★ SOSA for Hair Transplant and Hair Restoration Clinics
Spa is wrong for a surgical clinic, hotel is half right, and clean luxury is the answer - and it is the cheapest of the three to execute
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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
★ The machine for the direction that actually wins
SOSA VaayuClean luxury, held at one levelView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuTimers, so the level is the same every morningView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuKey-lock, because the discipline is restraintView ₹11,999
✓ Waterless and under 38dB, so nothing damp or audible anywhere near a room that does surgical work ✓ Adjustable intensity and a key-lock, which is what clean luxury actually needs from a machine ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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What actually is "clean luxury", concretely? A narrow, dry, transparent register held at a level nobody can name. In notes: white tea, a dry light citrus, cedar, pine, sage, clean green. In behaviour: one profile, never changed, never turned up, the same in the morning as at six in the evening. It is defined as much by the level as by the ingredients, which is why it is the one direction of the three that cannot be faked by buying a stronger machine.
Which is cheapest to do properly? Clean luxury, and by a distance - because it is not trying to impress anybody. Under about 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 or a reed diffuser at ₹749-₹1,349 does it properly, and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy. Past roughly 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, run low. The winning direction is also the least expensive one.
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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.
These three get offered to clinics as though they were three flavours of the same thing. They are not. They describe three different buildings, and only one of those buildings performs surgery.
Quick answers — read this first
Hotel, spa or clean luxury - which suits a hair clinic? Clean luxury, clearly. Spa is wrong: eucalyptus steam, lemongrass, warm massage oil and incense describe a place you go to be indulged, which is the wrong description of a building where grafts are extracted and placed. Hotel is half right: keep the cool half - white tea, dry citrus, soft woods - and leave the amber, resin and oud half where it is. Clean luxury is the answer, and it is less a fragrance direction than a discipline about transparency and level.What actually is "clean luxury", concretely? A narrow, dry, transparent register held at a level nobody can name. In notes: white tea, a dry light citrus, cedar, pine, sage, clean green. In behaviour: one profile, never changed, never turned up, the same in the morning as at six in the evening. It is defined as much by the level as by the ingredients, which is why it is the one direction of the three that cannot be faked by buying a stronger machine.
Which is cheapest to do properly? Clean luxury, and by a distance - because it is not trying to impress anybody. Under about 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 or a reed diffuser at ₹749-₹1,349 does it properly, and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy. Past roughly 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, run low. The winning direction is also the least expensive one.
The short answer
Short answer: clean luxury. Spa is wrong for a building that does surgery, hotel is half right - take the cool register, leave the warm one - and clean luxury wins because it is a discipline of transparency and restraint rather than a note to buy. It is also the cheapest of the three to execute: reed or Sukoon ₹1,899 under 750 sq ft, Vaayu ₹11,999 past 1,500 sq ft.
The pick: clean luxury delivered by one SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) at a low setting for a clinic of 1,500 sq ft and up, or one SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) where the patient-facing area is a single reception.
Next step: tell us which of the three you have been quoted for and what the clinic does on its busiest day, and we will tell you what to change about the brief - Ask for a clinic scenting plan.
In this guide
Three directions, one verdict. And usefully, the direction that wins is also the one that asks least of your budget, because it is not trying to impress anyone.
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For a clinic past 1,500 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999
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Straight answer
Hotel fragrance, spa fragrance or clean luxury - which direction actually suits a hair clinic?
Clean luxury, and I will take the other two apart before I say why. Spa fragrance is wrong for a hair clinic, and it is the most common mistake I am asked to endorse. The spa register - eucalyptus and menthol steam, lemongrass, warm massage oil, sandalwood and incense, sometimes something frankly sweet - is describing a building you visit to be indulged, where you undress, lie down and hand yourself over for an hour of pleasant passivity. Your building is not that. Grafts are extracted from the back of somebody's head here, and the environmental description you want is competent and clean, not soothing and warm. There is also a practical problem: the spa register is heavy and lingering, and a patient carrying it out into the street on their clothes after a surgical consultation is not the association a hair clinic wants to hand them. Hotel fragrance is half right, which is the most useful thing to know about it. Hotel scenting has a cool half and a warm half. The cool half - white tea, a dry light citrus, soft woods such as cedar and pine, clean transparent green - is exactly right for a clinic. The warm half, where hotels do their most memorable work, is amber, resins, spiced woods, anything oud-like, and that half belongs in a lobby rather than in a building that does surgery. Take one, decline the other. Clean luxury wins, and the reason it wins is that it is not really a fragrance direction at all - it is a discipline. In notes it is narrow and dry: white tea, dry citrus, cedar, pine, sage. In behaviour it is a single profile, never varied, never turned up, identical at nine in the morning and six in the evening, and held so low that a patient registers a looked-after room rather than a fragrance. That last part is the whole thing. Clean luxury is defined as much by its level as by its ingredients, which is why it is the one direction of the three that cannot be bought by choosing something stronger. It is also, conveniently, the cheapest to execute properly, because it is not trying to impress anybody: under about 750 sq ft of patient-facing area, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 or a reed diffuser at ₹749-₹1,349 will do it, and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy. Past roughly 1,500 sq ft, or with a corridor and closed cabins, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, run low on a timer. Whichever direction anyone sells you, three things do not change: this is an ambience decision with no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside cleaning and ventilation and is never a mask for another smell, and procedure, recovery and photography rooms stay completely unscented - with your judgement as the treating clinician overriding any plan in your own rooms. Ask for a clinic scenting plan and tell me what you have been quoted.
Clean luxury. Spa describes indulgence rather than surgery, hotel is half right - keep the cool register, drop the warm one - and clean luxury wins because it is a discipline of restraint. It is also the cheapest of the three.
Clean luxury past about 1,500 sq ft is one SOSA Vaayu - waterless, under 38dB, rated to 1000m³, with adjustable intensity and a key-lock, which is precisely the feature set a discipline of restraint needs. ₹11,999. Under 750 sq ft it is a Sukoon at ₹1,899 or a reed, and the Vaayu is the wrong buy.
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Three directions, three buildings
Only one of these three descriptions fits a place that performs surgery
The machine for the winning direction
Clean luxury is the least demanding of the three on hardware, because nothing about it needs to project. The ladder is set by the size of the patient-facing area alone.
Clinics past about 1,500 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³ - about 2,000-3,000 sq ft. 400ml tank running 90+ days a fill, Bluetooth app with 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, adjustable intensity, under 38dB, 5W, auto-stop and key-lock. For clean luxury the important features are the restraining ones: a level you set once and a lock so nobody raises it.
From ₹11,999
Clinics under about 750 sq ft - or a reed, honestly
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft with three 15ml fragrances included, ₹1,899. A Morning Freshness or Mountain Breeze reed at ₹749-₹1,349 will also deliver clean luxury in one small reception. At this size a Vaayu is the wrong buy.
From ₹1,899
The three directions, examined
Taken one at a time, with the case against each stated as fairly as I can put it.
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Spa - rule it out, and rule it out first
It describes a building where somebody hands themselves over
Eucalyptus and menthol steam, lemongrass, warm massage oil, sandalwood, incense, sometimes a sweet edge. Everything in that register describes a place you go to be looked after passively, and it is the description your clinic must not be sending, because your patients are consenting to a surgical procedure rather than an hour of pleasant treatment. It is also technically ill-suited: the spa register tends to be heavy and it lingers, on upholstery and on clothing, and a patient carrying it out of a hair transplant consultation is taking away the wrong association. I turn this brief down more often than any other. Fresh Brew and Garden Bloom are the wrong direction here too - a clinic is not a café or a florist.
Tip: If the note would fit a treatment room with a table and a towel, it is wrong for a room with a surgical chair.
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Hotel - keep half of it
The cool half is right and the warm half is a lobby's job
Hotel scenting is the most sophisticated commercial practice there is, and half of it transfers cleanly. Take white tea, a dry light citrus, cedar, pine, sage, clean transparent green - this is genuine hotel practice, just the less flamboyant part. Leave the amber, resin, spiced wood and anything oud-like, which is where lobbies do their memorable work and where a surgical clinic has no business going. There is a second borrowing to avoid as well: the level. A lobby is scented for people passing through in ninety seconds; your patients sit still for forty minutes. For the record, SOSA sells no oud fragrance for rooms at all, and the hotel-inspired scents we do make are our own original interpretations.
Tip: Borrow the register from a hotel if you like it. Never borrow the strength.
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Clean luxury - the verdict, and what it actually demands
A discipline about level, not a note you can buy
Clean luxury is what is left when you take the cool half of hotel practice and remove any wish to be noticed. In notes: white tea, a dry light citrus, cedar, pine, sage. In practice: one profile, never changed, never raised, the same at nine in the morning as at six in the evening, and set low enough that a patient reads a looked-after building rather than a fragrance. That is why it is a discipline rather than a purchase - the ingredients are the easy part and the level is the whole difficulty, because levels drift upward on their own as staff stop noticing them. If a patient can identify the fragrance, you have left clean luxury and arrived somewhere else.
The SOSA principle
Spa, hotel and clean luxury are not three intensities of the same idea. They are three descriptions of what a building is for, and only one of them describes a place that performs surgery.
Which is why this decision is not a matter of taste. Choose the direction that tells the truth about the room, then hold it at a level nobody can name.
The three-way comparison
The whole argument on one page, so you can hold it up against whatever you have been quoted.
The SOSA plan
Hotel vs spa vs clean luxury for a hair transplant clinic
| The direction | What to do |
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Spa fragrance
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Wrong. Eucalyptus steam, lemongrass, massage oil, incense - it describes indulgence and passivity, lingers on clothing, and is the wrong account of a building that performs surgery. |
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Hotel fragrance
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Half right. The cool half - white tea, dry citrus, soft woods - transfers. The warm half of amber, resin and oud-like notes does not, and neither does lobby strength. |
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Clean luxury
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The verdict. White tea, a dry light citrus, cedar, pine and sage, one profile, never varied, held below the point where anyone can name it. |
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Intensity, in all three
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Decides more than the note does. If a patient can identify the fragrance it is too strong, whichever direction is on the invoice. |
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Where any of it goes
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Entrance, reception, waiting and corridors only. Procedure, recovery and photography rooms are unscented in every direction, without exception. |
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What the verdict costs
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The least of the three. ₹1,899 for a small reception, or a reed at ₹749-₹1,349; ₹11,999 once the clinic is past about 1,500 sq ft. |
The hotel half of this argument gets a full post of its own in should a luxury hair clinic smell like a five-star hotel, including why dwell time matters more than the choice of note. And if what you are really trying to avoid is the spa association specifically, how can I make my hair transplant clinic smell expensive without making it feel like a spa is the practical version. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
The verdict, correctly sized
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 covers up to 1000m³, which in a clinic reception means it runs low - exactly what clean luxury asks of a machine.
Spa, hotel and clean luxury are three answers to the question of what your building is for. Only one of them is willing to say that it is a place where surgery happens.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why clean luxury needs this machine and not a louder one
Everything useful here is a restraint rather than a capability
The SOSA hair-clinic specification
Clean luxury is the least demanding of the three directions on hardware, and two machines cover almost every hair clinic in the country. Below the ladder, a reed diffuser does the job honestly. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations, composed in Pune to IFRA standards. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA hair-clinic specification
Clean luxury, specified by the size of the patient-facing area
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Sukoon
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A single reception, patient-facing area under about 750 sq ft | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included; a reed at ₹749-₹1,349 is equally honest here | ₹1,899 View → |
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SOSA Vaayu
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Reception, waiting and corridors, clinic 1,500 sq ft and up | 1000m³ (about 2,000-3,000 sq ft), adjustable intensity, app timers, under 38dB, key-lock, waterless, wall or HVAC mountable | ₹11,999 View → |
Rule out spa, take half of hotel, and treat clean luxury as a discipline about level rather than a product you buy. Three limits stand in every direction: this is an ambience decision that 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 rooms. Ask for a clinic scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
These three get presented to clinic founders as though they were three styles on a menu, and that framing is the problem. They are not styles. Each one is a claim about what the building is for. Spa says this is a place you come to be indulged. Hotel says this is a place you arrive at and are welcomed into. Clean luxury says this is a place where careful work is done by people who look after their environment. Only the third of those is true of a hair transplant clinic, and a fragrance that says something untrue about a building is worse than no fragrance at all.
So the verdict is not really a matter of taste. Spa I turn down flatly - the register is heavy, it lingers on clothing, and it describes passivity in a place where somebody is consenting to surgery. Hotel I take half of, because the cool half of hotel practice is genuinely excellent and the warm half belongs in a lobby. What is left is clean luxury, and the thing to understand about it is that it is a discipline rather than a purchase. The notes are easy - white tea, a dry citrus, cedar, pine, sage. Holding the level for a year, while everyone in the building stops noticing it, is the hard part.
The happy accident is that the winning direction is the cheapest. Under 750 sq ft, a Sukoon at ₹1,899 or a reed does it properly and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy. Past 1,500 sq ft, a Vaayu at ₹11,999 on a low setting with the key-lock on. One machine, nothing else to buy, and nothing at all in the rooms where you operate. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Hotel fragrance, spa fragrance or clean luxury - which suits a hair clinic?
Clean luxury. Spa is wrong for a building that performs surgery, because eucalyptus steam, lemongrass, massage oil and incense describe indulgence and passivity rather than careful clinical work. Hotel fragrance is half right: the cool half of white tea, dry citrus and soft woods transfers, the warm half of amber, resin and oud-like notes does not. Clean luxury is what remains, and it wins.
What is clean luxury in practice?
A narrow, dry, transparent register held at a level nobody can name. In notes, white tea, a dry light citrus, cedar, pine, sage and clean green. In behaviour, one profile that is never varied and never raised, identical at nine in the morning and six in the evening. It is defined as much by its level as by its ingredients, which is why it cannot be bought by choosing something stronger.
Why is spa fragrance wrong for a hair transplant clinic?
Because it describes the wrong building. The spa register belongs to a place you visit to be looked after passively, whereas your patients are consenting to a surgical procedure on their scalp. It is also heavy and lingering, so a patient carries it out on their clothes afterwards. Fresh coffee and floral registers are wrong here for the same reason: a clinic is not a cafe or a florist.
Which direction is cheapest to execute properly?
Clean luxury, by a distance, because nothing about it needs to project. A single reception under about 750 sq ft is done properly by a SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899 or a reed diffuser at Rs 749 to Rs 1,349, and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy at that size. From roughly 1,500 sq ft it is one SOSA Vaayu at Rs 11,999, run low on a timer.
Does the direction change which rooms get scented?
No. In all three directions the entrance, reception, waiting lounge and corridors are the only zones that carry anything. Procedure and graft rooms, post-procedure and recovery areas, and photography or documentation rooms stay completely unscented rather than lightly scented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room.
Spa ruled out, hotel halved, clean luxury chosen
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for hair transplant and hair restoration clinics
The SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) covers up to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, and runs at a low setting in a clinic reception; under about 750 sq ft the honest answer is a Sukoon at ₹1,899 or a reed diffuser. Waterless, under 38dB, made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Send us the quote you have been given.
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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.