★ SOSA real estate scenting
The moment a buyer steps into your sales office, breathes in, and starts imagining the life - engineered with scent, held every day
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"We put the Vaayu in our sales gallery before a tower launch. Families walk in from the site dust and visibly settle - several have said the office feels like a hotel lobby. Our walk-in-to-site-visit ratio has clearly improved."
SOSA Vaayu · sales gallery
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"Our sample flat used to smell of fresh paint and POP. With the scenting on a timer, it now smells like a home someone already loves. Buyers linger in the living room instead of walking straight through."
SOSA Vaayu · sample flat
★★★★★
"The experience centre runs one signature scent from reception to the model apartment. Channel partners bring clients in and comment on it - it has quietly become part of how our brand is described."
Vaayu + Hotel Collection
★★★★★
"Three sales offices across the city, the same fragrance in each. Buyers who visit a second office say it feels exactly like the first - which is precisely the consistency a brand needs. The app scheduling means my CRM team never touches it."
SOSA Vaayu · multi-office
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"The Aangan went into our clubhouse HVAC and the whole tour - lobby, lounge, gym corridor - carries one calm scent. Weekend walkthroughs feel like a resort tour now, and buyers say so."
SOSA Aangan · HVAC
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"We are a small boutique developer and started with just a Sukoon at reception. Even at that scale, visitors stopped commenting on the construction smell and started commenting on the office. Best small upgrade we have made."
Sukoon · reception
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"We put the Vaayu in our sales gallery before a tower launch. Families walk in from the site dust and visibly settle - several have said the office feels like a hotel lobby. Our walk-in-to-site-visit ratio has clearly improved."
SOSA Vaayu · sales gallery
★★★★★
"Our sample flat used to smell of fresh paint and POP. With the scenting on a timer, it now smells like a home someone already loves. Buyers linger in the living room instead of walking straight through."
SOSA Vaayu · sample flat
★★★★★
"The experience centre runs one signature scent from reception to the model apartment. Channel partners bring clients in and comment on it - it has quietly become part of how our brand is described."
Vaayu + Hotel Collection
★★★★★
"Three sales offices across the city, the same fragrance in each. Buyers who visit a second office say it feels exactly like the first - which is precisely the consistency a brand needs. The app scheduling means my CRM team never touches it."
SOSA Vaayu · multi-office
★★★★★
"The Aangan went into our clubhouse HVAC and the whole tour - lobby, lounge, gym corridor - carries one calm scent. Weekend walkthroughs feel like a resort tour now, and buyers say so."
SOSA Aangan · HVAC
★★★★★
"We are a small boutique developer and started with just a Sukoon at reception. Even at that scale, visitors stopped commenting on the construction smell and started commenting on the office. Best small upgrade we have made."
Sukoon · reception
✓ Waterless cold-air nebulising - consistent throw up to ~1000m³, app + timer scheduling ✓ Hotel Collection blends - SOSA's interpretations of the world's finest hotel scents ✓ HVAC systems for experience centres to 18,000 sq ft · made in India
Founder Diaries · Real Estate Scent Marketing
How many diffusers does a sales office need? Count by zones and volumes, not headcount: one Vaayu (Rs 11,999, ~1000 cubic metres) typically covers a standard sales office or gallery floor as the primary system, positioned entrance-forward so arrival is the strongest moment; add a small ultrasonic (Sukoon, Rs 1,799) per detached zone the main throw cannot reach - the sample flat above all (it needs its own warmer calibration anyway), plus any separate meeting suite or cabin cluster. An experience centre replaces the count with architecture: one HVAC unit (Aangan Rs 25,999 to 10,000 sq ft, Meenar Rs 38,500 to 18,000) scents every zone through the ducts. Typical answers: small office 1 machine; office + sample flat 2; gallery + flat + meeting suite 3; experience centre 1 HVAC system.
What are the most common real estate scenting mistakes? Seven, in frequency order: masking instead of fixing (fragrance over paint or damp - reads as cover-up, destroys trust), overdosing (adaptation tempts staff to raise levels; fresh visitors walk into a wall), rotation (changing scents resets the recall asset to zero - one signature, held for years), reception-only coverage (the two-metre freshener bubble while the closing table sits in nothing), staff improvisation (personal air fresheners re-entering brand zones), dead refills (an empty machine for a fortnight - inconsistency reads as carelessness), and skipping the audition (committing from a vial sniff instead of a week on the real floor). Every one is avoidable with the six-step playbook and a locked, scheduled system.
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Facts verified August 2026: Ambient scent research consistently associates pleasant, congruent scenting with longer dwell time, improved evaluations of a space and its service, and stronger brand recall at moderate effect sizes; congruence (scent matching the setting) and gentle intensity outperform strong scenting in replicated studies, and no scent effect survives unclean or poorly ventilated premises. Olfactory memory is unusually durable: scent-linked brand memories persist and retrieve for years, which is the mechanism behind luxury signature scents. Fragrance cannot compensate for location, pricing, construction quality or RERA compliance - it improves the experience of a visit, not the fundamentals of a project. SOSA systems: Sukoon 500ml ultrasonic (₹1,799) and Megh 6L ultrasonic (₹3,499) run the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (from ₹299; refills 100ml ₹999); SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebulising machine, ~1000m³ coverage, Bluetooth app and timer; SOSA Aangan (₹25,999) and SOSA Meenar (₹38,500) are HVAC nebulising systems for approximately 8,000-10,000 and 12,000-18,000 sq ft respectively. The Hotel Collection scents are SOSA's own interpretations; SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel or real estate brand. Made in India. WhatsApp business line: +91 96192 18531. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.
The rest of this cluster makes the case; this page does the work. Six steps take a developer from unscented premises to a running signature programme - audit, register, system, placement, calibration, maintenance - with the honest rules attached at each step. Bookmark this one: it is the checklist the other nine articles orbit.
Quick answers — read this first
How do I set up scent marketing for a real estate sales office? Six steps: 1) Audit - fix air problems at the source (ventilate paint and POP, clean AC filters, retire ad-hoc fresheners from brand zones); scent finishes clean air, never masks. 2) Register - choose one signature from the refined families (woods-white-tea universal, soft citrus-floral warmth, quiet amber gravitas; Hotel Collection from Rs 299) and audition finalists a week each on the real floor. 3) System - size to space: Sukoon Rs 1,799 per cabin, Megh Rs 3,499 mid-size, SOSA Vaayu Rs 11,999 per office/gallery (~1000m3), Aangan Rs 25,999 or Meenar Rs 38,500 for HVAC-scale centres. 4) Placement - entrance-forward throw, even floor coverage. 5) Calibration - whisper level, locked, stepped up only for peak crowds. 6) Maintenance - refill calendar (from Rs 999), one owner, quarterly nose-check. WhatsApp +91 9619218531 for a free plan.How many diffusers does a sales office need? Count by zones and volumes, not headcount: one Vaayu (Rs 11,999, ~1000 cubic metres) typically covers a standard sales office or gallery floor as the primary system, positioned entrance-forward so arrival is the strongest moment; add a small ultrasonic (Sukoon, Rs 1,799) per detached zone the main throw cannot reach - the sample flat above all (it needs its own warmer calibration anyway), plus any separate meeting suite or cabin cluster. An experience centre replaces the count with architecture: one HVAC unit (Aangan Rs 25,999 to 10,000 sq ft, Meenar Rs 38,500 to 18,000) scents every zone through the ducts. Typical answers: small office 1 machine; office + sample flat 2; gallery + flat + meeting suite 3; experience centre 1 HVAC system.
What are the most common real estate scenting mistakes? Seven, in frequency order: masking instead of fixing (fragrance over paint or damp - reads as cover-up, destroys trust), overdosing (adaptation tempts staff to raise levels; fresh visitors walk into a wall), rotation (changing scents resets the recall asset to zero - one signature, held for years), reception-only coverage (the two-metre freshener bubble while the closing table sits in nothing), staff improvisation (personal air fresheners re-entering brand zones), dead refills (an empty machine for a fortnight - inconsistency reads as carelessness), and skipping the audition (committing from a vial sniff instead of a week on the real floor). Every one is avoidable with the six-step playbook and a locked, scheduled system.
The short answer
Short answer: The playbook: audit and fix air at the source, choose one refined register (Hotel Collection from Rs 299) via week-long floor audition, size the system (Sukoon Rs 1,799 cabins, Vaayu Rs 11,999 offices to ~1000m3, Aangan/Meenar HVAC Rs 25,999-38,500 to 18,000 sq ft), place entrance-forward, calibrate to a locked whisper, maintain on a refill calendar (from Rs 999) with one owner. WhatsApp +91 96192 18531 for a free plan.
The pick: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) for sales offices to ~1000m³; small-office systems from ₹1,799; HVAC from ₹25,999.
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In this guide
A home purchase is the largest, most emotional transaction most families ever make - months of comparison ending in a decision that is mostly feeling. Scent marketing gives your sales office, gallery and sample flat a signature: one refined fragrance, held evenly, running on a schedule no staff member has to remember. Buyers experience it as "this developer feels premium" - the exact feeling that precedes a booking.
The sales office standard
SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
Small offices & cabins
Ultrasonic systems from ₹1,799
Experience centres
HVAC systems from ₹25,999
Straight answer
Give me the full implementation - every step from unscented office to running programme.
The six steps. 1. Audit the air. Walk the premises with a fresh nose: paint, POP, damp, blocked ventilation, competing fresheners. Fix every source first - ventilate, clean AC filters, retire the sprays from brand zones (washrooms keep theirs). Scent crowns clean air; it never masks. 2. Choose the register. One signature, forever-minded, from the refined families: woods-white-tea (the universal), soft citrus-floral (welcome and sample flats), quiet amber (luxury gravitas) - all in the Hotel Collection (from ₹299). Audition two finalists a week each on the real floor: staff end-of-shift verdicts, longest-visit behaviour, your own fresh-nose re-entries. 3. Size the system. Sukoon (₹1,799) per cabin and sample flat; Megh (₹3,499) mid-size; the Vaayu (₹11,999, ~1000m³, app + timer) as the office standard; Aangan (₹25,999) or Meenar (₹38,500) for HVAC-scale centres. 4. Place for the journey. Entrance-forward primary throw, even floor coverage, the flat on its own warmer machine. 5. Calibrate and lock. Whisper level, set for the first-time nose, schedule on-before-opening off-after-close, step up one notch only for peak crowds. 6. Maintain. Refill calendar (from ₹999), one named owner, quarterly nose-audit, never rotate the register. WhatsApp +91 96192 18531 with your floor plan for a free system map. Made in India; a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
One line: audit, register (from ₹299), system (₹1,799-38,500), placement, locked whisper calibration, owned maintenance - six steps, one signature, years of premium air. WhatsApp +91 96192 18531.
The sales office standard most developers choose: the SOSA Vaayu - waterless cold-air scenting to ~1000m³, Bluetooth app and timer, one signature on schedule - at ₹11,999. Small-office systems from ₹1,799; experience-centre HVAC from ₹25,999. Or WhatsApp +91 96192 18531 for a free sizing consult.
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The implementation playbook, step by step
The three steps where programmes are won or lost.
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Critical step
The audit is the step everyone skips and everyone pays for
Every failed scenting programme this cluster warns about traces back to a skipped audit: fragrance installed over fresh paint (masking - discovered and distrusted), over dead air (the register goes muddy in unventilated corners), or into a battlefield of existing fresheners (chaos, not signature). The audit is one honest hour: enter with a morning-fresh nose and walk the buyer's exact route noting every smell event - the entrance transition, the corridor's AC staleness, the sample flat's adhesive, the pantry's tadka drifting into the meeting suite at lunch. Fix each at its source: ventilation schedules, filter cleaning, paint timed away from visiting days, a door seal for the pantry. Only when the floor reads clean-neutral end to end is it ready to carry a signature. The audit costs nothing and determines everything - it is the step that separates composing from covering.
Tip: one honest hour with a fresh nose, walking the buyer's route - fix every source before the first rupee of fragrance.
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Critical step
The audition: a week on the floor beats a minute at the vial
Fragrance chosen at the vial fails on the floor with pattern regularity: the vial delivers a concentrated minute-one impression, while the floor delivers hour-three at whisper dilution to noses that live there - different tests entirely, with different winners. Impact notes ace the vial and press by mid-afternoon; understated registers underwhelm the sniff and wear beautifully for years. So audition where the truth lives: run each finalist a full week on the real floor at real calibration, and collect three verdicts - the staff jury (end-of-shift, not morning: still fine at 7pm? is the datum), the visit jury (watch the week's longest consultations for wilting, headache mentions, seat-shifting), and the return jury (your own nose after an hour away - does re-entry still please on day five?). A register that passes all three for a week will pass for years; fatigue curves reveal themselves fast under continuous exposure.
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Critical step
Maintenance is where programmes quietly die - give it an owner
Hardware rarely kills a programme; orphanhood does. The machine runs, months pass, the refill empties during a busy launch, nobody owns noticing - and the signature silently stops, which buyers register as the office feeling somehow less finished, without knowing why. Or adaptation strikes: the team stops smelling the register (normal within weeks), someone helpfully raises the dial, and fresh visitors meet a wall. Both failures have one cure: ownership. Name one person - admin head, CRM manager - who owns the refill calendar (Hotel Collection refills from ₹999, monthly-to-quarterly by run hours), the locked settings (the Vaayu's app makes the schedule tamper-evident), and a quarterly ritual: step outside for ten minutes, re-enter with a fresh nose, and log what the first breath says. Ten minutes a quarter is the entire ongoing cost of keeping the asset alive.
Tip: name an owner, lock the settings, calendar the refills - ten minutes a quarter keeps the signature from dying of neglect.
The SOSA principle
The programme is six decisions made once - and one small habit kept forever: clean air, one register, an owner who notices.
Audit, audition, sizing, placement, calibration, maintenance - the checklist the whole cluster orbits, honest rules attached.
The full system menu
The complete menu - every system, sized and priced.
The SOSA scent edit
The full implementation menu
| Scent | Why it suits the mood |
|---|---|
| Cabins & sample flats · ₹1,799 | Sukoon + Hotel Collection blend - independent warm calibration. |
| The office standard · ₹11,999 | Vaayu - entrance-forward, ~1000m³, app-scheduled, locked. |
| Experience centres · ₹25,999+ | Aangan to 10,000 sq ft; Meenar ₹38,500 to 18,000 sq ft. |
| The running cost · from ₹999 | Refills on an owned calendar - the programme's only recurring line. |
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The cluster this page anchors: the primer, the signature case, the psychology, and the freshener comparison. Or start at the Vaayu.
A sales office buyers remember by smell
The Vaayu sales office machine at ₹11,999, small-office systems from ₹1,799, HVAC scenting to 18,000 sq ft - one signature, on schedule, hands-off. WhatsApp +91 96192 18531.
Six decisions made once, one habit kept forever - clean air, one register, an owner who notices.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
The SOSA real estate edit
Whatever you build and sell, the system logic is the same: one signature, sized to the space, scheduled so it never depends on a staff member's memory. Every SOSA system is supported from India, and the Hotel Collection blends - SOSA's own interpretations of the world's finest hotel scents - run across all of them. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Here is the full commercial range.
The SOSA real estate edit
Size the system to the space - sales cabins to flagship experience centres
| System | Best for | Why it works | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sukoon + Hotel Collection | Small offices, cabins & meeting rooms | 500ml ultrasonic mist for compact sales cabins, broker offices and consultation corners - the entry system | ₹1,799 + ₹299 |
| Megh (6L) | Mid-size sales offices | Large-tank ultrasonic for single-floor offices - long unattended runs through visiting hours | ₹3,499 |
| SOSA Vaayu ★ | Sales offices & galleries to ~1000m³ | Waterless cold-air nebulising, Bluetooth app + timer - the professional sales office standard | ₹11,999 |
| SOSA Aangan | Experience centres 8,000-10,000 sq ft | HVAC nebulising diffuser - one signature through the duct system, every zone of the centre | ₹25,999 |
| SOSA Meenar | Flagship centres 12,000-18,000 sq ft | The large-property HVAC system for flagship experience centres, clubhouses and townships | ₹38,500 |
| Hotel Collection refills | Every system's running cost | 100ml ₹999 / 300ml - SOSA's interpretations of the world's finest hotel scents | from ₹999 |
Honest notes for developers: scent marketing's effects on dwell time, perceived quality and recall are real but moderate - fragrance compounds a well-run sales office and rescues nothing; the premises must be clean, cool and well ventilated first, and no fragrance sells a badly located or badly priced project. Fresh paint, POP and construction smells should be aired out at the source before any scenting - the fragrance is the finishing layer over clean air, never a mask. The Hotel Collection scents are SOSA's own interpretations inspired by the world's finest hotels; SOSA is an independent Indian fragrance house, not affiliated with or endorsed by any hotel or real estate brand. Ultrasonic systems use the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance; the Vaayu and HVAC systems run waterless nebulising oil - the formats are not interchangeable. WhatsApp consult: +91 96192 18531. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
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A note from Sonal
Developers understand experience better than almost any other business - you spend crores on the sales gallery, light the scale model like a jewel, dress the sample flat down to the books on the shelf. And then, in most projects, the air itself is left to chance: the site dust, the fresh paint, the phenyl from the morning mopping. The largest purchase your buyer will ever make deserves better air than that.
I trained at ISIPCA in Versailles, where the world's scent-marketing perfumers learn the craft, and what I build for Indian sales offices is the same architecture the global hospitality brands use: one signature, sized to the space, run on a schedule - so the scent is as reliable as your lighting. The machines matter (throw, coverage, scheduling), but the strategy matters more, and it is in every guide we publish. If you want it applied to your specific project, message us on WhatsApp at +91 96192 18531 - I read the project descriptions myself.
Everything is made or assembled for Indian conditions, supported from Pune - and a part of every order funds girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Your brand gets a memory; a girl gets a classroom. That equation has always felt right to me.
Frequently asked questions
What is the correct placement for a diffuser in a sales office?
Entrance-forward is the governing principle: position the primary machine so the throw is richest in the arrival zone - the first breath is the visit's highest-value moment - and lets the AC circulation carry a gentler, even presence across the floor from there. Practical rules: place the unit high or mid-height where airflow distributes (never floor-corner dead zones), keep it out of the direct AC blast that would shred the throw pattern, off the reception desk itself (the team should not sit in the strongest concentration all day), and away from direct contact range of documents and screens for ultrasonic units. Walk-test after installation: stand at the door, the scale model, the farthest closing table and the corridor - the register should be findable everywhere, strongest at arrival, pressing nowhere. Re-test whenever furniture or partitions move; layouts redirect air.
Which single space should we scent first if the budget is phased?
The sample flat - it has the worst baseline (paint, adhesive, POP against the office's neutral AC air), the highest emotional stakes (it is where the buying decision is rehearsed), and the cheapest fix (a Sukoon at Rs 1,799 plus a warm Hotel Collection blend at Rs 299 transforms its meaning for under Rs 2,100). The entrance transition is phase two - it fires on every visit against the street's harsh contrast - which usually means the Vaayu (Rs 11,999) as the office's primary system. Phase three extends evenness to meeting suites and corridors, and phase four is HVAC-scale for experience centres and clubhouses. This ordering front-loads the highest emotional return per rupee; developers who phase in reverse (grand HVAC first, flat never) buy impressiveness before effectiveness. One rule spans all phases: the same signature register from day one, so every phase deposits into one asset.
How long does installation and setup actually take?
Days, not weeks, for everything below HVAC tier: an ultrasonic unit (Sukoon, Megh) is unboxed, filled and running in minutes with its blend; the Vaayu needs placement selection, the Bluetooth app paired, a schedule set (on before opening, off after close) and an afternoon of intensity walk-testing - a single working day including the staff briefing. Add the one-week register audition before committing (run finalists at real calibration while the office operates normally), and a clean transition week if retiring an old freshener regime (ventilate ghosts out before the signature goes in). HVAC systems (Aangan, Meenar) are the exception: duct-injection mounting at the AHU, zone balancing and a commissioning visit - coordinate with your AC contractor, typically a short project rather than a day. WhatsApp +91 96192 18531 with your floor plan and the sequence comes back mapped.
What does the ongoing programme cost annually after installation?
Two honest lines: refills and almost nothing else. Fragrance consumption scales with run hours and calibration - a whisper-dosed Vaayu running trading hours typically draws a Hotel Collection refill (from Rs 999) on a monthly-to-quarterly cadence, so budget roughly Rs 4,000-12,000 a year per primary machine at office scale; ultrasonic units in cabins and flats sip far less (a Rs 299-999 blend lasts weeks to months at low settings). Electricity is negligible (these are low-wattage devices), maintenance is wipe-downs and the quarterly nose-audit, and hardware life is measured in years. Even a multi-zone office - Vaayu plus two Sukoons - runs its entire annual programme for less than one weekend's print advertising. The cost discipline that matters is not the amount but the ownership: an owned Rs 8,000 programme works; an orphaned one dies at the first empty refill.
Can we run the programme across multiple offices and future projects from one playbook?
That is precisely what the playbook is for - scaling is repetition, not redesign: the register decision is already made (one signature, company-wide, never per-project), so each new office or launch inherits steps three to six as a fitted kit - size the system to the new space's volumes (Sukoon per cabin, Vaayu per floor, HVAC per centre), place entrance-forward, mirror the calibration standard and schedules through each Vaayu's app, and add the new site to the owned refill calendar. Document the standard once - blend name, intensity settings, schedule, placement principles, the owner's checklist - and a two-page brand-air spec travels to every future sales office, franchise gallery and channel-partner lounge intact. Multi-city consistency is the asset's highest form: the buyer, partner or journalist who crosses your cities and meets one recognisable air is experiencing the programme working exactly as designed.
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SOSA — real estate scent marketing for the sales office buyers remember
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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 commercial range; the scent-marketing strategy advice applies to any developer's systems.Facts verified August 2026: Ambient scent research consistently associates pleasant, congruent scenting with longer dwell time, improved evaluations of a space and its service, and stronger brand recall at moderate effect sizes; congruence (scent matching the setting) and gentle intensity outperform strong scenting in replicated studies, and no scent effect survives unclean or poorly ventilated premises. Olfactory memory is unusually durable: scent-linked brand memories persist and retrieve for years, which is the mechanism behind luxury signature scents. Fragrance cannot compensate for location, pricing, construction quality or RERA compliance - it improves the experience of a visit, not the fundamentals of a project. SOSA systems: Sukoon 500ml ultrasonic (₹1,799) and Megh 6L ultrasonic (₹3,499) run the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (from ₹299; refills 100ml ₹999); SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebulising machine, ~1000m³ coverage, Bluetooth app and timer; SOSA Aangan (₹25,999) and SOSA Meenar (₹38,500) are HVAC nebulising systems for approximately 8,000-10,000 and 12,000-18,000 sq ft respectively. The Hotel Collection scents are SOSA's own interpretations; SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel or real estate brand. Made in India. WhatsApp business line: +91 96192 18531. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.