★ SOSA for Hair Transplant and Hair Restoration Clinics
White tea, a dry light citrus or soft dry woods - and in reeds, Mountain Breeze first and Morning Freshness second
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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
★★★★★
"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
★★★★★
"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
★ The reed that suits a clinic reception better than anything else we make
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserPine, sage and cedar - dry, not warmView ₹849SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser50ml ₹849, 6-8 weeks a bottleView ₹849SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserAlcohol-free, no water, no plugView ₹849
✓ A named shortlist with the wrong answers named too - Garden Bloom, Evening Calm and Fresh Brew are not for a clinic ✓ Alcohol-free and phthalate-free on a coconut-derived base, with no water and nothing to plug in ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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If I want a reed rather than a machine, which one? Mountain Breeze at ₹849 for the 50ml, which is Himalayan pine with sage and cedar. It is the driest thing we make and it sits in the clinic register more naturally than anything else in the range - cool, green, faintly resinous without ever going warm or sweet. Morning Freshness at ₹749, Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus, is the honest second choice: it is clean and bright, but the mint and eucalyptus give it a wellness edge that some clinics will not want.
Which ones should I not buy, and what does the right answer cost? Garden Bloom, Evening Calm and Fresh Brew are the wrong direction for a clinic - floral, soft-evening and coffee registers all read as domestic or hospitality rather than clinical, and in a building where grafts are extracted that is the wrong signal. The right answer is cheap: one Mountain Breeze 50ml at ₹849 on the reception counter, or the 130ml at ₹1,349 if you would rather refill three times a year than eight.
See the SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser 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.
Most articles about clinic fragrance describe a mood and stop there. This one names the bottles, including the ones I would talk you out of, because a shortlist without exclusions is not a shortlist.
Quick answers — read this first
What is the actual shortlist for a hair clinic reception? Three directions, and no more than three. White tea - clean, slightly green, almost transparent, the safest thing you can put in a reception that does surgical work. A dry light citrus - lemon or bergamot handled dry rather than sugared, with no candied edge. Soft dry woods - cedar, pine, sage, something austere and cool rather than resinous. That is the whole register. Everything else is either too warm, too sweet or too obviously a fragrance, and in a clinic that is a fault rather than a flourish.If I want a reed rather than a machine, which one? Mountain Breeze at ₹849 for the 50ml, which is Himalayan pine with sage and cedar. It is the driest thing we make and it sits in the clinic register more naturally than anything else in the range - cool, green, faintly resinous without ever going warm or sweet. Morning Freshness at ₹749, Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus, is the honest second choice: it is clean and bright, but the mint and eucalyptus give it a wellness edge that some clinics will not want.
Which ones should I not buy, and what does the right answer cost? Garden Bloom, Evening Calm and Fresh Brew are the wrong direction for a clinic - floral, soft-evening and coffee registers all read as domestic or hospitality rather than clinical, and in a building where grafts are extracted that is the wrong signal. The right answer is cheap: one Mountain Breeze 50ml at ₹849 on the reception counter, or the 130ml at ₹1,349 if you would rather refill three times a year than eight.
The short answer
Short answer: white tea, a dry light citrus, or soft dry woods - and nothing else. In SOSA reeds the best clinic-register choice is Mountain Breeze (₹849, Himalayan pine, sage and cedar), with Morning Freshness (₹749, Malabar lemon, peppermint, eucalyptus) second. Garden Bloom, Evening Calm and Fresh Brew are the wrong direction for a clinic reception.
The pick: one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser (50ml ₹849, 130ml ₹1,349) on the reception counter, with a Sukoon at ₹1,899 as the step up if a reed cannot reach across the room.
Next step: tell us the size and shape of your reception and whether it is air-conditioned, and we will tell you whether a reed will actually reach or whether you need a machine - Ask for a clinic scenting plan.
In this guide
A shortlist is only useful if it also tells you what is not on it, so the exclusions here are named rather than implied.
The clinic reed - tap to see the specification
The best clinic-register reed we make
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849
The register, in full
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Straight answer
What is the best fragrance for a hair transplant clinic reception?
There are three directions worth considering and I would be suspicious of any list longer than that. White tea is the first: clean, faintly green, close to transparent, and about as difficult to object to as a fragrance gets. A dry light citrus is the second - lemon or bergamot treated dry, with none of the candied sweetness that citrus picks up in domestic products. Soft dry woods is the third, meaning cedar, pine and sage rather than sandalwood or anything resinous and warm. Those three are not a matter of taste; they follow from what happens in the building. You extract and place grafts here, and a patient walking in should meet a room that reads as clean and looked-after rather than perfumed. Now the specific bottles, because that is what you came for. In reeds, the best clinic-register fragrance we make is Mountain Breeze - Himalayan pine with sage and cedar - at ₹849 for 50ml or ₹1,349 for 130ml. It is dry, cool and green, and it never turns warm the way most wood accords do. The second choice is Morning Freshness - Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus - at ₹749 for 50ml. It is genuinely clean and bright, and I put it second rather than first because the peppermint and eucalyptus give it a wellness inflection that reads slightly spa-like to some noses, which is not what a surgical clinic is going for. Now the exclusions, which matter more than the inclusions: Garden Bloom, Evening Calm and Fresh Brew are the wrong direction for a clinic. A floral reads as domestic, a soft evening register reads as a hotel bedroom or a spa, and a coffee accord reads as a café, and all three are perfectly good in the rooms they were made for. Two practical notes before you buy. Reeds are a volume control, not a range control - the 130ml does not reach further than the 50ml, it simply lasts fourteen to eighteen weeks instead of six to eight, because reach is set by exposed reed surface area. And if your reception is large or heavily air-conditioned, a reed may simply not carry, in which case one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 is the step up rather than a second bottle. Three standing limits: this is an ambience decision with no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside your cleaning and ventilation and is never used to mask another smell, and procedure, recovery and photography rooms stay unscented. Ask for a clinic scenting plan and tell us the size of the reception - it decides reed or machine faster than the fragrance does.
White tea, dry light citrus or soft dry woods. In reeds: Mountain Breeze ₹849 first, Morning Freshness ₹749 second, and Garden Bloom, Evening Calm and Fresh Brew are the wrong direction.
For a clinic reception the reed to buy is SOSA Mountain Breeze - Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, alcohol-free and phthalate-free, 50ml lasting 6-8 weeks at ₹849 or 130ml lasting 14-18 weeks at ₹1,349. If the reception is too large for a reed to carry, step up to a Sukoon at ₹1,899 rather than adding bottles.
See the SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849 Ask for a clinic scenting plan
The shortlist, named
Mountain Breeze first, Morning Freshness second, and three exclusions said out loud
The two reeds that suit a clinic
Both of these sit in the clean, dry, cool register a clinic needs, and the order between them is not arbitrary. The images link to the product pages so you can read the note lists before ordering.
First choice for a clinic reception
SOSA Mountain Breeze
Himalayan pine with sage and cedar - dry, cool and green, and the only wood direction in our range that never warms up into something resinous or sweet. Alcohol-free and phthalate-free on a coconut-derived base, six fibre reeds, 50ml lasting 6-8 weeks and 130ml lasting 14-18 weeks. This is the clinic bottle.
From ₹849
Second choice, with one honest caveat
SOSA Morning Freshness
Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus - clean, bright and unmistakably fresh. The caveat is the mint and eucalyptus, which give it a wellness inflection that some patients will read as spa-like. Excellent in a bright modern reception, slightly less right in a clinic that is working hard to avoid the spa association.
From ₹749
How to read the shortlist
Three things decide whether a fragrance belongs on a clinic shortlist, and they are worth understanding because they will outlast our particular range.
1
Ask whether the note has any sweetness in it at all
Sweetness is the single most reliable disqualifier
Almost everything that reads as wrong in a clinic is wrong because it is sweet. Vanilla, amber, gourmand accords, candied citrus, most florals once they open up, and coffee, which is not sweet in itself but arrives with the same associations. Sweetness reads as domestic and hospitable, which is a compliment in a hotel and a problem in a building where somebody is about to be operated on. Fresh Brew and Garden Bloom sit here, and so does Evening Calm. The clinic register is the dry half of perfumery - tea, green notes, dry citrus, cedar, pine, sage - and the test is simply whether you could imagine the note in a dessert or a candle-lit bedroom.
Tip: If a fragrance description uses the words warm, cosy, rich or indulgent, it is not a clinic fragrance, however good it is.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
2
Separate clean from wellness, because they are not the same thing
Peppermint and eucalyptus are clean, and they are also a spa signal
This is the distinction that puts Morning Freshness second rather than first, and I would rather explain it than quietly leave it off the list. It is a genuinely clean, bright fragrance and a lot of clinics are perfectly happy with it. But peppermint and eucalyptus carry a strong association with steam rooms and treatment rooms, and a hair transplant clinic usually wants distance from that. Mountain Breeze is drier and more architectural - it reads as a cold morning rather than a treatment - which is why it goes first for a surgical practice. In a trichology or consultation-led clinic the two are much closer.
Tip: Buy the 50ml of both at ₹849 and ₹749, live with each for a fortnight, and let the front desk decide. Total: under ₹1,600.
One Morning Freshness reed diffuser ₹749, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Morning Freshness reed diffuser →
3
Decide reed or machine on the room, not on the fragrance
A bigger bottle buys you months, not metres
The most common mistake I see with reeds in clinics is buying a larger bottle in the hope of covering a larger room. It does not work that way. Reach is set by the exposed surface area of the reeds, not by how much oil is behind them, so a 130ml at ₹1,349 lasts fourteen to eighteen weeks rather than six to eight and reaches exactly as far as the 50ml did. If the fragrance is clear at the counter and gone by the sofa, the answer is a machine and not a bigger bottle: one Sukoon at ₹1,899 for a reception under about 750 sq ft, and a Vaayu only once there are corridors and closed cabins.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
The SOSA principle
A shortlist that names only what to buy is marketing. A shortlist that names what not to buy is advice, and the exclusions here are Garden Bloom, Evening Calm and Fresh Brew.
Three of our own fragrances are wrong for your clinic, and knowing which three is worth more to you than knowing which one is right.
The shortlist, bottle by bottle
Here is the whole thing in one table, inclusions and exclusions together, so you can decide in a minute rather than an afternoon.
The SOSA plan
The clinic reception shortlist, with the wrong answers named
| The fragrance | What to do |
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Mountain Breeze - pine, sage, cedar
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First choice. Dry, cool and green, and the only wood direction we make that never warms up. 50ml ₹849, 130ml ₹1,349. This is the clinic bottle. |
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Morning Freshness - lemon, peppermint, eucalyptus
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Second choice. Clean and bright, with a wellness inflection from the mint and eucalyptus that some clinics will want to avoid. 50ml ₹749. |
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White tea, as a direction
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The safest register of all - clean, faintly green, close to transparent. Ask us which of the machine profiles sits here rather than buying blind. |
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Garden Bloom
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Wrong direction for a clinic. A floral reads as domestic, which is the opposite of what a surgical practice wants at the door. |
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Evening Calm
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Wrong direction for a clinic. A soft evening register belongs in a bedroom or a lounge, not in a reception where people are waiting on a procedure. |
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Fresh Brew
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Wrong direction for a clinic. A coffee accord reads as a café, and a café is a lovely thing to be and not the thing you are. |
If your interior is black joinery and warm wood and you are being pulled towards amber and leather by the palette, read what fragrance works with a black, wood and neutral luxury clinic interior before you commit, because that palette invites exactly the wrong answer. And if the worry underneath the question is that any fragrance will make the place feel like a day spa, how to smell expensive without feeling like a spa deals with that directly, including where our own range gets it wrong. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
One bottle, ₹849, on the reception counter
SOSA Mountain Breeze is Himalayan pine, sage and cedar - the driest thing we make, and the reason it goes first on a clinic shortlist.
I would rather tell you which three of my own fragrances are wrong for your clinic than have you buy the pretty one and wonder why the room feels off.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why this bottle and not the prettier one
Dry, cool, green, and completely uninterested in being charming
The SOSA hair-clinic specification
A reed is the right answer for a small reception and the wrong answer for a large one, and the deciding factor is whether the fragrance is still there at the far sofa. Start with the bottle, step up to a machine only if the room defeats it. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA hair-clinic specification
The clinic reception shortlist, and the machine to step up to
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
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SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
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A compact reception, and the first thing to try | Himalayan pine, sage and cedar - the driest register in the range, alcohol-free, 50ml lasting 6-8 weeks and 130ml lasting 14-18 weeks | ₹849 View → |
 SOSA Sukoon
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A reception a reed cannot carry across, under about 750 sq ft | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included, the correct step up when a bigger bottle would not help | ₹1,899 View → |
Choose from the three directions and no others, treat the exclusions as real rather than as a matter of taste, and remember that a larger reed bottle buys months rather than metres. Fragrance here is an ambience decision like lighting or seating and makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim; it works alongside cleaning and ventilation, never instead of them, and is never used to mask another smell; and procedure, recovery and photography rooms stay completely unscented, with the treating clinician's judgement overriding any plan in their own room. Ask for a clinic scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
Founders ask me for the best fragrance for a clinic reception and what they usually get, from most people in this industry, is a mood board and a paragraph about first impressions. That is not useful. If you are choosing this week you need names, and you need to know which names to leave alone, so this post is deliberately blunter than the rest of the family.
The reason the shortlist is only three directions long is that a clinic is not a hotel and not a spa, and the entire warm half of perfumery belongs to those two. White tea, dry citrus and dry woods are what is left, and they are enough. In our own range that comes down to Mountain Breeze first, because pine, sage and cedar stay cool all the way down, and Morning Freshness second, because peppermint and eucalyptus are clean but they also whisper treatment room. Garden Bloom, Evening Calm and Fresh Brew I would not put in a hair clinic at all, and they are ours, so nobody is paying me to say that.
On hardware, start cheap. One Mountain Breeze 50ml at ₹849 on the reception counter, flipped weekly, tells you within a fortnight whether the room is a reed room. If it is not - if the scent is obvious at the desk and absent at the sofa - the answer is one Sukoon at ₹1,899, not a 130ml bottle. And the rooms where you operate get nothing at all. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best fragrance for a hair transplant clinic reception?
White tea, a dry light citrus, or soft dry woods such as cedar, pine and sage. In SOSA reeds that means Mountain Breeze at Rs 849 for 50ml first, because Himalayan pine with sage and cedar stays dry and cool rather than warming up, and Morning Freshness at Rs 749 second, because Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus is clean but carries a wellness inflection. Hold either well below hotel-lobby strength.
Which SOSA fragrances should I avoid in a clinic?
Garden Bloom, Evening Calm and Fresh Brew. A floral reads as domestic, a soft evening register reads as a bedroom or a lounge, and a coffee accord reads as a cafe. All three are good fragrances in the rooms they were made for, and none of them belongs in a reception where patients are waiting on a surgical procedure. Sweetness of any kind is the most reliable disqualifier.
Is a bigger reed bottle stronger, or does it cover more area?
Neither. A reed diffuser's reach is set by the exposed surface area of the reeds, not by how much oil sits behind them, so a 130ml bottle at Rs 1,349 lasts about 14 to 18 weeks instead of 6 to 8 and reaches exactly as far as the 50ml did. If the fragrance is clear at the counter and absent at the sofa, buy a machine rather than a bigger bottle.
When should I use a machine instead of a reed?
When the reception is too large or too heavily air-conditioned for a reed to carry across it. Under about 750 sq ft of patient-facing space, one SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899 is the right step up. A SOSA Vaayu at Rs 11,999 only makes sense from roughly 1,500 sq ft, or wherever there are corridors and closed cabins for scent to travel along, and it would be the wrong buy in a single small reception.
Can I put a reed in the consultation or procedure room as well?
Not in the procedure room, and not in post-procedure, recovery or photography rooms either. Those stay completely unscented rather than lightly scented. A consultation lounge that does no clinical work may carry a faint drift from reception, but it never gets a bottle of its own and never smells stronger than the reception it opens off. The treating clinician's judgement overrides any plan in their own room.
Three directions, two bottles, three exclusions
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for hair transplant and hair restoration clinics
SOSA Mountain Breeze (50ml ₹849, 130ml ₹1,349) is Himalayan pine with sage and cedar, alcohol-free and phthalate-free, and the best clinic-register reed we make. If your reception is too large for a reed to carry, the step up is a Sukoon at ₹1,899 rather than a bigger bottle. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Ask for a clinic scenting plan → SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser · ₹849
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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.