★ SOSA for Women's Health and Wellness Centres
A commercial machine is worth buying only when size and air path say so - and for a large share of clinics that answer is no, buy the ₹1,899 machine or the ₹849 reed instead
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"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 machine, and the two cheaper answers that beat it at most clinic sizes
SOSA VaayuJustified by corridors and closed cabins, not by ambitionView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuUnder 750 sq ft, this is the honest buyView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuUnder 300 sq ft, no machine at allView ₹11,999
✓ Two of the three answers on this page cost under ₹2,000, and most clinics land on one of them ✓ Nobody can promise you that scenting moves a business number, and this page does not try ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Women's Health
What does a commercial machine actually buy me that a cheap one does not? Four things, and none of them is a business outcome. Control - adjustable intensity, app timers and a key-lock so the level cannot creep up over a month. No water - nothing damp, no daily refill cycle near clinical work. Distribution - it wall or HVAC mounts, so it reaches a corridor a free-standing unit never will. Uptime - a 400ml tank running 90+ days a fill, under 38dB. Buy it for those, or do not buy it.
What is the honest total at each size? Under about 300 sq ft, one Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 and no machine. From 300 to 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899. From roughly 1,500 sq ft, or once there is a corridor, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999. Total hardware spend in every case: one unit. Nobody in this category needs three.
See the SOSA Vaayu 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.
This is the one question in the cluster where I talk more people out of the purchase than into it. Not because the machine is bad, but because most clinics that ask about it have a room, not a building, and a room does not need ₹11,999 of hardware to smell like somebody thought about it.
Quick answers — read this first
Is a commercial scent machine worth buying for a women's health clinic? Only if the size and the air path justify it. Past roughly 1,500 sq ft, or wherever there is a corridor and closed cabins for air to travel along, a commercial machine is the right specification. Below that, it is a machine covering a fraction of what it is rated for, which is not premium - it is simply expensive. For a large share of the founders who write to me the honest answer is no, and the money is better spent on a ₹1,899 machine or a ₹849 reed.What does a commercial machine actually buy me that a cheap one does not? Four things, and none of them is a business outcome. Control - adjustable intensity, app timers and a key-lock so the level cannot creep up over a month. No water - nothing damp, no daily refill cycle near clinical work. Distribution - it wall or HVAC mounts, so it reaches a corridor a free-standing unit never will. Uptime - a 400ml tank running 90+ days a fill, under 38dB. Buy it for those, or do not buy it.
What is the honest total at each size? Under about 300 sq ft, one Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 and no machine. From 300 to 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899. From roughly 1,500 sq ft, or once there is a corridor, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999. Total hardware spend in every case: one unit. Nobody in this category needs three.
The short answer
Short answer: it depends entirely on the size of the patient-facing area and whether the air has anywhere to travel, and for a large share of women's health clinics the answer is no. Under 300 sq ft buy a Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849; from 300 to 750 sq ft a SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899; only past roughly 1,500 sq ft, with corridors and closed cabins, is a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 the right buy. No one can promise it returns anything.
The pick: one SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) mounted on the reception air path in a centre of 1,500 sq ft and up - or, far more often, one SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) on the counter and nothing else.
Next step: send the patient-facing square footage, the ceiling height and a note on whether reception opens onto a corridor, and we will tell you which of the three answers is yours - Ask for a clinic scenting plan.
In this guide
The question is not whether the machine is good. It is whether your building is large enough and open enough for the machine to be doing anything a far cheaper answer would not do.
The three honest answers - tap to see the specification
For a centre past 1,500 sq ft with corridors to carry
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999
The three-way comparison
Reeds, sprays or professional scenting?
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
Is a commercial scent machine worth buying for a premium women's health clinic?
For a large share of the founders who ask me this, no - and I would rather say that in the first line than bury it. The word doing the damage in the question is premium, because it invites you to decide the hardware by how good the clinic is rather than by how big it is, and those are unrelated questions. A commercial machine is justified by two things only: the size of the patient-facing area and whether the air has anywhere to travel. Under about 300 sq ft - one reception, a desk, a few chairs - the honest answer is a Mountain Breeze reed diffuser at ₹849, flipped weekly, and no machine at all. From roughly 300 to 750 sq ft it is one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 on the reception counter, and a commercial unit at that size would be covering a fraction of what it is rated for, which does not read as premium to anybody - it just costs more. The picture changes at roughly 1,500 sq ft, or earlier if reception opens onto a corridor with several closed cabins off it, because then you have a distribution problem rather than a fragrance problem, and distribution is the thing a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 actually solves. There are four honest reasons to buy one, and I want them stated flatly because they are all mechanical. Control: adjustable intensity, 1h/4h/8h/24h app timers, and a key-lock, so the setting you agreed in week one is still the setting in month six. No water: waterless cold-air nebulisation, so nothing damp and no daily refill routine anywhere near rooms that do clinical work. Distribution: it mounts to a wall or into the AC supply, which is how scent reaches a corridor rather than the desk it stands on. Uptime: a 400ml tank running 90+ days a fill, under 38dB. Now the sentence I owe you, plainly. Nobody can promise you that ambient scent moves a single number in your business - not appointments, not enquiries, not what patients spend, not what they say afterwards - and anyone who does is selling you something I would not buy either. What it does is finish a room you have already paid a great deal to build. That is the whole claim. Everything else on this page is zoning and restraint: examination, prenatal, scan, postpartum, lactation and treatment rooms stay unscented, always, one seating area is kept unscented by design, and any member of staff can switch it off in seconds. This is an ambience decision with no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim of any kind, it sits alongside your cleaning and ventilation rather than instead of them and is never used to mask a smell, and your judgement as the treating clinician overrides all of it in your own rooms. Ask for a clinic scenting plan and send the square footage before you send anything else.
Worth it past roughly 1,500 sq ft, or wherever there is a corridor and closed cabins. Below that, buy a ₹1,899 Sukoon or an ₹849 reed. And no one can promise scenting returns anything to the business - it finishes a room, nothing more.
If your centre genuinely qualifies, the machine is one SOSA Vaayu - waterless, rated to 1000m³ (about 2,000-3,000 sq ft), with adjustable intensity, app timers and a key-lock. ₹11,999, one unit. Under about 750 sq ft, buy the Sukoon at ₹1,899 instead and do not think about it again.
See the SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 Ask for a clinic scenting plan
The decision, in three steps
Measure first, count the doors second, choose hardware last
The machine, and the two cheaper answers
There are three answers to this question and only one of them involves a commercial machine. The images link to the product pages so you can check the specifications yourself before committing to anything.
Only past about 1,500 sq ft, or with a corridor to carry
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. Wall or HVAC mountable, which is the only reason it beats a counter-top unit.
From ₹11,999
300-750 sq ft - the answer for most readers
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, supplied with three 15ml fragrances so you can settle the register before committing to it. It sits on the reception counter and is switched off at the socket in a second, which is the feature that matters most in a clinic.
From ₹1,899
The three tests a commercial machine has to pass
Run your clinic through these three in order. If it fails the first, the other two do not matter and you have saved ₹10,000.
1
Measure the patient-facing area
Not the whole clinic - only the part that will ever be scented
Founders quote me the total leased area, which includes every consulting room, every examination room, the treatment cabins, the store and the staff room. None of those will be scented. Measure only the entrance, reception, waiting area and the corridors that connect them, and use the ceiling height too, because 1000m³ is a cubic rating and a nine-foot ceiling and a fourteen-foot ceiling are different buildings. In my experience the honest scented volume of a clinic is between a third and a half of what the founder first tells me. That single correction moves most people down a rung on the ladder, from ₹11,999 to ₹1,899.
Tip: If you cannot say the scented square footage to the nearest fifty, you are not ready to buy.
2
Count the doors and the corridor
A commercial machine solves distribution, and one open room has nothing to distribute
The second test is the air path. If reception is a single open room where every seat is within fifteen feet of the desk, there is nothing for a commercial machine to do that a counter-top unit does not already do - it will simply be the same room, more expensively. If instead reception opens onto a corridor with four closed cabins off it, or the AC is central and the return is somewhere you cannot see, you have a genuine distribution problem, and a wall or HVAC-mounted Vaayu is the tool built for it. Corridors are what justify the money, not square footage alone.
Tip: Stand at the desk. If you can see every chair you are scenting, you do not need a commercial machine.
3
Decide what you want held steady
The best argument for ₹11,999 is that nobody can turn it up
The third test is the least obvious and the one that persuades me most often. In a clinic with several staff on rotation, a counter-top unit becomes whatever the last person set it to, and the drift is always upward, because everyone's nose adapts within twenty minutes. A Vaayu holds a level behind a key-lock and runs to a timer, so the setting you agreed on opening week is the setting six months later. It is also waterless, which removes the daily refill cycle and any dampness near clinical work. If those two sentences describe a problem you actually have, the machine is worth it. If they do not, they are features you would be paying for and never using.
The SOSA principle
A commercial scent machine is bought to solve distribution and drift, not to signal that a clinic is expensive. Where there is no corridor and no rota, there is nothing for it to solve.
The word premium in this question is a trap - it makes people choose hardware by how good their clinic is rather than by how big it is.
What each answer costs, by clinic size
The whole decision on one line per size band, with the total hardware spend stated out loud in each.
The SOSA plan
Is a commercial machine worth it? The answer by patient-facing size
| Patient-facing area | What to do |
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 Under about 300 sq ft
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No machine. One Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849, six reeds, flipped weekly. Total hardware spend: ₹849. |
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About 300-750 sq ft
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One Sukoon at ₹1,899 on the reception counter, lowest useful setting. A commercial machine here is the wrong buy and I will say so on the call. Total: ₹1,899. |
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About 750-1,500 sq ft
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The genuine decision point. One open reception stays a Sukoon; a corridor with closed cabins moves you to a Vaayu at ₹11,999. |
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About 1,500-3,000 sq ft
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One Vaayu, correctly specified, on the reception air path or into the AC supply, at a low setting on a timer. Total: ₹11,999. |
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Every band, without exception
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Examination, prenatal, scan, postpartum, lactation and treatment rooms unscented, and one seating area unscented by design. |
If the honest total is what you are really after, the version of this argument written for a practice with one doctor and one room is in whether professional scenting is worth it for a solo gynaecologist or mainly for larger centres, which ends at ₹1,899. And if you have just finished an expensive fit-out and are weighing this against everything else you have spent, the proportion argument is made carefully in whether professional scenting is worth adding after spending heavily on a new centre. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
Buy it for distribution, or do not buy it
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 - 1000m³, key-lock, app timers, wall or HVAC mount. Below 750 sq ft the honest answer is ₹1,899.
I have talked more founders out of this machine than into it, and none of them has ever written back to say the cheaper answer let them down.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
The four honest reasons
Control, no water, distribution, uptime - and nothing about your business
The SOSA specification, by size band
Three answers cover every women's health clinic I am asked about, and two of them cost under ₹2,000. Warranty, AMC, installation, spare parts and bulk terms are not published, so confirm those with SOSA directly rather than assuming them. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA women's-health specification
The honest buy at each size - and the total in each case
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
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A clinic under about 300 sq ft, or a founder who wants no hardware at all | Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, alcohol-free, six reeds, 50ml lasting 6-8 weeks at ₹849 and 130ml 14-18 weeks at ₹1,349 | ₹849 View → |
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SOSA Sukoon
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A clinic of about 300-750 sq ft - the answer for most readers of this page | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included, sits on the counter and switches off at the socket | ₹1,899 View → |
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SOSA Vaayu
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A centre past roughly 1,500 sq ft, or one with a corridor and closed cabins | 1000m³ (about 2,000-3,000 sq ft), 400ml tank 90+ days a fill, app timers, adjustable intensity, under 38dB, key-lock, wall or HVAC mount | ₹11,999 View → |
Choose the hardware by measured square footage and air path rather than by how good the clinic is, keep every clinical room - examination, prenatal, scan, postpartum, lactation, treatment - completely unscented rather than lightly scented, and keep one seating area unscented by design. Fragrance here is an ambience decision like lighting or seating, with 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 no one can promise it changes anything about how the business performs. Ask for a clinic scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
The question I am actually being asked here is usually not about machines. It is a founder checking whether she has missed something - whether the good clinics all have a piece of hardware she does not, and whether that is why her reception feels unfinished. The honest reframe is that most of them do not. A great many excellent practices run on one reed diffuser and a decision about where it stands.
So I ask two things before I quote anything. How many square feet will actually be scented, and can you see every chair from the desk. If the answer is under 750 and yes, the conversation is over at ₹1,899 and I will say so even though it is the smaller sale. If reception opens onto a corridor with cabins off it, or the AC is central and doing the distributing for you, then a commercial machine is doing real work and the money is well spent. That is the whole test, and it has nothing to do with how premium the clinic is.
One more thing I will not do, because founders ask and deserve a straight answer: I will not tell you this returns anything. No one can promise that ambient scent changes what a business does, and I do not know a way to measure it that would survive a serious question. What it does is finish a room. On hardware, that is a Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849, a Sukoon at ₹1,899, or a Vaayu at ₹11,999, in that order of likelihood. The rooms where you examine and treat get nothing at all, whichever you buy. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Is a commercial scent machine worth buying for a premium women's health clinic?
Only where the size and the air path justify it. Past roughly 1,500 sq ft of patient-facing area, or wherever reception opens onto a corridor with closed cabins, a SOSA Vaayu at Rs 11,999 is the right specification. Below about 750 sq ft it would be covering a fraction of what it is rated for, and the honest buy is a SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899, or a Mountain Breeze reed at Rs 849 under 300 sq ft. For a large share of clinics the answer is genuinely no.
Will professional scenting bring more patients to my clinic?
No one can promise you that, and I would not trust anyone who did. Ambient fragrance is an interiors decision in the same family as lighting, seating and flooring, and it makes no claim on appointments, enquiries or anything else the business measures. What it does is finish a room you have already spent money building. If a supplier offers you a figure for what scenting returns, treat that figure as marketing rather than as evidence.
What does the Vaayu do that a cheaper diffuser does not?
Four mechanical things. It holds a level behind a key-lock and app timers so the setting does not drift upward over a month. It is waterless, so there is nothing damp and no daily refill routine near clinical work. It wall or HVAC mounts, so scent reaches a corridor rather than the desk it stands on. And it runs 90+ days on a 400ml fill at under 38dB. If none of those describes a problem you have, do not buy it.
Which rooms stay unscented whichever machine I buy?
Examination rooms, prenatal and scan rooms, postpartum care rooms, lactation and feeding rooms, pelvic-floor and other treatment cabins, procedure and recovery areas, and any room where a patient is undressed, mid-treatment or waiting on a result. Unscented means unscented and not a lower setting. Keep one seating area effectively unscented by design as well, and make sure the front desk knows which one it is.
Are bulk pricing, AMC or installation available if I buy several?
Those terms are not published, so please confirm them with SOSA directly rather than assuming them from this page. The same applies to warranty, spare parts, delivery timing and anything to do with corporate or GST invoicing. What is published is the hardware specification and the price, and the only logistics fact I will state here is that shipping is free above Rs 499.
Measure first, buy last
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for gynaecology, prenatal, postpartum and women's wellness centres
The SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) covers up to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, and is worth buying only where there is a corridor and closed cabins to carry scent along; below about 750 sq ft the honest answer is a Sukoon at ₹1,899 and under 300 sq ft a reed at ₹849. Waterless, under 38dB, made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Send your square footage and we will tell you which of the three is yours.
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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.