy one, and Garden Bloom (₹799) for a soft layered one.
Next step: send us a photograph of the room, or just describe the floor, the curtains and the light, and we will name one bottle - ask us what suits your bedroom.
In this guide
Every one of these matches the fragrance to the room's materials and light. None of it is about who the room belongs to, and any of these bottles is for anybody.
The shortlist - tap any of the three
Bright and modern rooms
Morning Freshness reed · from ₹749
Minimal, cool or dark rooms
Mountain Breeze reed · from ₹849
Not sure which
Ask us what suits your bedroom
Straight answer
Which fragrance matches my bedroom?
Answer three questions about the room and the bottle chooses itself. One: how hard are the surfaces? Tile, concrete, glass and bare walls reflect fragrance rather than holding it, so scent disperses quickly and you will need four or five reeds. A room with a rug, curtains, layered bedding and an upholstered headboard absorbs and slowly releases it, so three reeds is plenty and an overdose takes days to clear. Two: how warm is the light? One lamp in a deep-painted room is a slow, close, warm space and takes a slow warm scent. A room with big windows and white walls is bright and cool and takes something clean and dry. Three: how much fabric is in it? More fabric means more absorption and more staying power. Now the five rooms. A minimalist bedroom - concrete, pale wood, cool light, little furniture - wants dry and mineral: the SOSA Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849, Himalayan pine, sage and cedar. A pink or soft bedroom - warm light, sheer curtains, a lot of fabric - wants softness, which can be a powdery lavender and chamomile or, if florals are what you love, the Garden Bloom reed at ₹799, British rose and night-blooming jasmine. A dark and moody bedroom - deep paint, heavy curtains, one warm lamp - wants roasted or resinous: a coffee and vanilla reed for warmth, or Mountain Breeze again if you want it dry rather than sweet. A beige and neutral bedroom - linen, jute, oak, warm white - wants soft woods and quiet warmth, so a powdery lavender or the same pale dry cedar. And a bright modern bedroom - white walls, big windows, hard floors - wants clean citrus and herbs: the Morning Freshness reed at ₹749, Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus. Two things worth saying plainly. None of this is about who the room belongs to - fragrance has no gender, and every bottle here is for anybody who likes it. And if you love a scent that does not match your room, buy it anyway; matching is a useful default, not a rule. All of these are alcohol-free reeds with no flame, no power and no water, lasting 6 to 8 weeks for a 50ml and 14 to 18 weeks for a 130ml, depending on room size, airflow and how often you flip the reeds. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Hard surfaces, cool light: dry woods (Mountain Breeze ₹849). Soft fabric, warm light: florals or powder (Garden Bloom ₹799). Bright modern: clean citrus (Morning Freshness ₹749). Hard rooms need more reeds, soft rooms fewer.
If your room is bright and modern - white walls, big windows, hard floors - the match is SOSA Morning Freshness, Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus. ₹749 for 50ml lasting 6 to 8 weeks depending on room size, airflow and reed flips. Use four or five reeds in a hard room, not three.
See the Morning Freshness reed ₹749 Shop the bedroom edit
Three reeds, most rooms covered
Clean citrus, dry wood or soft florals - matched to what your room is made of
Three reeds that cover most rooms
Three bottles cover the great majority of bedrooms. The two we mention in prose - a powdery lavender and chamomile, and a roasted coffee and vanilla - have their own guides, linked below, for the softest and the darkest rooms.
Bright and modern rooms
Morning Freshness reed diffuser
Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus. Clean, cool and closer to air than to perfume, which is what white walls, big windows and hard floors ask for. Also the most affordable bottle in the range, and the easiest one to start with. 50ml ₹749 lasting 6 to 8 weeks, 130ml ₹1,249 lasting 14 to 18 weeks, depending on room size, airflow and reed flips.
From ₹749
Minimalist, cool and wood-heavy rooms
Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
Himalayan pine, sage and cedar. Dry, mineral and unsweet - the register that matches concrete, pale oak, cane and cool light, and equally the dry answer for a dark room that you would rather not smell sweet. 50ml ₹849, 130ml ₹1,349.
From ₹849
Soft, layered and romantic rooms
Garden Bloom reed diffuser
British rose with night-blooming jasmine. Full and soft without being sugary, and the natural match for warm light, sheer curtains and a lot of fabric. Use three reeds, not eight - soft rooms hold onto florals. 50ml ₹799, 130ml ₹1,299.
From ₹799
Three questions that get you to one bottle
Three questions. Answer them about your own room and you will land on a bottle without needing the five categories at all.
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How hard are the surfaces?
This decides the quantity, which decides whether you like it
Start here, because it is the question that explains almost every disappointed review of every diffuser ever sold. Fabric absorbs fragrance and releases it slowly; hard surfaces do not. So a room with tile or concrete floors, blinds rather than curtains and a plain bed lets scent disperse quickly, and the same bottle that felt strong in a carpeted room will feel faint in it. Use four or five reeds there, and put the bottle where air moves - near a door or a window you open - rather than in a still corner. A room with a rug, lined curtains, layered bedding and an upholstered headboard is the opposite: it holds the scent and hands it back for hours, so three reeds is plenty and going higher is slow to undo, because the textiles keep releasing what they have absorbed for days. Get this right and almost any scent works; get it wrong and the best fragrance in the world will feel either absent or oppressive.
Tip: hard room, four or five reeds. Soft room, three. This matters more than which bottle you buy.
Mountain Breeze holds a steady low level in a hard room - pine, sage and cedar, ₹849.
See Mountain Breeze reed →
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How warm is the light?
Light sets the register the scent should sit in
You smell a room while you are looking at it, and the two impressions merge - which is why a fragrance can feel right in one room and inexplicably wrong in another. Cool bright light, white walls and big windows read as clean and alert, and they take clean, dry, green and citrus scents comfortably. Warm low light - one lamp, deep paint, a shaded bulb - reads as slow and enclosed, and it takes warm low scents: roasted notes, resins, soft woods, powder. A sharp citrus in a low-lit room is the olfactory equivalent of turning on the overhead light. This is a default rather than a law, and if you adore a bright scent in a dark room you should absolutely have it - but if something feels subtly off and you cannot say why, the light is usually the reason.
Morning Freshness is the bright-light match - lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus, ₹749.
See Morning Freshness reed →
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What is the room made of?
Materials give you the family, and then you pick what you like
Now the aesthetic question, and it is the easy one. Concrete, glass, steel and cool pale wood point to dry mineral woods. Linen, jute, oak, cane and warm white point to soft woods and quiet warmth. Deep paint, velvet and heavy lined curtains point to roasted and resinous. Warm light, sheer curtains and a lot of soft fabric point to powder and florals. White walls, big windows and hard floors point to clean citrus and herbs. That is the whole map, and it works in any shop at any price, not only here. One thing to hold on to as you use it: none of these categories has anything to do with who the room belongs to. Fragrance has no gender, and every family listed above is chosen by every kind of person. If your room says dry cedar and you want rose, buy the rose - matching is a useful default when you are unsure, not an instruction.
Tip: materials give you a family. Your own taste beats the family every time.
The SOSA principle
Most people choose a bedroom scent by imagining how it smells and then wonder why it behaves oddly at home. Choose by what the room is made of instead, and the same bottle suddenly makes sense.
Surfaces decide the quantity, light decides the register, materials decide the family - and your own taste beats all three.
Five bedrooms, five answers
Here are four of the five rooms as a table. The fifth, a dark and moody bedroom, has its own guide linked below because it needs a longer answer about dose.
The SOSA plan
Five bedrooms, five matches
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Minimalist - concrete, pale wood, cool light, little furniture
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Mountain Breeze reed, ₹849 for 50ml. Dry mineral pine, sage and cedar. Use four or five reeds, since there is little fabric to hold it. View → |
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Bright and modern - white walls, big windows, hard floors
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Morning Freshness reed, ₹749. Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus - clean, cool and closer to air than to perfume. View → |
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Soft and romantic - warm light, sheer curtains, layered fabric
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Garden Bloom reed, ₹799. British rose and night-blooming jasmine. Three reeds only, because soft rooms hold florals for a long time. View → |
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Beige and neutral - linen, jute, pale oak, warm white
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Soft woods and quiet warmth. Mountain Breeze at ₹849 reads as a material rather than a perfume, which is exactly right in a textural room. View → |
Two rooms deserve their own pages rather than a row in a table, because both need a longer answer about how much to use. A dark and moody bedroom takes roasted or resinous scents, and its heavy textiles change the dose enough that getting it wrong takes days to correct. A beige and neutral bedroom is warm rather than cool despite the name, and the guide works through undertones properly. If you would rather choose by preference than by interior at all, our honest answer on the best bedroom fragrance for women and its companion on the best bedroom fragrance for men both start from the same place: fragrance has no gender, so pick the family you actually like. For the whole decision across formats and budgets, start with our pillar on the best home fragrance for a bedroom in India.
Look at the room, then buy the bottle
SOSA Morning Freshness is ₹749 for 50ml, lasting 6 to 8 weeks depending on room size, airflow and how often you flip the reeds. The easiest place to start, and the match for a bright modern room.
Surfaces decide how much you need, light decides which register feels right, materials decide the family - and if you simply love a scent, that beats all three.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
The bit that matters more than the scent
Hard rooms need more reeds, soft rooms need fewer
The SOSA aesthetic match list
Three reeds covering most bedrooms, with two more named in the guides for the softest and darkest rooms. All are alcohol-free with no flame, no power and no water, so they suit a rented room, a PG or your own home equally. Everything is made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA aesthetic match list
Two that cover the widest range of rooms
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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Morning Freshness reed
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Bright, modern, hard-surfaced rooms - and the easiest way to start | Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus, alcohol-free, no flame or power. 50ml ₹749 lasts 6-8 weeks, 130ml ₹1,249 lasts 14-18 weeks | ₹749 View → |
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Mountain Breeze reed
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Minimalist, cool, wood-heavy or neutral rooms | Himalayan pine, sage and cedar. Dry and mineral, reading as a material rather than a perfume. 50ml ₹849, 130ml ₹1,349 | ₹849 View → |
A quick word before you order. The quantity matters more than the choice - four or five reeds in a hard room with no curtains, three in a soft one with a rug and layered bedding, and always judge it by walking in from outside rather than from where you are sitting. Buy the 50ml first to find your scent and move to the 130ml for the one you keep re-ordering, since it is better value per ml. Stand the bottle on a coaster, keep it away from children and pets, and do not put the oil on skin. And the note we repeat everywhere: fragrance works alongside airing and cleaning, never instead of them. Send us a photo of the room and we will name one bottle.
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A note from Sonal
People usually try to choose a home fragrance the way they choose a perfume - by imagining how it smells - and then cannot understand why it behaves strangely once it is home. A perfume sits on skin at a fixed distance from your nose. A room fragrance has to live in a volume of air with particular surfaces, particular light and a particular amount of fabric, and those three things change it enormously. So look at the room first. It is a much more reliable guide than a description on a label.
My three questions are always the same. How hard are the surfaces, because that decides how many reeds you use, and quantity is where most people go wrong. How warm is the light, because a low-lit room takes a slow scent and a bright one takes a clean scent. And what is the room made of - concrete and glass point to Mountain Breeze at ₹849, white walls and big windows to Morning Freshness at ₹749, and soft warm layers to Garden Bloom at ₹799. Two more, for the softest and the darkest rooms, have their own guides.
Two things I want to be clear about. First, none of this is about who the room belongs to. Fragrance has no gender - there is no men's or women's scent, only preferences - and every family here is chosen by every sort of person. Cedar is not male and rose is not female, whatever a shelf in a shop implies. Second, matching is a default rather than a rule. If your room says dry wood and you love jasmine, buy the jasmine, because you are the one who has to live with it. And as always, air the room and clean it first, then scent it. Everything is made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
How do I match a fragrance to my bedroom's style?
Ask three things about the room. How hard are the surfaces, which decides how many reeds you need - four or five in a hard room, three in a soft one. How warm is the light, since low warm light suits warm slow scents and bright cool light suits clean dry ones. And what is the room made of, which gives you the family. Concrete and cool light point to SOSA Mountain Breeze at Rs 849, white walls and big windows to Morning Freshness at Rs 749, soft layered warmth to Garden Bloom at Rs 799.
Which fragrance suits a minimalist bedroom?
A dry, cool, mineral one. SOSA Mountain Breeze at Rs 849 for 50ml is Himalayan pine, sage and cedar and matches concrete, glass, pale wood and cool light. Because a minimalist room has very little fabric to hold fragrance, use four or five reeds rather than three and place the bottle where air moves rather than in a still corner - otherwise it will seem much weaker than it is.
Does my interior style really change which scent I should buy?
It changes two things genuinely. The register that feels coherent, because you smell a room while looking at it and a warm scent in a cool stark space reads as a mismatch. And the quantity you need, because a room's surfaces decide how fast fragrance disperses. It does not change what you are allowed to like. If a scent you love does not match your room, buy it anyway - matching is a default for when you are unsure.
Is there a men's or women's version of these fragrances?
No. Fragrance has no gender - there are only preferences and marketing conventions, and the same materials appear in bottles sold in every direction. Every SOSA reed is for anybody who likes it. Rose and jasmine are worn and loved by everyone, and the dry woody family that gets labelled masculine is chosen by an enormous number of women. Choose the one you would like to walk into.
Should I buy the 50ml or the 130ml?
The 50ml first, to find out whether a scent suits your particular room, since a bottle behaves differently in different spaces. Then the 130ml for the one you keep re-ordering, because it is better value per ml. A 50ml lasts 6 to 8 weeks and a 130ml lasts 14 to 18 weeks, depending on room size, airflow and how often you flip the reeds.
Three questions, one bottle
SOSA — Bedroom Fragrance matched to your surfaces, your light and your fabric
SOSA Morning Freshness is ₹749 for 50ml, Garden Bloom ₹799 and Mountain Breeze ₹849, each lasting 6 to 8 weeks depending on room size, airflow and how often you flip the reeds. All alcohol-free with no flame, no power and no water. Fragrance has no gender and every bottle here is for anybody who likes it. Everything is 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 24 August 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Morning Freshness reed diffuser is an alcohol-free reed diffuser of Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus, ₹749 for 50ml and ₹1,249 for 130ml. The SOSA Garden Bloom reed diffuser is British rose and night-blooming jasmine, ₹799 for 50ml and ₹1,299 for 130ml. The SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser is Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, ₹849 for 50ml and ₹1,349 for 130ml. All use no flame, no power and no water, and the product pages state that a 50ml lasts 6 to 8 weeks and a 130ml lasts 14 to 18 weeks depending on room size, airflow and how often the reeds are flipped. The matching guidance here is based on a room's surfaces, light and textiles; SOSA does not classify any fragrance by gender, and every fragrance in the range is suitable for anybody. Reed oil should be kept on a coaster away from polished surfaces, out of reach of children and pets, and is not for skin or ingestion. Fragrance works alongside ventilation and cleaning and never replaces them. Scent enhances the ambience and perceived quality of a space; it works alongside proper ventilation and cleaning and is not a substitute for either, and SOSA makes no claim that fragrance alone influences a purchase decision. 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.