★ SOSA for Rehabilitation and Recovery Centres
The same fragrance everywhere and a level set locally in each building - and a written standard that makes a neutral location compliant rather than a branch that has failed an audit
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"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 public zone, in the register the facility runs
SOSA AngaanOne public volume above about 3,000 sq ftView ₹25,999
SOSA VaayuA connected public floor to about 3,000 sq ftView ₹11,999
Mountain BreezeThe register every zone carriesView ₹849
✓ One register in the public zone only - reception, family waiting and the corridor - set from the furthest chair at the end of the longest session and then key-locked ✓ Therapy and treatment areas are never scented, a named seating area is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than requested, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any plan ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Rehabilitation Centres
What do chains get wrong? They standardise the setting rather than the substance - the same number on every machine - which produces one overwhelming location and one nobody can detect.
What else must the standard say? That a location running neutral on clinical advice is compliant. Otherwise a centre whose clinical lead switched it off appears to have failed an audit.
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, and not any kind of medical, clinical or health approval. Being waterless it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment; 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; 300ml and 500ml refills are ₹2,399 and ₹3,499. No SOSA product is a medical device, a therapy or a treatment. Ambient fragrance in a rehabilitation or recovery setting is an interior and hospitality decision only: SOSA makes no claim that it reduces pain, anxiety or stress, alters mood, aids or accelerates recovery, healing or rehabilitation, improves mobility, motivation, adherence, attendance or any clinical outcome, shortens perceived waiting time, purifies air, or affects bookings, retention or spend. It does not remove, neutralise or reduce sweat, disinfectant, laundry or equipment odour, and it is never a substitute for ventilation, cleaning, laundry, humidity control or infection control - a facility with a persistent odour has a source to find and fix first. Therapy and treatment areas are left unscented, including gyms and exercise floors, physiotherapy and occupational therapy areas, neuro-rehabilitation and stroke-rehabilitation therapy rooms, hydrotherapy, treatment cubicles, post-operative and recovery areas and changing rooms. Because patients in rehabilitation attend repeatedly over weeks or months, a named seating area away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than waiting to be requested, and where a patient, visitor or member of staff is sensitive to fragrance the correct response is to reduce or switch off. The treating clinician's judgement overrides any plan on this page. 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.
Same fragrance. Different level. Chains that standardise the setting rather than the substance end up with one overwhelming branch and one imperceptible one. And the standard must say plainly that a location running neutral is compliant.
Quick answers — read this first
Should every rehabilitation centre in a group use the same signature fragrance? Yes to the fragrance, no to the level. The fragrance is the identity; the level is a property of each building's openings, ceiling, ducting and dwell time.What do chains get wrong? They standardise the setting rather than the substance - the same number on every machine - which produces one overwhelming location and one nobody can detect.
What else must the standard say? That a location running neutral on clinical advice is compliant. Otherwise a centre whose clinical lead switched it off appears to have failed an audit.
The short answer
Short answer: the same fragrance everywhere and a level set locally - and a written standard that treats a neutral location as compliant rather than as a branch that has failed.
The pick: one fragrance across the group - Mountain Breeze (₹849) - carried by a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) or an Angaan (₹25,999) depending on the building.
Next step: write the three lines that are fixed and the one that is local, then circulate them. Or ask for a facility scenting plan.
In this guide
Standardising the number rather than the fragrance is how one branch overwhelms and another disappears.
Sized to the public zone - tap to see each
One public volume, on the duct
SOSA Angaan · ₹25,999
Per zone, below about 3,000 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
Send the floor plan
Free facility scenting plan
Straight answer
We operate multiple rehabilitation centres. Should every location use the same signature fragrance?
Yes to the fragrance and no to the level - and the distinction between those two is what most chains get wrong. The fragrance is the identity, so it should be fixed. A patient who attends the Andheri branch for three months and then transfers to the Powai one should walk into something recognisable, and consistency is most of what a signature is worth in a building people return to. One fragrance across the group - a Mountain Breeze at ₹849 for buildings of wood and stone, or a Morning Freshness at ₹749 if the estate is uniformly white and daylit - chosen once, centrally, and not revisited by each location. The level is a different kind of thing entirely, and it does not belong in a brand standard. It is a property of each building: how many openings the public zone has, how high the ceiling is, whether the site is ducted or on splits, how long people wait, and which population that branch serves. The same number on every machine produces one location that overwhelms people and another nobody can detect, and the group will call that consistency because the setting matched. It is the opposite of consistency. What you standardise is the outcome and the method, not the number: the fragrance; the rule that it is below identifiable at every treatment door; the way the level is set (from the furthest seat, after ten minutes, by a named person); and the requirement that the number in use is written down at each site so a regional manager can ask what it is and get an answer. Then the parts that must be identical everywhere, because they are the promise rather than the ambience. The never-scented list - treatment areas, gyms, cubicles, hydrotherapy and quiet rooms. Named fragrance-free seating in every waiting area. One named owner per site. And the clinical override. And here is the governance point that a multi-site brand has to get right, because it is the one that quietly breaks the whole thing. The standard must state explicitly that a location running neutral is compliant. If the brand book says every centre carries the signature fragrance, then a branch whose neurological lead has asked for the corridor to stay neutral is now a location failing an audit - and the predictable consequence is that somebody turns it back on, or the request is discouraged before it is made. A standard that cannot accommodate "off" converts a clinical safeguard into a compliance problem. Write it the other way round: the fragrance is the default, neutral is an approved state, and no justification is required beyond a clinician asking. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it is not a therapy and makes no contribution to recovery, healing, mobility, pain, mood, motivation or attendance, and SOSA makes no claim that it does. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning, laundry and infection control, never instead of them, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Same fragrance, locally set level. The fragrance is the identity; the level is a property of each building. And the standard must state that a location running neutral on clinical advice is compliant, not a branch that has failed.
One fragrance across the group: Mountain Breeze at ₹849, carried by a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 or an Angaan where the building is larger.
See the SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 Ask for a facility scenting plan
The honest ladder
One source for the public zone, sized to the floor
What to buy, and for which space
The honest options for the public zone, sized to the floor rather than to the ambition. The images link to the product pages so every figure here can be checked.
One connected public volume above about 3,000 sq ft, on the duct
SOSA Angaan
HVAC nebulising diffuser rated to 3,000m³ - roughly 8,000-10,000 sq ft - with an 800ml reservoir, a metal body, programmable schedules and operation under 42dB. Above about 3,000 sq ft of one connected public volume this is the step rather than a second Vaayu, because two machines in one air mass drift apart. Critically, it goes on the supply side of the air handling that serves the public zone only - never on a run that also feeds therapy areas, which is the commonest way a zoning plan fails.
₹25,999
A connected reception, family waiting 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 rehabilitation facility its value is control rather than reach: the key-lock holds the level the furthest chair was judged to, so it survives every shift and every new receptionist, and the 1h/4h/8h/24h timer keeps it on facility hours rather than saturating an empty building overnight. Waterless, so it adds no moisture to a room full of mats and upholstery. 400ml tank, roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, under 38dB, wall or HVAC mount.
From ₹11,999
Fixed, local, and the line about 'off'
Three things are identical everywhere, one is not, and one sentence protects the safeguard.
1
Fixed
The fragrance is the identity
Chosen once, centrally, and not revisited locally - so a patient transferring between branches walks into something recognisable after three months of attending the first one.
Rule: consistency is most of what a signature is worth.
2
Local
The level belongs to the building
Openings, ceiling height, ducted or split, dwell time, and which population the branch serves. The same number everywhere gives you one overwhelming site and one nobody can detect.
Rule: matching settings is not consistency.
3
Method
Standardise how it is set, and record it
From the furthest seat, after ten minutes, by a named person - and the number in use written down at each site, so a regional manager can ask and get an answer.
Test: below identifiable at every treatment door.
4
Identical
The promise, not the ambience
The never-scented list, named fragrance-free seating in every waiting area, one owner per site, and the clinical override - all the same everywhere, without local variation.
Rule: that part is the brand, more than the fragrance is.
5
Off
Neutral has to be a compliant state
Otherwise a branch whose clinical lead asked for a neutral corridor is a location failing an audit - and somebody turns it back on, or discourages the request before it is made.
Rule: no justification required beyond a clinician asking.
The SOSA principle
A brand standard that cannot accommodate 'off' converts a clinical safeguard into a compliance problem - and somebody will resolve that problem by switching it back on.
Which is why the standard should read: the fragrance is the default, neutral is an approved state, and no justification is required beyond a clinician asking for it.
One fragrance across a group, question by question
What is fixed, what is local, and the sentence that protects the safeguard.
The SOSA rehabilitation table
Should every location use the same fragrance?
| The question | The answer |
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Should the fragrance be the same?
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Yes. It is the identity, chosen once centrally, so a patient transferring between branches walks into something recognisable. |
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Should the level be the same?
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No. It is a property of each building - openings, ceiling height, ducted or split, dwell time, population. The same number everywhere is not consistency. |
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What should be standardised instead?
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The outcome and the method: below identifiable at every treatment door, set from the furthest seat after ten minutes by a named person, with the number written down. |
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What must be identical everywhere?
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The never-scented list, named fragrance-free seating, one owner per site, and the clinical override. That part is the brand more than the fragrance is. |
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What about a location running neutral?
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The standard must state that it is compliant. Otherwise a branch whose clinical lead asked for neutral is failing an audit, and somebody will switch it back on. |
The mechanics are in standardising fragrance across a chain, the clinical carve-out in standardising while clinical areas stay fragrance-free, and the repeat-visit case in the same scent at every visit. Fragrance is not a therapy and SOSA makes no claim that it contributes to recovery, mobility, pain, mood, motivation or attendance.
One register, the public zone only, set from the furthest chair
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 waterless, key-locked and timed to facility hours; Mountain Breeze ₹849 or Morning Freshness ₹749 as the register. Send the floor plan with the therapy areas marked and we will return it with the placement and the fragrance-free seating.
Matching the number on every machine is not consistency. It is one branch that overwhelms people and another that nobody can detect.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Sized to the floor
The public zone gets one source; therapy areas get none
The SOSA rehabilitation facility specification
One register, delivered at whatever size the public 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 rehabilitation facility specification
What goes where in a rehabilitation, recovery or multidisciplinary facility
| Product | The space it fits | The rule that travels with it | Price |
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SOSA Vaayu
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One connected public air mass up to about 3,000 sq ft | One machine per air mass, each set from its own furthest chair and key-locked; never two in one volume sharing a guess | ₹11,999 View → |
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SOSA Angaan
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One connected public volume above about 3,000 sq ft | On the supply side of the air handling that serves the public zone only - never a run that also feeds therapy areas | ₹25,999 View → |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
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The register every zone and every site carries | One register across the whole business - two registers in two zones is two smells and no identity | ₹849 / ₹1,349 View → |
 SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
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The same question in a white, glazed facility | Cool citrus with no warmth; chosen once for the brand, not per branch or per department | ₹749 / ₹1,249 View → |
 SOSA Sukoon
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A closed reception or family waiting room inside a larger facility | High shelf, on low, facility hours only; a room product inside a zoned plan | ₹1,899 View → |
A SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is the water-based rung for a single enclosed reception or family waiting room of roughly 270-320 sq ft in a dry room, and a Boond (₹899) for an admin cabin or a single desk; 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. Therapy and treatment areas are never scented - gyms and exercise floors, physiotherapy and occupational therapy areas, neuro-rehabilitation therapy rooms, hydrotherapy, treatment cubicles, post-operative and recovery areas and changing rooms - and that is achieved by placement and doors rather than by a lower setting. A named seating area away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered by the desk rather than waiting to be asked, because patients here attend repeatedly over months. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it is not a therapy and makes no contribution to recovery, healing, mobility, pain, mood, motivation or adherence, and it works alongside ventilation, cleaning, laundry and infection control, never instead of them. The treating clinician's judgement overrides any plan. Ask for a facility scenting plan and send the floor plan with the therapy areas marked.
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A note from Sonal
Yes to the fragrance and no to the level, and the distinction between those two is what most chains get wrong. The fragrance is the identity, so it should be fixed: a patient who attends one branch for three months and then transfers to another should walk into something recognisable, and consistency is most of what a signature is worth in a building people return to. One fragrance across the group, chosen once, centrally, and not revisited by each location. The level is a different kind of thing entirely, and it does not belong in a brand standard. It is a property of each building - how many openings the public zone has, how high the ceiling is, whether the site is ducted or on splits, how long people wait, and which population that branch serves.
The same number on every machine produces one location that overwhelms people and another nobody can detect, and the group will call that consistency because the settings matched. It is the opposite of consistency. What you standardise is the outcome and the method rather than the number: the fragrance; the rule that it is below identifiable at every treatment door; the way the level is set, from the furthest seat, after ten minutes, by a named person; and the requirement that the number in use is written down at each site so a regional manager can ask what it is and get an answer. Then the parts that must be identical everywhere, because they are the promise rather than the ambience: the never-scented list, named fragrance-free seating in every waiting area, one named owner per site, and the clinical override.
And here is the governance point a multi-site brand has to get right, because it is the one that quietly breaks the whole thing. The standard must state explicitly that a location running neutral is compliant. If the brand book says every centre carries the signature fragrance, then a branch whose neurological lead has asked for the corridor to stay neutral is a location failing an audit - and the predictable consequence is that somebody turns it back on, or the request is discouraged before it is ever made. A standard that cannot accommodate off converts a clinical safeguard into a compliance problem. Write it the other way round: the fragrance is the default, neutral is an approved state, and no justification is required beyond a clinician asking. Then one fragrance across the estate - Mountain Breeze at ₹849 - carried by a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 or an Angaan at ₹25,999 depending on the building. Treatment areas, gyms, cubicles, hydrotherapy and quiet rooms are never scented at every site. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it is not a therapy and makes no contribution to recovery, healing, mobility, pain, mood, motivation or attendance, and I make no claim that it does. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning, laundry and infection control, never instead of them, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Should every location use the same signature fragrance?
Yes. The fragrance is the identity and should be chosen once centrally, so a patient transferring between branches walks into something recognisable.
Should the level be standardised too?
No. The level is a property of each building - openings, ceiling height, ducted or split, dwell time and population - and the same number everywhere is not consistency.
What should be standardised instead of the setting?
The outcome and the method: below identifiable at every treatment door, set from the furthest seat after ten minutes by a named person, with the number recorded at each site.
What must be identical at every site?
The never-scented list, named fragrance-free seating, one named owner, and the clinical override. Those are the promise rather than the ambience.
How should the standard treat a neutral location?
As compliant. Otherwise a branch whose clinical lead asked for neutral appears to have failed an audit, and somebody will resolve that by switching it back on.
Write 'neutral is compliant' into the standard
SOSA — Studio Scenting one fragrance across a group
Same fragrance, different level - and the distinction is what most chains get wrong. The fragrance is the identity, chosen once centrally, so a patient transferring between branches walks into something recognisable. The level is a property of each building: openings, ceiling height, ducted or split, dwell time, population. The same number on every machine gives one location that overwhelms people and another nobody can detect, and the group calls that consistency because the settings matched. Standardise the outcome and the method instead. And state explicitly that a location running neutral on clinical advice is compliant, because a standard that cannot accommodate off turns a safeguard into an audit failure. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Ask for a facility scenting plan → SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
One more look at the range
Continue the read
More from SOSA
- SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999)
- SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849)
- Standardising fragrance across a rehab chain
- Standardising while clinical areas stay fragrance-free
- Same signature scent at every visit?
- Should a rehabilitation centre have a signature fragrance?
- Choosing a signature scent for a rehabilitation brand
- Standardising a multi-location sensory experience
- Is professional scenting worth adding?
- Ask us: Ask for a facility scenting plan
- Brand: Founder story — why SOSA exists
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, and not any kind of medical, clinical or health approval. Being waterless it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment; 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; 300ml and 500ml refills are ₹2,399 and ₹3,499. No SOSA product is a medical device, a therapy or a treatment. Ambient fragrance in a rehabilitation or recovery setting is an interior and hospitality decision only: SOSA makes no claim that it reduces pain, anxiety or stress, alters mood, aids or accelerates recovery, healing or rehabilitation, improves mobility, motivation, adherence, attendance or any clinical outcome, shortens perceived waiting time, purifies air, or affects bookings, retention or spend. It does not remove, neutralise or reduce sweat, disinfectant, laundry or equipment odour, and it is never a substitute for ventilation, cleaning, laundry, humidity control or infection control - a facility with a persistent odour has a source to find and fix first. Therapy and treatment areas are left unscented, including gyms and exercise floors, physiotherapy and occupational therapy areas, neuro-rehabilitation and stroke-rehabilitation therapy rooms, hydrotherapy, treatment cubicles, post-operative and recovery areas and changing rooms. Because patients in rehabilitation attend repeatedly over weeks or months, a named seating area away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than waiting to be requested, and where a patient, visitor or member of staff is sensitive to fragrance the correct response is to reduce or switch off. The treating clinician's judgement overrides any plan on this page. 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.