★ SOSA for Women's Health and Wellness Centres
A modern interior has nothing soft in it to hold a fragrance, so the same setting that is right in a carpeted room reads roughly twice as loud - the register is green, mineral and dry, and the intensity goes down
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★★★★★
"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
★★★★★
"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
★ The machine for a modern centre, run below where you would expect
SOSA VaayuAdjustable intensity, set low and left thereView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuKey-lock, so a hard room never gets louderView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuWaterless, which matters on microcementView ₹11,999
✓ Adjustable intensity and a key-lock, because in a hard room the mistake is always upwards ✓ Reception and waiting only - examination, prenatal, postpartum, lactation and treatment rooms stay unscented ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Women's Health
Why does my machine feel too strong in a modern space? Because there is nothing soft in the room to hold anything. Fabric, carpet, upholstery and plaster all absorb; microcement, glass, glazed tile, powder-coated steel and an exposed ceiling absorb almost nothing. In my experience the same setting in a hard modern interior reads roughly twice as strongly as it does in a soft one, and it carries much further along a corridor. The fix is not a different scent. It is a lower setting and a shorter timer.
What machine, and what does it cost? For a centre of about 1,500 sq ft and up, with a corridor and closed cabins, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 - and you buy it for the adjustable intensity and key-lock, not for the coverage. Total hardware spend: ₹11,999, one machine. Under about 750 sq ft, one Sukoon at ₹1,899 is right and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy.
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.
The centres that get this wrong are almost never under-scented. They are beautifully built, hard on every surface, and running the same setting somebody used in a carpeted waiting room - which is how a restrained modern interior ends up smelling like an airport lounge.
Quick answers — read this first
What fragrance suits a modern women's wellness centre? Green, mineral and dry - white tea, a dry light citrus, cedar, pine, sage, something with a cool stone quality to it. A modern interior is already saying restraint in every material it uses, so a warm or sweet fragrance sits on top of it as an obvious addition rather than as part of the building. What you are aiming for is a room that smells the way microcement, glass and matte metal look: cool, plain and deliberate.Why does my machine feel too strong in a modern space? Because there is nothing soft in the room to hold anything. Fabric, carpet, upholstery and plaster all absorb; microcement, glass, glazed tile, powder-coated steel and an exposed ceiling absorb almost nothing. In my experience the same setting in a hard modern interior reads roughly twice as strongly as it does in a soft one, and it carries much further along a corridor. The fix is not a different scent. It is a lower setting and a shorter timer.
What machine, and what does it cost? For a centre of about 1,500 sq ft and up, with a corridor and closed cabins, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 - and you buy it for the adjustable intensity and key-lock, not for the coverage. Total hardware spend: ₹11,999, one machine. Under about 750 sq ft, one Sukoon at ₹1,899 is right and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy.
The short answer
Short answer: green, mineral and dry - white tea, a dry light citrus, cedar, pine and sage - and set lower than you would in a soft interior. A modern centre in microcement, glass and matte metal has nothing to absorb a fragrance, so the same setting reads roughly twice as loud and travels much further. One SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) at a low setting from about 1,500 sq ft; one Sukoon (₹1,899) below 750 sq ft.
The pick: one SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) on the reception air path, set one notch below where a soft interior would sit and key-locked there, or a SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) where the patient-facing area is under about 750 sq ft.
Next step: send the floor plan and a list of the actual finishes - floor, walls, ceiling, partitions and seating - and we will tell you where to start the intensity, which is the part most centres get wrong - Ask for a clinic scenting plan.
In this guide
Everything about a modern interior amplifies and carries a fragrance further, which is why the correct instruction for these buildings runs the opposite way to instinct.
The machine for a modern centre - tap to see the specification
For a modern centre past 1,500 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999
If your palette runs warm instead
Beige, blush, wood and neutral interiors
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
What fragrance actually suits a modern women's wellness centre?
Green, mineral and dry - and set lower than you would set it anywhere else. The register first. A modern women's wellness centre is usually microcement or large-format porcelain underfoot, glass or glazed partitions, matte metal, plain plaster and an exposed or semi-exposed ceiling with services on show. Every one of those materials is saying the same thing: restraint, plainness, nothing decorative. A warm, sweet or floral fragrance in that room does not read as part of the building - it reads as something that was added to it, which is precisely the wrong effect in an interior whose whole argument is that nothing has been added. So you want white tea, a dry light citrus, cedar, pine, sage, something with a cool stone quality, and nothing rounded, powdery or floral. Now the part almost nobody plans for, which matters more than the choice of note. A modern interior has nothing in it to absorb a fragrance. Carpet, curtains, upholstery, fabric panels and even soft plaster all take a share of what is in the air; microcement, glass, porcelain, powder-coated steel and an exposed ceiling take almost none. The result is that the same setting that is exactly right in a carpeted, curtained waiting room reads roughly twice as strongly in a hard modern one, and it travels much further, because there is nothing between reception and the far end of the corridor to slow it down. That is why so many beautifully built centres feel over-scented while their owners are certain they have been restrained. The instruction, then, runs the opposite way to instinct: in a modern interior, take the intensity down, shorten the run time, and expect the reach to be greater than you planned. Set it a notch below where you think it belongs, live with that for a week, and ask the front desk before you touch it again. The hardware follows from that rather than from ambition. For a centre of roughly 1,500 sq ft and up, with a corridor and closed cabins, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 is the machine, and you are buying it for the wrong-sounding reasons: adjustable intensity so it can sit genuinely low, a key-lock so nobody raises it, app timers so it runs only in clinic hours, and no water at all near microcement and open services. Total hardware spend: ₹11,999, one machine. Below about 750 sq ft the honest answer is one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy - it would be covering a fraction of what it is rated for. Zoning does not change with the architecture: reception, waiting and corridors only; examination, prenatal, scan, postpartum, lactation and treatment rooms stay unscented, and one seating area stays unscented by design. This is an ambience decision that makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim; it works alongside your cleaning and ventilation rather than instead of them and is never used to cover another smell; and your judgement as the treating clinician overrides any plan in your own rooms. Ask for a clinic scenting plan and list your finishes - they decide the setting more than the floor area does.
Green, mineral and dry, and set lower than instinct says. A hard modern interior absorbs nothing, so the same setting reads about twice as loud and carries much further. One Vaayu at ₹11,999 from 1,500 sq ft; a Sukoon at ₹1,899 below 750.
For a modern centre past about 1,500 sq ft the machine is one SOSA Vaayu - waterless, which matters on microcement and exposed services, with adjustable intensity and a key-lock so a hard room never gets louder than you set it. Rated to 1000m³, under 38dB. ₹11,999. Below 750 sq ft, buy the Sukoon at ₹1,899 instead.
See the SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 Ask for a clinic scenting plan
Why a hard room behaves differently
Nothing to absorb, nothing to slow it down, and a corridor with a clear run
The machine, and why the features matter here
In a modern centre you are not buying reach - you have more reach than you want already. You are buying the ability to hold a genuinely low level and stop anybody moving it.
Modern centres 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. In a hard interior the intensity control and the key-lock are the specification that matters, not the coverage figure.
From ₹11,999
Under about 750 sq ft - buy this instead
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, supplied with three 15ml fragrances. For a single hard-surfaced reception this is the honest buy, and it will still want turning down further than you expect. A Vaayu at six times the price would be covering a fraction of its rating.
From ₹1,899
What a hard room does to a fragrance
Three things change in a modern interior, and only the first is about the fragrance itself. The other two are about the level and the reach, which is where the mistakes actually happen.
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Match the materials, not the mood
A modern interior is an argument for restraint, and the fragrance has to join that argument
Microcement, porcelain, glass, matte black metal and plain plaster are all doing the same work: removing decoration until only proportion and material are left. A warm, sweet or floral fragrance in that room is instantly legible as an addition, and an addition is the one thing the interior has spent its whole budget avoiding. So go green, mineral and dry - white tea, a dry light citrus, cedar, pine, sage, a cool stone quality. It should read as the smell of a very clean, very plain building rather than as a fragrance somebody chose. If a visitor can name the note, the register is too decorative for this architecture as well as too strong.
Tip: Ask whether the fragrance could have been in the room before the furniture arrived. If not, it is too decorative.
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Halve the setting, then check
The same level that is right on carpet is roughly twice as loud on microcement
This is the part I would underline. Soft materials take a real share of what is in the air - carpet, curtains, upholstery, fabric panels, even soft plaster. A modern centre has none of them, so more of what the machine puts out stays available to be smelled, and it stays available for longer. In practice I tell people to set a hard interior a full notch or two below where they would set a soft one, run it for a week, and only then decide. The mistake in these buildings is always upwards, and it is always made by someone whose nose stopped noticing the room within twenty minutes of arriving in the morning.
Tip: Set it low, key-lock it, and give it a week before anybody touches the dial.
3
Plan for the reach you did not ask for
A hard corridor is a clear run, and it goes straight to the doors you wanted left alone
The second consequence of hard surfaces is distance. With no soft material and often no threshold detail, a fragrance placed at reception carries much further down a modern corridor than the same fragrance in a conventional clinic, and it arrives at the doors of rooms that should have none. That is an argument for placing the machine deliberately - on the reception air path rather than near a corridor mouth, and mounted where the supply pushes it into the public volume rather than along the cabin line. Examination, scan, postpartum, lactation and pelvic-floor rooms stay unscented, so keep their doors closed and keep the level low enough that a drift through an opened door is all anyone ever gets.
The SOSA principle
A modern interior has no soft material anywhere in it, so it neither absorbs a fragrance nor stops it travelling - which means the correct instruction for these buildings is to turn the setting down rather than up.
Almost every over-scented modern centre I have been asked about was set by someone being careful, using a level that was genuinely right in a different kind of room.
The plan, surface by surface
Work through your actual finishes rather than your floor area, because in a modern centre the materials set the level.
The SOSA plan
What each modern finish does to fragrance, and what to do about it
| The finish | What to do |
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Microcement or large-format porcelain floor
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Absorbs essentially nothing and carries sound and scent equally well. Start a notch lower than you would on carpet or vinyl. |
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Glass and glazed partitions
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No absorption, and long clear sightlines usually mean long clear air paths too. Expect the reach to exceed the plan. |
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Matte metal, powder coat and plain plaster
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Hard and non-absorbent, and typically paired with minimal furniture. Together they push the effective reading up again. |
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Exposed or semi-exposed ceiling services
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More volume than the floor plan suggests and no soft ceiling tile. Remember you are scenting cubic metres, not square feet. |
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The one soft thing you can add
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A rug under the seating and upholstered seat pads change how the room both sounds and holds a fragrance. Cheaper than any machine. |
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Clinical rooms, whatever the finish
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Unscented, always. Examination, prenatal, scan, postpartum, lactation and treatment rooms are never lightly scented, in any architecture. |
The register itself is argued from first principles in what a premium women's health clinic should smell like, which is worth reading before you choose anything. If the decision you are actually making is a brand-level one across more than one site, that is a different question and it is answered in what fragrance direction suits a high-end women's healthcare brand. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
The right specification for a hard room
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 - adjustable intensity and a key-lock, so a modern centre can run genuinely low and stay there.
In a modern building the fragrance has nowhere to go and nothing to soak into, which means restraint is not a matter of taste any more. It is a matter of physics, and it is the setting rather than the scent that decides it.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why waterless matters in this architecture
No humidity, no daily refill, no mineral dust near exposed services
The SOSA specification for a modern centre
Two machines cover almost every modern women's wellness centre, and the choice is made on size and air path rather than on how contemporary the interior is. Both are dry, which matters more in a building of microcement and open services than it does anywhere else. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA women's-health specification
Sized by volume, set by the finishes - and always lower than instinct
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Sukoon
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A single hard-surfaced reception, centre under about 750 sq ft | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included. The honest buy at this size, and it will still want turning down | ₹1,899 View → |
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SOSA Vaayu
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Modern centre of 1,500 sq ft and up with a corridor and cabins | 1000m³ (about 2,000-3,000 sq ft), adjustable intensity, key-lock, app timers, under 38dB, waterless, wall or HVAC mountable | ₹11,999 View → |
Take the register from the materials rather than the mood, set the level a notch below where a soft interior would sit and lock it there, and remember you are scenting cubic metres rather than square feet in a building with an exposed ceiling. Keep every examination, prenatal, scan, postpartum, lactation and treatment room completely unscented rather than lightly scented, and keep one seating area unscented by design. Fragrance here is an ambience decision like the lighting and makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim; it works alongside cleaning and ventilation rather than instead of them, and is never used to cover another smell. Ask for a clinic scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
The modern centres that write to me are almost never asking to be stronger. They are asking why something they chose carefully, at a setting somebody sensible recommended, is announcing itself from the lift lobby. The answer is nearly always the building rather than the fragrance. A carpeted, curtained waiting room quietly takes a share of everything in the air. Microcement, glass, porcelain and matte metal take almost none of it, and an exposed ceiling adds volume the floor plan never mentioned.
So the useful rule for this architecture is the one that sounds backwards. Go green, mineral and dry to match what the materials are already saying, and then set the machine lower than you would in a soft room rather than higher. Live with it for a week before you touch it, and ask the person on the front desk rather than trusting your own nose, which stopped noticing the room twenty minutes after you walked in. The reach will surprise you before the strength does.
On hardware, a modern centre past about 1,500 sq ft is one Vaayu at ₹11,999, bought for the adjustable intensity and the key-lock rather than the coverage, and it will spend its life on a low setting. Below 750 sq ft it is a Sukoon at ₹1,899 and nothing more. The rooms where you examine, scan or treat get nothing at all, and one seat in the waiting area stays unscented on purpose. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
What fragrance suits a modern women's wellness centre?
Green, mineral and dry - white tea, a dry light citrus, cedar, pine, sage, something with a cool stone quality. A modern interior in microcement, glass and matte metal is an argument for restraint, so a warm, sweet or floral fragrance reads as an obvious addition to a room that has spent its whole budget on removing additions. It should smell like a very clean, very plain building rather than like a fragrance somebody chose.
Why does my scent machine feel too strong in a minimal interior?
Because there is nothing soft in the room to absorb it. Carpet, curtains, upholstery and fabric panels all take a share of what is in the air; microcement, porcelain, glass and powder-coated steel take almost none, and an exposed ceiling adds volume your floor plan never counted. The same setting that is right in a carpeted waiting room reads far more strongly in a hard one, and travels much further along a corridor.
Should I turn the intensity up or down in a modern space?
Down. This is the one instruction in the category that runs opposite to instinct. Set a hard interior a notch or two below where you would set a soft one, key-lock it there, run it for a full week and ask the front desk before touching it, because your own nose stops noticing the room about twenty minutes after you arrive. The mistake in these buildings is always upwards.
Do I need a Vaayu for a modern centre?
Only from about 1,500 sq ft, and with a corridor and closed cabins for air to travel along. At that point one SOSA Vaayu at Rs 11,999 is right, and you are buying it for the adjustable intensity, key-lock, app timers and the fact that it uses no water at all near microcement and open services. Under about 750 sq ft, a SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899 is the honest answer and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy.
Does a modern interior change which rooms get scented?
No. Architecture never changes the zoning. Reception, waiting and corridors only, and examination rooms, prenatal and scan rooms, postpartum care rooms, lactation and feeding rooms and pelvic-floor or other treatment cabins stay unscented, not lightly scented. Keep one seating area unscented by design too. What a modern interior changes is the level and the reach, not the map.
Green, mineral, dry - and a notch lower than you think
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for modern women's wellness centres
The SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) covers up to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, and in a hard modern interior it is bought for the adjustable intensity and the key-lock rather than for reach; below about 750 sq ft the honest answer is a Sukoon at ₹1,899. Waterless, under 38dB, made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Send the finishes list with your plan.
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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.