★ SOSA for Entrances and Foyers
A signature scent is not a rare bottle. It is one fragrance, at one level, in the same place, every single day
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"Guests walk in and it smells the same every single time. That consistency is the thing you cannot get from a candle."
SOSA Vaayu · consistency
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"I wanted something for the entrance that was not sweet. She steered me to a tea and cedar profile and it was exactly right for a small hall."
SOSA Vaayu · fragrance choice
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"Two windows a day on the app, morning and early evening. I have not touched the machine in four months."
SOSA Vaayu · app timers
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"One 400ml fill has run since March on two short cycles a day. The running cost stopped being a question."
SOSA Vaayu · 400ml tank
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"He was very clear that the machine adds fragrance and does not remove the shoe smell. First honest answer I had had, so I bought from him."
SOSA Vaayu · honest advice
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"One machine near the passage into the living room and the whole floor smells the same. I had been planning to buy three."
SOSA Vaayu · one machine, whole floor
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"Guests walk in and it smells the same every single time. That consistency is the thing you cannot get from a candle."
SOSA Vaayu · consistency
★★★★★
"I wanted something for the entrance that was not sweet. She steered me to a tea and cedar profile and it was exactly right for a small hall."
SOSA Vaayu · fragrance choice
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"Two windows a day on the app, morning and early evening. I have not touched the machine in four months."
SOSA Vaayu · app timers
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"One 400ml fill has run since March on two short cycles a day. The running cost stopped being a question."
SOSA Vaayu · 400ml tank
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"He was very clear that the machine adds fragrance and does not remove the shoe smell. First honest answer I had had, so I bought from him."
SOSA Vaayu · honest advice
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"One machine near the passage into the living room and the whole floor smells the same. I had been planning to buy three."
SOSA Vaayu · one machine, whole floor
★ What belongs at a home entrance
SOSA VaayuOne machine on the entrance air pathView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuWaterless - no dampness in a hallwayView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuApp timers for morning and eveningView ₹11,999
✓ We will tell you plainly that fragrance does not remove a shoe or damp smell - airing, drying and cleaning do, and the machine goes on afterwards ✓ Waterless nebulising, so no dampness added to a hallway and no residue on a console, mirror or wooden entryway unit. 1000m³, under 38dB, 400ml tank up to about 75 days ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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What makes a home fragrance feel like a signature? Repetition, consistency and coverage. One oil rather than a different one each season, one level rather than bursts of varying strength, the same place in the home, and long enough for people to associate it with you - a year rather than a month. Coverage matters too, because a house that smells of one thing at the door and another in the living room does not read as having a signature at all. A SOSA Vaayu covers 1000m³ from one point, which is usually the entrance and the floor it opens onto.
Does the SOSA Vaayu use its own fragrance oil? It takes pure fragrance oil in its own 400ml refillable tank, and it is waterless - there is no water and no heat involved, so nothing is diluted or altered by the machine. That is why the composition you choose is what reaches the hall. A 400ml fill lasts up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, which is roughly five fills a year. It is a different system from an ultrasonic diffuser, which mists water plus a water-based fragrance and adds humidity to a room.
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Facts verified 24 August 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 up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers with adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, dimensions 165 x 80.5 x 215mm at 0.9kg, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification. It uses no water and no heat, so it adds no dampness to a hallway and leaves no residue. It is a fragrance machine and not an air purifier: it adds fragrance and does not remove odour. Scent enhances the ambience and perceived quality of a space; it works alongside proper ventilation and cleaning and is not a substitute for either, and SOSA makes no claim that fragrance alone influences a purchase decision. 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 question usually contains a hidden assumption worth unpicking: that a signature scent is a rare or bespoke composition. It is not. A signature is a fragrance somebody recognises as yours, and recognition comes from repetition, not rarity. So the honest answer is yes, and the reason is about how the machine runs rather than what is in the bottle.
Quick answers — read this first
Can the SOSA Vaayu create a signature entrance fragrance? Yes, in the sense that matters at home. A signature scent is not a rare composition; it is one fragrance, held at one level, in the same place, every day, long enough that people recognise it as yours. The Vaayu (₹11,999) is built for exactly that: it takes pure fragrance oil in a 400ml tank lasting up to about 75 days, covers 1000m³ or roughly 2,000-3,000 sq ft from a single point, and runs on 1h, 4h, 8h and 24h schedules with adjustable intensity so the level never drifts. What it does not do is compose a fragrance for you or remove an existing odour.What makes a home fragrance feel like a signature? Repetition, consistency and coverage. One oil rather than a different one each season, one level rather than bursts of varying strength, the same place in the home, and long enough for people to associate it with you - a year rather than a month. Coverage matters too, because a house that smells of one thing at the door and another in the living room does not read as having a signature at all. A SOSA Vaayu covers 1000m³ from one point, which is usually the entrance and the floor it opens onto.
Does the SOSA Vaayu use its own fragrance oil? It takes pure fragrance oil in its own 400ml refillable tank, and it is waterless - there is no water and no heat involved, so nothing is diluted or altered by the machine. That is why the composition you choose is what reaches the hall. A 400ml fill lasts up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, which is roughly five fills a year. It is a different system from an ultrasonic diffuser, which mists water plus a water-based fragrance and adds humidity to a room.
The short answer
Short answer: yes, in the sense that matters. A signature entrance scent is one fragrance, held at one level, in the same place, every day, for long enough to be recognised - and that is a consistency problem rather than a composition problem. The SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) takes pure fragrance oil in a 400ml tank lasting up to about 75 days, covers 1000m³ from one point, and runs on 1h/4h/8h/24h schedules with adjustable intensity. It does not compose a bespoke fragrance for you, and it does not remove an existing odour.
The pick: one SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) on the entrance air path, running one chosen profile at a low continuous level - 1000m³, pure fragrance oil, 400ml tank up to about 75 days, under 38dB, waterless.
Next step: tell us what you want your home to smell of and what your entrance opens onto, and we will suggest two profiles to live with rather than a catalogue - ask us what fits your home.
In this guide
The machine does not compose a fragrance. What it does is hold one, unchanged, at a level you choose, for as long as you want - and that repetition is what turns a nice smell into a signature. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
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The machine itself
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Choosing the profile
Best fragrance for a luxury home foyer
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Straight answer
What does it actually take to give a home a signature entrance scent?
Four things, and a machine is directly responsible for three of them. One fragrance. A signature cannot be a rotation. If the entrance smells of citrus this month and amber next, nobody is going to associate anything with your home, including you. Choose one profile and stay with it for at least a year. One level. A composition at a low continuous output and the same composition in strong bursts are experienced as two different fragrances, so the level has to be as fixed as the choice. This is where manual formats struggle: a reed is strongest when freshly set and softer later, a candle produces scent only while it is burning, and a spray gives twenty minutes and then nothing. One volume of air. A home that smells of one thing at the door and something else in the living room has no signature at all, and since the entrance sits on the main air path, one machine covering the connected floor solves this rather than a different format in every room. Time. Recognition needs repetition, and a year of the same scent does something a month cannot. Now, what the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) actually does against that list. It takes pure fragrance oil in a 400ml refillable tank lasting up to about 75 days depending on intensity and hours, so one choice runs for months at a time. It is waterless and uses no heat, so nothing is diluted or altered on the way out - the profile you chose is the one that fills the hall. It has adjustable intensity and 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, so the level stays where you set it rather than drifting. And it covers 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, from a single point, so the entrance and the floor it opens onto share one character. It runs under 38dB at 5W. Now the honest limits, which matter as much. It is not a bespoke composition service - you are choosing from real fragrances rather than commissioning one. A scent machine does not remove odour molecules. It adds fragrance molecules alongside them. Nothing about diffusing a fragrance breaks down, neutralises, captures or cancels the smell already in a room, and any brand that tells you otherwise is overselling a fragrance product. Run a diffuser over a foyer that still holds the shoe cabinet and you get both at once, which is genuinely worse than either alone, because the nose stops reading two smells and starts reading one confusing new one. One line worth being clear about: a fragrance machine is a fragrance machine. It is not an air purifier. It does not filter, disinfect, dehumidify or remove anything from the air, and it makes no health claim of any kind. And no signature survives a source: an entrance with a damp shoe cabinet in it does not have a signature, it has two smells. SOSA's hotel-inspired fragrances are our own original interpretations of a style of scenting, composed in our own studio. SOSA is an independent Indian brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel or hotel group. Ask us what fits your home, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Yes - because a signature is one fragrance at one level every day, and that is what a machine with a fixed schedule does. It is not a bespoke composition service, and it removes nothing.
What makes a scent read as yours is that it never changes. A SOSA Vaayu takes pure fragrance oil in a 400ml tank lasting up to about 75 days, with adjustable intensity and 1h/4h/8h/24h schedules, across 1000m³ at under 38dB. One oil, one level, one floor, all year.
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What a signature needs
One oil, one level, one volume of air, and enough time to be recognised
The machine, and what it is honestly for
Here is the machine and, more usefully, what it is honestly for. If what you want is consistency across a floor, this is the tool. If what you want is a bespoke composition, that is a different conversation and we would rather say so.
One oil, one level, every day
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser at ₹11,999 taking pure fragrance oil in a 400ml refillable tank that lasts up to about 75 days. 1000m³ coverage - about 2,000-3,000 sq ft - with adjustable intensity and 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, so one profile stays exactly where you set it.
From ₹11,999
Nothing diluted, nothing cooked
SOSA Vaayu - no water, no heat
Heat alters a composition and water dilutes it. Cold nebulising of pure oil means the profile you chose is the one that reaches the hall, and it also means no dampness is added to an entrance and no residue lands on a console or mirror.
From ₹11,999
Consistency is a scheduling problem
SOSA Vaayu - app and timers
Bluetooth app and onboard buttons, four timer lengths, adjustable intensity, auto-stop and key-lock. A signature only exists if the fragrance runs whether or not anybody remembered it, which is precisely what a fixed daily schedule delivers.
From ₹11,999
What a signature scent actually requires, and what the machine does
Three questions worth answering plainly before you buy anything: what the machine controls, what you control, and what neither of you controls.
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What the machine controls
The level, the schedule, the coverage and the purity of what comes out
These four are genuinely the machine's job and it does them well. Level: adjustable intensity means you can set a low continuous output and leave it, rather than accepting whatever a fixed-output format gives you. Schedule: 1h, 4h, 8h and 24h timers from a Bluetooth app or the onboard buttons mean the fragrance runs on the same pattern every day without anybody deciding. Coverage: 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, from a single point, which usually means the entrance and the floor it opens onto share one character rather than each having its own. And purity: cold nebulising of pure fragrance oil with no water and no heat, so the composition is not diluted or altered on the way into the room. That last point is why the Vaayu is a different system from an ultrasonic diffuser, which mists water plus a water-based fragrance and adds humidity to a room.
Tip: one oil, one level, one schedule, one volume of air. That is the whole machine.
The Vaayu is ₹11,999 and holds a 400ml tank for up to about 75 days, which is roughly five fills a year.
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What you control
The profile, the discipline to keep it, and the state of the air underneath
The choice of fragrance is yours and it is the part with the most personality in it. For an entrance the directions that work are clean, cool and structured rather than sweet, and it is worth choosing something you will still want in eleven months, because that is what makes it a signature rather than a phase. The discipline is the harder part: resist changing it, resist adding a second format in another room, and resist creeping the intensity upward as your own nose adapts. And underneath all of it is the state of the air, which is entirely yours too. A signature does not survive a damp shoe cabinet, an unwashed doormat or a bin by the door, because what a guest meets in that case is two smells rather than one. Deal with the sources and the fragrance becomes a signature. Skip them and it becomes a cover.
Coverage from one point is what stops a home having a different character every few metres - 1000m³.
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What neither of you controls
The honest limits, stated plainly
Three of them. First, this is not a bespoke composition service: you are choosing from real fragrances rather than commissioning a private one, and any brand implying otherwise at this price is overselling. Second, the machine adds fragrance and removes nothing, so it is not an odour treatment, not an air purifier and makes no health claim of any kind. Third, your own perception is not under anybody's control - you will adapt to your own signature within a minute of walking in and stop registering it entirely, which is normal and is not the machine failing. The people it is for are the ones arriving from outside. The correct response to no longer smelling it is to leave the level alone, not to turn it up, and if you genuinely need to check, walk out for half an hour and come back in.
Tip: if you stop smelling it, that is adaptation working normally. Do not turn it up.
Adjustable intensity and a key-lock mean the level you set is the level that stays set - ₹11,999.
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The SOSA principle
A signature scent is not a rare bottle. It is an ordinary good fragrance that somebody had the discipline to keep for a year.
Which is why the machine matters more than the shortlist: it is the thing that keeps the level and the schedule identical when nobody is paying attention.
What the Vaayu does and does not do
Here is the plain version - what the machine does, what you do, and what nobody can do. We would rather you read this before buying than after.
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What the Vaayu does, and what it does not
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Hold one fragrance at one level, every day, across a whole floor
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Yes, and it is what the machine is for. Pure fragrance oil, 400ml tank up to about 75 days, adjustable intensity, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, 1000m³ from one point. SOSA Vaayu, ₹11,999. View → |
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Compose a bespoke fragrance exclusive to your home
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No. You are choosing from real fragrances rather than commissioning one, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise. What makes the result yours is consistency and repetition, not exclusivity. |
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Remove a shoe, damp or cooking smell from the entrance
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No. It adds fragrance and removes nothing. Airing, drying and cleaning remove odour. Scent over a stale hall gives you both at once, which is worse than either alone. |
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Purify, disinfect, dehumidify or improve air quality
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No. It is a fragrance machine and makes no health claim of any kind. It is also waterless, so unlike an ultrasonic diffuser it adds no humidity either way. |
On choosing the profile itself, the best fragrance for a luxury home foyer sets out the directions that hold up in a small hall and the ones that reliably fail. If the consistency question is really about that particular five-star character, creating a hotel-lobby smell at your home entrance explains why lobbies smell consistent rather than strong. And before any of this is worth doing, the sources have to be clear, which is why your house doesn't smell fresh even after cleaning.
One oil, one level, one floor, all year
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 - pure fragrance oil, 400ml tank up to about 75 days, adjustable intensity, 1000m³, under 38dB.
People will not remember which fragrance your home used. They will remember that it always smelled the same, and they will call that good taste.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why the format protects the fragrance
No water and no heat, so nothing is diluted or cooked on the way out
The SOSA specification for an entrance and foyer
One machine, and a clear account of what it is for. The Vaayu holds one fragrance oil at one level across an entrance and the floor beyond it, waterless and quiet, and that consistency is the whole of what makes a scent read as a home's own. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA entrance specification
Air, dry and clean the sources first, then one machine on the entrance air path
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SOSA Vaayu
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A home entrance and connected floor of up to about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, held at one fragrance | Pure fragrance oil in a 400ml tank lasting up to about 75 days, 1000m³ coverage from one point, adjustable intensity and 1h/4h/8h/24h timers so the level never drifts, under 38dB, 5W, waterless, auto-stop and key-lock | ₹11,999 View → |
To be plain about the claim on this page: the machine gives you consistency, not exclusivity, and consistency is what a signature actually is. A scent machine does not remove odour molecules. It adds fragrance molecules alongside them. Nothing about diffusing a fragrance breaks down, neutralises, captures or cancels the smell already in a room, and any brand that tells you otherwise is overselling a fragrance product. Run a diffuser over a foyer that still holds the shoe cabinet and you get both at once, which is genuinely worse than either alone, because the nose stops reading two smells and starts reading one confusing new one. One line worth being clear about: a fragrance machine is a fragrance machine. It is not an air purifier. It does not filter, disinfect, dehumidify or remove anything from the air, and it makes no health claim of any kind. SOSA's hotel-inspired fragrances are our own original interpretations of a style of scenting, composed in our own studio. SOSA is an independent Indian brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel or hotel group. If you would like help choosing something you will still want in a year, ask us what fits your home.
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A note from Sonal
When people ask me about a signature scent, they usually mean something rare. I understand the instinct, but it is not how it works. The homes with a genuine signature are not the ones with the most unusual fragrance; they are the ones where the same fragrance has been running quietly for two years, so that everybody who visits associates it with that family. Rarity is not the mechanism. Repetition is.
Which is why I think about this as a machine question rather than a bottle question. A Vaayu takes pure fragrance oil in a 400ml tank that lasts up to about 75 days, holds a level you set, runs the same schedule every day, and covers the entrance and the floor beyond it from one point. That is four of the things a signature needs. The fifth, choosing something you will still want in eleven months, is yours, and I would rather help you choose two profiles to live with than send you a catalogue.
And the limits, which I state on every page. This is not a bespoke composition service. A scent machine does not remove odour molecules. It adds fragrance molecules alongside them. Nothing about diffusing a fragrance breaks down, neutralises, captures or cancels the smell already in a room, and any brand that tells you otherwise is overselling a fragrance product. Run a diffuser over a foyer that still holds the shoe cabinet and you get both at once, which is genuinely worse than either alone, because the nose stops reading two smells and starts reading one confusing new one. One line worth being clear about: a fragrance machine is a fragrance machine. It is not an air purifier. It does not filter, disinfect, dehumidify or remove anything from the air, and it makes no health claim of any kind. A signature does not survive a source: an entrance with a damp shoe cabinet in it has two smells, not one. SOSA's hotel-inspired fragrances are our own original interpretations of a style of scenting, composed in our own studio. SOSA is an independent Indian brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel or hotel group. Everything is made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Can SOSA Vaayu create a signature entrance fragrance?
Yes, in the sense that matters at home. A signature is one fragrance, held at one level, in the same place, every day, for long enough that people recognise it as yours, and that is a consistency problem rather than a composition problem. The Vaayu is Rs 11,999, takes pure fragrance oil in a 400ml refillable tank lasting up to about 75 days, covers 1000 cubic metres or roughly 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft from one point, and runs 1h, 4h, 8h and 24h schedules with adjustable intensity. It is not a bespoke composition service and it does not remove odour.
Does the Vaayu use water or its own fragrance oil?
Pure fragrance oil in its own 400ml refillable tank, with no water and no heat. That is why nothing is diluted or altered on the way into the room, and why it adds no dampness to a hallway. It is a different system from an ultrasonic diffuser, which mists water together with a water-based fragrance and adds humidity to the room. A 400ml fill lasts up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, which is roughly five fills a year.
Why do I stop smelling my own home fragrance?
Because of olfactory adaptation, which happens to everybody within about a minute of walking in. It is not the machine weakening and it is not a fault. The people the fragrance is actually for are those arriving from outside, and they will register it clearly. The wrong response is to turn the intensity up, because that is how entrances end up overwhelming for guests. If you want an honest reading, leave the house for half an hour and walk back in.
How long should I keep the same fragrance for it to feel like a signature?
At least a year. Recognition comes from repetition, so a fragrance changed every season never becomes associated with your home. Keep one profile across the connected floor, hold it at a low continuous level, and resist adding a second format in another room. If you do want variation, change it once a year and change it everywhere at the same time rather than room by room.
Can the machine make my entrance smell good if the shoe cabinet still smells?
No. A scent machine adds fragrance, it does not remove odour. Diffusing a fragrance does not break down, neutralise or capture the molecules already in the air, so scenting a foyer that still holds a damp shoe cabinet gives you both smells at once, which is worse than either on its own. Airing, drying and cleaning are what remove the smell. Fragrance is the finish on a space that is already clear, and used that way it is genuinely worth having.
Consistency, not rarity - that is what a signature actually is
SOSA — Home Scenting for Entrances and Foyers for the three metres everybody judges your home by
The SOSA Vaayu is ₹11,999, covers 1000m³ or about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, and is waterless, so it adds no dampness to a hallway and leaves no residue on a console, a mirror or a wooden entryway unit. It adds fragrance to a clear entrance; it does not remove a shoe or damp smell, and we will not tell you it does. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
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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 24 August 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 up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers with adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, dimensions 165 x 80.5 x 215mm at 0.9kg, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification. It uses no water and no heat, so it adds no dampness to a hallway and leaves no residue. It is a fragrance machine and not an air purifier: it adds fragrance and does not remove odour. Scent enhances the ambience and perceived quality of a space; it works alongside proper ventilation and cleaning and is not a substitute for either, and SOSA makes no claim that fragrance alone influences a purchase decision. 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.