★ SOSA for Indore Businesses
Yes, and it is a good line to offer - but a specification is a document somebody else executes without judgement, which means a scenting spec that names only a machine and a fragrance will be built exactly that way, with none of the exclusions, none of the level discipline and none of the fragrance-free provision that made the recommendation defensible in the first place
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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."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★ Sized to the visitor-facing zone, in the register the business runs
SOSA VaayuA connected reception, lounge and corridorView ₹11,999
Mountain BreezeThe dry pine, sage and cedar registerView ₹849
Morning FreshnessThe cool register for a white, daylit officeView ₹749
✓ One register in the visitor-facing zone only - entrance, reception and the waiting area - set from the furthest seat at the end of the longest wait and then key-locked ✓ Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented, a named seat is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than requested, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Indore
What changes when it becomes a specification? Accountability. A contractor executes what is written without judgement, so anything left as a verbal understanding does not get built.
What must the specification contain? Five things: the product, the zone it serves, the rooms that carry nothing, the accessible switch, and the named fragrance-free seat or room.
See the SOSA Vaayu Book a scenting plan
Facts verified 9 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with a 400ml refillable tank lasting roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification - electrical and compliance marks only. Being waterless it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on paper, screens or documents; refill supply should be confirmed with SOSA. The SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) is an HVAC nebulising diffuser rated to 3,000m³, roughly 8,000-10,000 sq ft, with an 800ml reservoir, metal body, programmable schedules and operation under 42dB. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml water-based ultrasonic diffuser for a single room of roughly 270-320 sq ft, and the SOSA Boond (₹899) is its compact equivalent; both use the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (15ml from ₹299, 100ml ₹999, 300ml ₹1,799), which is made for ultrasonic diffusers and is not reed diffuser oil. SOSA reed diffusers - Morning Freshness (₹749 / ₹1,249) and Mountain Breeze (₹849 / ₹1,349), or the two together as the Fresh & Grounded duo (₹1,548 / ₹2,548) - are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with a 50ml bottle lasting 6-8 weeks and a 130ml bottle 14-18 weeks. Ambient fragrance in a commercial space is an interior and hospitality decision only. SOSA makes no claim that it treats, relieves, prevents or improves any medical, dental or psychological condition, that it makes anyone feel calmer, more comfortable or more confident, that it affects recovery, patient comfort or any clinical outcome, or that it affects footfall, walk-ins, enquiries, bookings, conversions, sales, average spend, dwell time, customer retention or revenue. It does not remove or reduce any odour in the air, and it is never a substitute for ventilation, cleaning, housekeeping or fresh-air exchange - an office with a persistent smell has a source to find and fix first. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented, because the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free in the reception or waiting area and offered rather than waiting to be requested. The visitor's preference overrides any plan on this page, and where a customer, patient or member of staff is sensitive to fragrance the correct response is to reduce or switch off. 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.
Yes - and the day it becomes a specification it acquires a duty of care, because a contractor builds the document, not the conversation. So the document has to carry the exclusions.
Quick answers — read this first
Can a practice offer scenting as a specification? Yes. It sits naturally beside lighting, acoustics and air conditioning, and clients increasingly expect somebody to have thought about it rather than leaving it to a supplier.What changes when it becomes a specification? Accountability. A contractor executes what is written without judgement, so anything left as a verbal understanding does not get built.
What must the specification contain? Five things: the product, the zone it serves, the rooms that carry nothing, the accessible switch, and the named fragrance-free seat or room.
The short answer
Short answer: yes - but write it as a specification with exclusions, a switch and a fragrance-free provision, because a contractor builds the document rather than the conversation you had on site.
The pick: a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) for a connected visitor zone, or a SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) on a dedicated duct for one volume above about 3,000 sq ft.
Next step: add the exclusions clause to your standard specification template. Or ask for a scenting plan for your space.
In this guide
A contractor does not build the conversation you had on site. They build the document you signed.
Sized to the visitor zone - tap to see each
One machine, the visitor floor
SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
The areas that carry nothing
Which areas stay fragrance-free
Send the floor plan
Free scenting plan for your space
Straight answer
Can commercial scenting become another specification architects and interior designers offer high-end clients?
Yes, and it belongs in a practice's scope more naturally than most people expect - it sits beside lighting temperature, acoustics and air conditioning as one of the few decisions that shape how a finished room is experienced rather than how it looks. Clients at this level already assume somebody has thought about it. What deserves more attention is what changes the moment it stops being advice and becomes a specification, because the change is not commercial. It is a change in who is accountable. Advice is a conversation, and a conversation carries its own qualifications: you say the machine goes here, and you also say - standing in the room, to a client who is listening - that the closed rooms carry nothing, that the level is set from the furthest chair, that somebody should be able to switch it off. A specification is a different object entirely. It is executed by a contractor who was not at that meeting, who has no view about scenting and no reason to form one, and who will install precisely what the document says and nothing it omits. A line that reads "supply and install one scent diffuser, reception" will be built exactly that way: a machine on a wall, at whatever level it left the factory on, with no exclusions, no switch anybody can find and no provision for the person who does not want it. So the professional form of this is a five-line specification rather than a product line, and the last four lines are the ones that carry the duty of care. One: the product and the zone it serves, named precisely. Two: the rooms that carry nothing - closed one-to-one rooms, consultation cabins, meeting rooms behind a door - written as an exclusion clause rather than assumed - because those rooms are never a lower setting. Three: an accessible, labelled switch, so the people who use the building can stop it without calling somebody. Four: the named seat that is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than waiting to be requested. Five: the commissioning instruction - level set from the furthest seat at the end of the longest wait, then key-locked, and run on occupied hours rather than on the building's opening hours. Two things follow that are worth being honest about with clients. The first is that a specification is also where a practice's exposure lives: a designer who writes a scenting line has implicitly told the client this is safe to do, so the exclusions are not paperwork but the substance of that assurance. The second is that this specification must never carry a performance promise. Nothing in it should suggest an effect on what anybody buys, books or decides, and where the project is a private residence the whole document changes shape - a home is a different category with its own rules, not a smaller commercial job. A SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 for a connected visitor zone, or a SOSA Angaan at ₹25,999 on a dedicated duct above about 3,000 sq ft. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and SOSA makes no claim that it does. Closed one-to-one rooms - design cabins, consultation rooms, quotation desks behind a door - are never scented. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than waiting to be requested. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Yes, as a five-line specification: the product and its zone, the rooms that carry nothing, an accessible switch, the named fragrance-free seat, and the commissioning instruction. A contractor builds the document rather than the conversation.
What gets specified: SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, or a SOSA Angaan at ₹25,999 on the duct.
See the SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 Ask for a scenting plan for your space
The honest ladder
One source for the visitor zone, sized to the floor
What to buy, and for which space
The honest options for the visitor-facing zone, sized to the floor rather than to the ambition. The images link to the product pages so every figure here can be checked.
A connected reception, waiting area and corridor of ~1,500-3,000 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³ - about 2,000-3,000 sq ft - on one unit. In a clinic, showroom or office its value is control rather than reach: the key-lock holds the level the furthest waiting chair was judged to, so it survives every shift and every new receptionist, and the 1h/4h/8h/24h timer keeps it on opening hours rather than saturating an empty room overnight. Waterless, so it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on stock, mirrors, screens or displays. 400ml tank, roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, under 38dB, wall or HVAC mount.
From ₹11,999
The register - or the whole answer where reception is one seating zone
SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
Himalayan pine, sage and Indian cedar - the driest register SOSA makes and the house default, because it reads as a considered room rather than as a hotel lobby. Where reception is a single seating group, this bottle at the staff end of the desk at ₹849 for 50ml carries the register on its own, three or four reeds in, flipped weekly; 130ml at ₹1,349 lasts 14-18 weeks. Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, six fibre reeds, and carried out of the room in seconds if a client asks.
From ₹849
The five lines, and why four of them are exclusions
A specification is executed by somebody who was not in the room when you explained it. Write it for that person.
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Product
The machine and the zone
Named precisely, with the zone it serves and the mounting position. This is the only line most scenting specifications contain, and on its own it is the least important of the five.
Rule: specific zone, not 'reception area'.
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Exclusions
The rooms that carry nothing
Closed one-to-one rooms, consultation cabins and meeting rooms behind a door, written as a clause. Unwritten exclusions are not built, because nobody on site has been told they exist.
Rule: the no is the load-bearing line.
3
Switch
Labelled and reachable
The people who use the building have to be able to stop it without calling the contractor or the designer. A switch is a specification item, not an afterthought for the electrician.
Rule: draw it on the electrical layout.
4
Provision
The fragrance-free seat, named
A specific seat away from the source, kept genuinely free of it and offered rather than waiting to be requested. Named on the plan like an accessible seat would be.
Rule: name it, or it will not exist.
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Commissioning
How it is set, and by whom
Level set from the furthest seat at the end of the longest wait, then key-locked, and timed to occupied hours rather than to the building's opening hours.
Test: and no performance promise anywhere in it.
The SOSA principle
A contractor executes a document without judgement. A line that says supply and install one diffuser will be built as one diffuser - no exclusions, no switch anybody can find, no provision for the person who did not want it.
Which is why the four lines after the product are not paperwork. They are the substance of the assurance a practice gives when it puts its name against this at all.
Scenting as a specification, question by question
What changes when advice becomes a document, and what the document has to say.
The SOSA Hyderabad table
What a scenting specification must contain
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Can a practice offer this as a specification?
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Yes. It sits beside lighting, acoustics and air conditioning as a decision about how a finished room is experienced rather than how it looks. |
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What changes when it is written down?
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Accountability. A contractor executes the document without judgement, so anything left as a verbal understanding simply does not get built. |
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What is the most important line?
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The exclusion clause - closed one-to-one rooms, consultation cabins and meeting rooms behind a door carry nothing rather than a lower setting. |
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What else has to be named?
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A labelled, reachable switch, and a specific seat kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than waiting to be requested. |
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And the commissioning instruction?
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Level set from the furthest seat at the end of the longest wait, then key-locked. A Vaayu at ₹11,999, or an Angaan at ₹25,999 on a duct. |
The residential version is what changes when the project is somebody's home, the multi-floor version is one machine per floor rather than a louder one, and the chain version is scenting inside a standard opening specification. SOSA makes no claim that fragrance affects what anybody buys, books or decides.
One register, the visitor-facing zone only, set from the furthest seat
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 waterless, key-locked and timed to opening hours; Mountain Breeze ₹849 or Morning Freshness ₹749 as the register. Send the floor plan with the closed rooms and the entrance marked and we will return it with the placement and the fragrance-free seat.
Four of the five lines in an honest scenting specification are restrictions. That is not caution - it is the part of the document that makes the first line defensible.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Sized to the floor
The visitor zone gets one source; closed treatment and consultation rooms get none
The SOSA Hyderabad specification
One register, delivered at whatever size the visitor-facing zone is, with the rule that travels alongside each product. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA Hyderabad specification
What goes where in a clinic, salon, showroom or office
| Product | The space it fits | The rule that travels with it | Price |
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SOSA Vaayu
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A connected reception, waiting area and corridor of ~1,500-3,000 sq ft | Wall or HVAC mounted on the far side of the client zone from the meeting-room doors; level set from the furthest chair at the end of the longest wait, then key-locked; timer on opening hours | ₹11,999 View → |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
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The register for the whole client zone; alone where reception is one seating group | Pine, sage and cedar - dry, and reads as a considered room rather than a hotel lobby; three or four reeds in at the staff end of the desk | ₹849 / ₹1,349 View → |
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SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
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The same job in a white, glazed, daylit interior | Malabar lemon, mint and eucalyptus - cool with no warmth; one register for the whole business, never one per branch | ₹749 / ₹1,249 View → |
 SOSA Sukoon
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A reception or waiting area that is a closed room of 270-320 sq ft | High shelf on the wall the seating faces, on low, during opening hours, rinsed between refills; water-based, so not the choice in a damp building | ₹1,899 View → |
 SOSA Boond
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A director's cabin, a small reception or a single desk | One small enclosed space only, on low; never in a closed treatment room or consultation cabin | ₹899 View → |
A SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is the water-based rung for a single enclosed reception or client lounge of roughly 270-320 sq ft in a dry room, and a Boond (₹899) for a single cabin; both run on the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (from ₹299), which is not reed diffuser oil and is not interchangeable with it. Above about 3,000 sq ft of one connected volume the step is one SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) on the duct, not a second Vaayu. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented - the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there - and that is achieved by placement and doors rather than by a lower setting. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered at the desk rather than waiting to be asked. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, it makes no contribution to what a visitor buys, books or decides, and it works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them. The visitor's preference overrides any plan. Ask for a scenting plan for your space and send the floor plan with the closed rooms and the entrance marked.
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A note from Sonal
Yes, and it belongs in a practice's scope more naturally than people expect. It sits beside lighting temperature, acoustics and air conditioning as one of the few decisions that shape how a finished room is experienced rather than how it looks, and clients at this level already assume somebody has thought about it. What deserves more attention is what changes the moment it stops being advice and becomes a specification - and the change is not commercial, it is a change in who is accountable.
Advice is a conversation, and a conversation carries its own qualifications. You say the machine goes here, and standing in the room you also say that the closed rooms carry nothing, that the level is set from the furthest chair, that somebody has to be able to switch it off. A specification is a different object. It is executed by a contractor who was not at that meeting, who has no view about scenting and no reason to form one, and who installs precisely what the document says and nothing it omits. A line reading supply and install one scent diffuser, reception, will be built exactly that way: a machine on a wall at whatever level it left the factory on, with no exclusions, no switch anybody can find and no provision for the person who did not want it.
So the professional form is a five-line specification, and the last four lines carry the duty of care. One, the product and the zone it serves, named precisely. Two, the rooms that carry nothing, written as an exclusion clause. Three, a labelled, reachable switch. Four, the named seat kept genuinely free of it and offered rather than waited for. Five, the commissioning instruction - set from the furthest seat at the end of the longest wait, then key-locked, on occupied hours. And never a performance promise: nothing in the document should suggest an effect on what anybody buys, books or decides. A SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 for a connected visitor zone, or a SOSA Angaan at ₹25,999 on a dedicated duct. Fragrance does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and I make no claim that it does. Closed one-to-one rooms are never scented. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than waiting to be asked. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Should architects and designers specify commercial scenting?
Yes, alongside lighting, acoustics and air conditioning - provided the specification contains the exclusions rather than only the product.
What does a scenting specification have to include?
Five lines: the product and its zone, the rooms that carry nothing, a labelled reachable switch, the named fragrance-free seat, and how the level is set.
Why are the exclusions so important?
Because a contractor executes the document without judgement. An exclusion that was only said out loud on site does not get built into the project.
Should the specification claim a business result?
No. Nothing in it should suggest an effect on what anybody buys, books or decides, and a supplier offering such a figure is selling a number nobody can produce.
Does the same specification work for a private home?
No. A home is a different category with its own rules, so the document changes shape rather than being a smaller version of the commercial one.
Ask for the specification wording
SOSA — Studio Scenting five lines, four of them no
A specification is executed by a contractor who was not in the room when you explained it, so anything unwritten does not get built. Five lines: the product and the zone, the rooms that carry nothing, a labelled switch anybody can reach, the named seat kept genuinely fragrance-free, and the commissioning instruction - set from the furthest seat at the end of the longest wait, then key-locked. No performance promise anywhere in it. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Ask for a scenting plan for your space → SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
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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 9 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with a 400ml refillable tank lasting roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification - electrical and compliance marks only. Being waterless it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on paper, screens or documents; refill supply should be confirmed with SOSA. The SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) is an HVAC nebulising diffuser rated to 3,000m³, roughly 8,000-10,000 sq ft, with an 800ml reservoir, metal body, programmable schedules and operation under 42dB. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml water-based ultrasonic diffuser for a single room of roughly 270-320 sq ft, and the SOSA Boond (₹899) is its compact equivalent; both use the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (15ml from ₹299, 100ml ₹999, 300ml ₹1,799), which is made for ultrasonic diffusers and is not reed diffuser oil. SOSA reed diffusers - Morning Freshness (₹749 / ₹1,249) and Mountain Breeze (₹849 / ₹1,349), or the two together as the Fresh & Grounded duo (₹1,548 / ₹2,548) - are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with a 50ml bottle lasting 6-8 weeks and a 130ml bottle 14-18 weeks. Ambient fragrance in a commercial space is an interior and hospitality decision only. SOSA makes no claim that it treats, relieves, prevents or improves any medical, dental or psychological condition, that it makes anyone feel calmer, more comfortable or more confident, that it affects recovery, patient comfort or any clinical outcome, or that it affects footfall, walk-ins, enquiries, bookings, conversions, sales, average spend, dwell time, customer retention or revenue. It does not remove or reduce any odour in the air, and it is never a substitute for ventilation, cleaning, housekeeping or fresh-air exchange - an office with a persistent smell has a source to find and fix first. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented, because the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free in the reception or waiting area and offered rather than waiting to be requested. The visitor's preference overrides any plan on this page, and where a customer, patient or member of staff is sensitive to fragrance the correct response is to reduce or switch off. 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.