★ SOSA for Modular Kitchen Showrooms and Experience Centres
A 500 sq ft studio holds about 142 cubic metres of air, and the Vaayu is rated for 1000 - so this is the post where I talk you out of the expensive machine
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"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
★★★★★
"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
★ The honest machine for a single-room kitchen studio
SOSA SukoonOne room, one source, upstream of the seatingView ₹1,899SOSA SukoonRated 270-320 sq ft, three 15ml fragrances includedView ₹1,899SOSA Sukoon₹1,899, and nothing else to buyView ₹1,899
✓ One Sukoon at ₹1,899 is the whole hardware answer for a studio this size ✓ The Vaayu is rated to 1000m³ - about seven times the air a 500 sq ft studio contains ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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Why not the Vaayu? Because you scent volume, not floor area, and the arithmetic is unkind. 500 sq ft at a ten-foot ceiling is roughly 142 cubic metres. The Vaayu is rated to 1000m³. You would be buying a machine specified for about seven times the air you actually own, running it at its lowest setting, and still having to think about whether it is too much. ₹11,999 for that is not a stretch - it is the wrong tool.
What if my ceiling is double height? Then do the sum again, because this is the one thing that genuinely changes the answer in a kitchen studio. A twenty-foot ceiling doubles the volume to about 284m³ - and that is still under a third of what a Vaayu is rated for. A double-height 500 sq ft studio is a Sukoon studio with the machine placed low rather than high, because warm air rises and takes the fragrance with it. Still ₹1,899.
See the SOSA Sukoon 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 easiest post in the whole guide to write and the hardest one to sell, because the honest answer costs you ₹1,899 and takes about four minutes to set up. Almost everyone who writes to me about a 500 sq ft studio has already decided they want the big machine, and almost none of them should have it.
Quick answers — read this first
What scent machine does a 500 sq ft kitchen studio need? One SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899, placed upstream of where people sit, run at the lowest setting you can still notice. That is the entire hardware answer. If you would rather have nothing to switch on and off, one Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 is a legitimate answer too. Total hardware spend: ₹1,899.Why not the Vaayu? Because you scent volume, not floor area, and the arithmetic is unkind. 500 sq ft at a ten-foot ceiling is roughly 142 cubic metres. The Vaayu is rated to 1000m³. You would be buying a machine specified for about seven times the air you actually own, running it at its lowest setting, and still having to think about whether it is too much. ₹11,999 for that is not a stretch - it is the wrong tool.
What if my ceiling is double height? Then do the sum again, because this is the one thing that genuinely changes the answer in a kitchen studio. A twenty-foot ceiling doubles the volume to about 284m³ - and that is still under a third of what a Vaayu is rated for. A double-height 500 sq ft studio is a Sukoon studio with the machine placed low rather than high, because warm air rises and takes the fragrance with it. Still ₹1,899.
The short answer
Short answer: one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899. A 500 sq ft studio holds roughly 142 cubic metres of air at a ten-foot ceiling and the Vaayu is rated to 1000m³, so a Vaayu at ₹11,999 is specified for about seven times the room you have. Total hardware spend: ₹1,899, and a ₹849 Mountain Breeze reed is a legitimate alternative if you want nothing to schedule.
The pick: one SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) upstream of the consultation seating at the lowest setting you can still detect, with one Mountain Breeze reed (₹849) at the far end only if the room genuinely does not carry.
Next step: send the studio's length, width and ceiling height in metres and we will do the cubic sum with you and tell you honestly whether you need anything at all - Ask for a retail scenting plan.
In this guide
Every line of this is arithmetic you can check yourself with a tape measure. The reason I keep showing the working is that square-foot ratings hide it, and hidden arithmetic is how a 500 sq ft studio ends up with a machine built for a department store.
The studio machine - tap to see the specification
For a single-room studio of about 500 sq ft
SOSA Sukoon ₹1,899
The size above this one
Best scent machine for a 750 sq ft showroom
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
What scent machine does a 500 sq ft modular kitchen studio actually need?
One SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899. That is the whole answer, and I want to show you the arithmetic behind it rather than simply asserting it, because the arithmetic is what stops you buying the wrong thing. You scent a volume of air, not a floor area. Five hundred square feet is about 46 square metres. At an ordinary ten-foot ceiling that is roughly 142 cubic metres of air. Now look at what a SOSA Vaayu is rated for: 1000m³, which is roughly 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft. So a Vaayu in your studio is a machine specified for about seven times the air you own. It would spend its whole life on its lowest setting, and you would still be checking whether it was too much - which is the opposite of what ₹11,999 is supposed to buy you. That is not a near miss you can shrug at. It is a category error, and I would rather lose the sale than watch you make it. The honest concession, and there is one: what the Vaayu genuinely buys is not reach but control - timers on trading hours, a key-lock so nobody turns it up, wall or HVAC mounting, and a 400ml tank that runs 90+ days a fill. If your studio had an entrance, a closed consultation room and central air handling to mount into, those four things could justify the money at a size where coverage alone would not. A 500 sq ft studio has none of that. It is one room, usually one air conditioner, one door, and a table where somebody sits with a designer for ninety minutes. One source, upstream of that table, at the lowest setting you can still just detect. If you would rather have nothing to switch on at all, one Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 is a perfectly serious answer for a room this size, and several studios I have advised have stopped there quite happily. Two standing conditions before you spend anything. If the studio is new and still smells of laminate, adhesive or new joinery, buy neither yet - that is a curing problem answered by ventilation and time, and fragrance is never a cover for another smell, never a substitute for extraction or cleaning. And if you run any live cooking in the room, the machine goes off during the demonstration and stays off until the extraction has cleared the air. Register: dry, material-led, nothing edible - a well-kept home with the windows open, never dinner. And plainly, because someone will offer you a number: no one can promise you that ambient scent moves footfall, enquiries or order value, and a supplier who quotes you a figure is selling. Ask for a retail scenting plan and send the dimensions.
500 sq ft is about 142m³ of air. The Vaayu is rated to 1000m³, so it is seven times the room. One Sukoon at ₹1,899, upstream of the seating, lowest setting. Total hardware spend: ₹1,899.
For a studio this size the machine is one SOSA Sukoon - rated 270-320 sq ft, ultrasonic cool mist, supplied with three 15ml fragrances so you can try the register before committing to it. ₹1,899. The Vaayu at ₹11,999 is rated to 1000m³ and your room holds about 142 - do not buy it.
See the SOSA Sukoon ₹1,899 Ask for a retail scenting plan
The sum, before the shopping
Length x width x height in metres, then compare against the rating
The machine for a 500 sq ft studio
One machine and one alternative, and the second card is here so you can see exactly what you are declining rather than taking my word for it. The images link to the product pages.
The buy for a single-room studio
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser rated to roughly 270-320 sq ft, supplied with three 15ml fragrances. In one connected room with an air conditioner moving air, one Sukoon placed upstream of the seating does the studio at a low setting. ₹1,899, and there is nothing else on the list.
From ₹1,899
What you are declining, and why
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with app timers, key-lock and HVAC mounting. All of that is real and none of it is yours to use in 142m³ of air. It is the right machine four rungs up the ladder from here, and the wrong one today.
From ₹11,999
Why the arithmetic says no to a Vaayu
Three things decide this, and only the first one is about money. Do them in order and you will reach the same answer I did.
1
Do the cubic sum first
500 sq ft is 46m² of floor and about 142m³ of air
Take a tape measure to the studio: length in metres, width in metres, ceiling height in metres, multiplied together. A 500 sq ft room at a standard ten-foot ceiling comes out at roughly 142 cubic metres. Subtract nothing for the display kitchens - air moves around them, not through them, and the cabinetry is not holding any meaningful volume out of the calculation. Now hold that number against the machine ratings. The Vaayu is 1000m³. The gap is not a rounding error, it is a factor of seven. Any supplier who answers your question in square feet without asking your ceiling height has skipped the first step of the arithmetic, and you should ask them for the cubic number before you take anything else they say seriously.
Tip: If you only measure one thing, measure the ceiling. It is the number square-foot ratings quietly assume.
2
Check what the money would actually buy
The Vaayu's real value is control, and a one-room studio has nothing to control
It is worth being precise about why the expensive machine exists, because the honest reasons are not about coverage. A Vaayu buys control - timers on trading hours, adjustable intensity, a key-lock against a floor full of well-meaning hands. It buys no water added to the room. It buys distribution, through wall or HVAC mounting that reaches an entrance and a closed consultation room. And it buys uptime, 400ml running 90+ days a fill at under 38dB. Read that list against a 500 sq ft studio. One room, one door, one air conditioner, two or three people who work there. There is no second volume to reach, no entrance to treat separately, and nobody to lock out. The features are excellent and none of them are load-bearing here.
Tip: Count how many separate volumes of air you own. At 500 sq ft the answer is almost always one.
3
Set the level for the ninetieth minute
A small room plus a long consultation is the strongest case for restraint in this guide
The reason a studio this size sits at the lowest setting in the cluster is not the square footage, it is the dwell. Your customer sits at a table choosing finishes for sixty to ninety minutes, in a small volume of air, and exposure compounds the whole time. Your designer sits in it nine hours a day, six days a week. Set the level from that seat at minute ninety, not from the doorway at minute one - you cannot judge it from the doorway anyway, because your nose adapts within about twenty minutes of arriving. Ask the two or three people who work in the room and treat a hesitant yes as a no. In a 500 sq ft studio the failure mode is never too little.
The SOSA principle
A 500 sq ft studio does not have a coverage problem, so it cannot be solved by a coverage product - the Vaayu is rated for about seven times the air in the room, and six-sevenths of a machine's capability is not a feature you can use.
Which is why the cheapest recommendation in this guide is also the most confident one.
The plan for one small room
The whole plan for a 500 sq ft studio fits on one card, which is a fair indication of how simple this decision should be.
The SOSA plan
A 500 sq ft kitchen studio, decided by volume rather than floor area
| The step | What to do |
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Measure the volume
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Length x width x ceiling height in metres. About 142m³ at a ten-foot ceiling, about 284m³ if the studio is double height. Write the number down before you shop. |
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Choose the machine
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One Sukoon at ₹1,899. Total hardware spend: ₹1,899. The Vaayu is rated for roughly seven times this volume and is the wrong buy at this size. |
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Place it
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Upstream of the consultation seating, roughly a metre up, out of the air conditioner's return path, never at the door and never inside a display kitchen. |
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Set the level
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The lowest setting you can still just detect, judged from the consultation seat at minute ninety and confirmed with the people who work there all week. |
 If it does not carry
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Do not turn it up and do not buy a Vaayu. Add one Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 at the far end as a quiet always-on baseline. Total then: ₹2,748. |
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If the room is new
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Buy nothing yet. Laminate, adhesive and new joinery are a curing problem answered by ventilation and time, and trading unscented until it has gone is the correct first move. |
If your studio is closer to 750 sq ft than 500, the answer is still the cheaper machine but the reasoning shifts, and it is set out in the best scent machine for a 750 sq ft kitchen showroom. And if you would like the method rather than the answer, so you can run it again when you move to a larger unit, how to calculate the right scent-machine capacity is the arithmetic written out in full. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
The small machine, honestly recommended
SOSA Sukoon ₹1,899 covers about 270-320 sq ft - the right size of answer for a single-room studio.
I have never regretted telling somebody with a 500 sq ft studio to spend ₹1,899 instead of ₹11,999. The people who regret it are the ones who bought the big machine and then spent a year keeping it turned down.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why the cheap answer is the right answer
One room, one source, one setting, and ₹10,100 still in the business
The SOSA specification at this size
One machine covers a studio of this size, with a reed as the no-schedule alternative and the Vaayu listed only so you can see where it genuinely starts to earn its price. Warranty, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed with SOSA. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA kitchen-showroom specification
500 sq ft: one small machine, and the honest reason the big one waits
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Sukoon
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A single-room kitchen studio of about 500 sq ft | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included, one source upstream of the seating at the lowest usable setting | ₹1,899 View → |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
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A studio owner who wants nothing to switch on or schedule | Pine, sage and cedar reed at ₹849, alcohol-free and phthalate-free, six fibre reeds flipped weekly, 50ml lasting 6-8 weeks | ₹849 View → |
 SOSA Vaayu
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Showrooms from roughly 1,500 sq ft, or where there is a second volume to reach | 1000m³ rating, waterless, app timers, key-lock, under 38dB, wall or HVAC mountable - none of which a one-room studio needs yet | ₹11,999 View → |
Decide this by cubic volume rather than by floor area, set the level from the consultation seat at minute ninety, and buy nothing at all while the room still smells of its own fit-out. Ambient scent in a studio is a presentation decision like lighting or styling; it is never used to mask another smell - not laminate, not adhesive, not cooking - and it is never a substitute for ventilation, extraction or cleaning. Warranty, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed with SOSA before you commit. Ask for a retail scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
Almost nobody writes to me about a 500 sq ft studio asking what they need. They write asking whether the Vaayu is the right Vaayu, which is a different question with the answer already assumed inside it. So I do the sum in the reply, every time, because the sum is the part that changes minds. Forty-six square metres of floor, a ten-foot ceiling, roughly a hundred and forty-two cubic metres of air - against a machine rated for a thousand. Once somebody sees those two numbers next to each other, the conversation ends by itself.
The thing I want you to take from this is the habit rather than the recommendation. Ceiling height is the variable that square-foot ratings quietly assume, and in this category it assumes wrong more often than in any other I write for, because kitchen studios and experience centres are so often built in double-height units. Measure the height. Multiply it out. Write the cubic number on the same sheet as the shortlist. If you do that once, you will never again be sold a machine four rungs above the one you need, by me or by anyone else.
So: one Sukoon at ₹1,899, or one Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 if you would rather not have a schedule at all. Total hardware spend: ₹1,899. Dry register, nothing edible - and yes, that means our own Fresh Brew at ₹849, which is Coorg coffee and Kerala vanilla, is ruled out for a kitchen studio, and I would rather tell you that than sell you one. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
What scent machine do I need for a 500 sq ft modular kitchen studio?
One SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899, placed upstream of the consultation seating and run at the lowest setting you can still detect. That is the entire hardware answer. A Mountain Breeze reed at Rs 849 is a legitimate alternative if you would rather have nothing to switch on or schedule. Total hardware spend: Rs 1,899. A Vaayu at Rs 11,999 is the wrong buy at this size and this post exists to say so.
Why is a Vaayu wrong for 500 sq ft?
Because you scent a volume of air rather than a floor area. Five hundred square feet is about 46 square metres, which at a ten-foot ceiling is roughly 142 cubic metres. The Vaayu is rated to 1000 cubic metres, about 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft. That makes it a machine specified for around seven times the air you own, which would live permanently on its lowest setting. It is not a near miss, it is the wrong rung of the ladder.
My studio has a double-height ceiling - does that change the answer?
It changes the sum and not the conclusion. A twenty-foot ceiling roughly doubles the volume, so 500 sq ft becomes about 284 cubic metres rather than 142. That is still under a third of what a Vaayu is rated for. What it does change is placement: warm air rises and carries the fragrance up with it, so in a double-height room the machine goes low rather than high. Still one Sukoon at Rs 1,899.
What if the Sukoon does not reach the far end of the studio?
Do not turn it up and do not upgrade to a Vaayu. First check placement, because a machine sitting in the air conditioner's return path is having its output drawn straight out of the room. If placement is right and the far corner still reads as nothing, add one Mountain Breeze reed at Rs 849 there as a quiet always-on baseline. Total then Rs 2,748, which is still a fifth of the machine you were considering.
Will scenting my studio bring in more customers?
No one can promise that and I will not. SOSA has run no research that would support a figure, and there is no honest way to separate ambient scent from the twenty other things a customer experiences during a ninety-minute consultation. Any supplier who offers you a number for footfall, enquiries or order value is selling. The question worth answering is whether the air in your studio agrees with the displays, the lighting and the price of the kitchens.
The small answer, given honestly
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for small modular kitchen studios of about 500 sq ft
The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) covers roughly 270-320 sq ft and is the honest buy for a single-room studio holding about 142m³ of air; the Vaayu at ₹11,999 is rated to 1000m³ and belongs several rungs up the ladder. A Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 is the no-schedule alternative. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Send your length, width and ceiling height and we will do the sum with you.
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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.