★ SOSA for Luxury Watch Boutiques and Premium Retail
At 300 sq ft you are scenting about 85m³ of air, so the machine question does not arise
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★★★★★
"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 whole hardware list for a 300 sq ft boutique
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserOne 50ml reed, on the counterView ₹849SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserSix fibre reeds, flipped once a weekView ₹849SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserTotal spend ₹849, nothing elseView ₹849
✓ Alcohol-free, phthalate-free reed base with six fibre reeds, 50ml running 6-8 weeks ✓ No machine, no power point, no schedule to manage on a floor this size ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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What should I buy instead? One SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser, 50ml, ₹849 - Himalayan pine with sage and cedar, which is the dry-wood register a watch boutique wants and nothing like a fragrance counter. Put it somewhere the air moves gently and nobody stands beside it for hours, flip the reeds once a week, and replace it every six to eight weeks. If you want longer between replacements the 130ml is ₹1,349 and runs 14-18 weeks - but understand that a bigger bottle buys months, not metres.
What does the whole thing cost? Total hardware spend: ₹849, one reed diffuser, no machine. That is the honest number and I would rather give it to you than sell you ₹11,999 of equipment that will spend its life on its lowest setting in a room a twelfth of its rating. If you want a schedule and a fixed level that staff cannot nudge upward, the smallest sensible machine is a SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899, and even that is optional here. A Vaayu is not on the list.
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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 size where I talk the most people out of the most money, and it is also the size where the pitch is loudest, because a small boutique with expensive stock is exactly who a scent-marketing salesman wants to meet. The arithmetic takes about ten seconds and it settles the question before anyone gets to the brochure.
Quick answers — read this first
Do I need a scent machine for a 300 sq ft boutique? No. A 300 sq ft room with an ordinary 10 ft ceiling holds roughly 85 cubic metres of air. The SOSA Vaayu is rated to 1000m³. You would be buying a machine to fill about a twelfth of what it is built for, and the intensity control does not go low enough at the bottom of its range to make that comfortable for the person standing behind the counter all day. One reed diffuser at ₹849 does this room properly. Buying the machine here is the single most common mistake at this size.What should I buy instead? One SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser, 50ml, ₹849 - Himalayan pine with sage and cedar, which is the dry-wood register a watch boutique wants and nothing like a fragrance counter. Put it somewhere the air moves gently and nobody stands beside it for hours, flip the reeds once a week, and replace it every six to eight weeks. If you want longer between replacements the 130ml is ₹1,349 and runs 14-18 weeks - but understand that a bigger bottle buys months, not metres.
What does the whole thing cost? Total hardware spend: ₹849, one reed diffuser, no machine. That is the honest number and I would rather give it to you than sell you ₹11,999 of equipment that will spend its life on its lowest setting in a room a twelfth of its rating. If you want a schedule and a fixed level that staff cannot nudge upward, the smallest sensible machine is a SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899, and even that is optional here. A Vaayu is not on the list.
The short answer
Short answer: you do not need a machine. A 300 sq ft boutique is roughly 85m³ of air against a Vaayu's 1000m³ rating, so one Mountain Breeze reed diffuser at ₹849 is the whole answer. Total hardware spend: ₹849. A Sukoon at ₹1,899 only if you specifically want a timer and a level nobody can change.
The pick: one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser (₹849, 50ml, 6-8 weeks) placed away from the doorway and away from where staff stand, with a SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) as the only machine worth considering at this size.
Next step: send the room dimensions including ceiling height and tell us where the door and the counter sit, and we will tell you whether a reed is enough or whether the ceiling makes this a bigger room than the floor plan suggests - Ask for a retail scenting plan.
In this guide
You scent volume, not floor area, and at this size the volume is small enough that the whole conversation is about one bottle and where it stands. Ceiling height is the only thing that could change the answer, and it would have to be dramatic.
The reed diffuser for a single-room boutique - tap for the specification
The whole answer at 300 sq ft
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849
The related trap
Why a reed works at the desk and not across a floor
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
How should a 300 sq ft luxury watch boutique be scented?
With one reed diffuser at ₹849, and I will show you the arithmetic rather than ask you to take my word for it. You scent volume, not floor area. A 300 sq ft room with an ordinary 10 ft retail ceiling holds about 85 cubic metres of air; give it a generous 14 ft ceiling and it is still only about 117m³. The SOSA Vaayu is rated to 1000m³. So the question people arrive with - which machine do I need - has no answer at this size, because the machine question does not arise until a room is several times larger than yours. Buying a Vaayu for a 300 sq ft boutique is the most common mistake I see at this size, and it is not a small one: it is ₹11,999 spent on equipment that will live permanently on its lowest setting, filling roughly a twelfth of what it was designed for, in a room where the advisor stands eight feet from it for nine hours. Even a SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899, which is rated for 270-320 sq ft and is genuinely the right size, is optional here rather than necessary - buy it only if you want a timer and a fixed level that a well-meaning member of staff cannot nudge upward on a slow afternoon. What you actually want is one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser, 50ml, ₹849: Himalayan pine with sage and cedar, alcohol-free, six fibre reeds, flipped once a week, replaced every six to eight weeks. It is the dry-wood register this category wants and it is a long way from a fragrance counter, which is the failure mode of small boutiques that over-buy. Stand it away from the doorway, because a street door exchanges this room's air many times an hour and no product fixes that, and away from where your advisor stands, because they are the person who will actually measure whether it is too much. Total hardware spend: ₹849, one bottle, no machine, no power point, nothing to schedule. This is a presentation decision like the lighting or the seating; it is never a way to cover another smell, and if the room smells of the corridor, of new joinery or of damp, that is a ventilation and building job and no amount of fragrance will substitute for it. And plainly: no one can promise you that ambient scent moves footfall, dwell, conversion or spend - any supplier who quotes you a figure for that is selling. Ask for a retail scenting plan and send the room dimensions including the ceiling height.
300 sq ft is about 85m³ of air against a machine rated for 1000m³, so no machine. One Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 is the whole answer, and a Sukoon at ₹1,899 is the only machine worth even considering.
One SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser - alcohol-free and phthalate-free, six fibre reeds, 50ml running 6-8 weeks, Himalayan pine with sage and cedar. ₹849, and that is the entire hardware list for a 300 sq ft boutique. If you want a timer instead, buy a Sukoon at ₹1,899 - never a Vaayu at this size.
See the SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849 Ask for a retail scenting plan
The arithmetic, before the brochure
About 85m³ of air against a machine rated for 1000m³
What to buy for a 300 sq ft boutique
One product does this room, and one more exists only for owners who specifically want a schedule. The images link to the product pages so you can check the specifications before ordering.
The answer at 300 sq ft
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
Himalayan pine with sage and cedar - the dry-wood register a watch boutique wants, and nothing like a fragrance counter. Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, coconut-derived base, six fibre reeds, flipped weekly. 50ml runs 6-8 weeks at ₹849; 130ml runs 14-18 weeks at ₹1,349. A bigger bottle buys you months, not metres.
From ₹849
Only if you want a timer and a fixed level
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser rated for roughly 270-320 sq ft, supplied with three 15ml fragrances. This is the smallest machine that makes any sense at 300 sq ft, and it is optional rather than necessary. Buy it for control - a schedule and a level staff cannot drift upward - not for coverage.
From ₹1,899
Why the machine is the wrong buy here
Three things go wrong when a boutique this size buys commercial equipment, and they go wrong in this order.
1
Do the volume arithmetic first
Floor area is the wrong unit, and at 300 sq ft it is not close
Multiply your floor area by your ceiling height and convert: 300 sq ft at a 10 ft ceiling is about 85m³, at 12 ft about 102m³, at 14 ft about 117m³. The Vaayu's rating is 1000m³. Even the most generous version of your room is a ninth of what that machine is specified for. This matters because coverage ratings are the only number most suppliers put in front of you, and once you have done the sum yourself the sales conversation ends. It also tells you the reverse, which is worth knowing for later: a double-height boutique eats capacity fast, so volume is the unit you should keep using as you grow.
Tip: Measure the ceiling before you measure anything else. It is the number nobody writes down.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
2
Understand what over-buying actually feels like
A machine running at the bottom of its range in a small room is not subtle, it is inconsistent
The instinct is that a big machine on a low setting must be gentle. In a room this size it tends to be uneven instead - noticeable near the unit and thin at the far wall - and the person who notices is the advisor standing behind the counter for nine hours, not the customer who is in for forty minutes. If your team says it is too much, it is too much; they hold the only real measurement in the building, and your own nose adapts within about twenty minutes of walking in. A reed does not have this problem because it has no output to set. It simply sits there at one quiet level.
Tip: Anyone on the floor should be able to move or cap the bottle in seconds without asking permission.
3
Spend the difference on the room
Scent is the last five per cent, and at this size it costs less than a lightbulb change
The gap between ₹849 and ₹11,999 is about ₹11,000, and in a 300 sq ft boutique that money does more in a track of better display lighting, a proper cleaning contract or a chair a customer is happy to sit in. Ambient scent cannot make an ordinary store feel luxurious - it is the last five per cent of a room that is already right, not the thing that makes it right. I would rather you came back for a machine in three years because you have taken a second unit next door than have you buy one now because a coverage chart implied you needed it.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
The SOSA principle
At 300 sq ft you are scenting about 85 cubic metres of air against a machine built for a thousand, so the honest question is not which machine but whether any machine belongs in the room at all.
The answer is no, and it costs ₹849 to act on, which is why nobody selling equipment will tell you first.
The plan for a single-room boutique
Here is the whole thing as a plan, short enough to pin behind the counter for whoever opens in the morning.
The SOSA plan
A 300 sq ft watch boutique, decision by decision
| The decision | What to do |
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The volume
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About 85m³ at a 10 ft ceiling, about 117m³ at 14 ft. Measure it once and write it on the same sheet as your electrical load. |
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The hardware
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One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser, 50ml, ₹849. No machine, no power point, no app. |
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The placement
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Away from the door, away from where the advisor stands, and out of a direct AC draught. Not on the display case. |
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The register
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Dry woods - pine, sage, cedar. Nothing sweet, edible or powdery, because that is a perfume counter rather than a watch boutique. |
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If you want a schedule
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A Sukoon at ₹1,899, bought for control rather than reach. This is the ceiling of sensible spending at 300 sq ft. |
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What not to buy
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A commercial machine. At a twelfth of its rating it is money spent on a coverage number you will never use. |
If your store is a little larger and you are genuinely weighing the two, the comparison is worked through in reed diffuser or scent machine for a 500 sq ft watch store, which is where control rather than coverage starts to be the real question. And if you are planning ahead for a bigger space, the test for when a second machine is genuinely justified is in when a large watch boutique needs multiple SOSA Vaayu zones. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
The smallest honest answer in this cluster
One SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser, ₹849, and no machine at all
I have talked more owners out of a machine at this size than at any other, and not one of them has come back to tell me the room felt worse for ₹849.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why a reed rather than a machine
No output to set means no level for anyone to drift upward
The SOSA specification at this size
One product covers a 300 sq ft boutique and a second exists only for the owner who wants a schedule. Neither is a Vaayu, and I would rather write that down here than have you find it out after the invoice. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA watch-boutique specification
A 300 sq ft boutique: one reed, and one optional machine
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
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A single-room boutique of about 300 sq ft | Dry pine, sage and cedar, alcohol-free, six reeds, 50ml for 6-8 weeks at ₹849 or 130ml for 14-18 weeks | ₹849 View → |
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SOSA Sukoon
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The same room, if you want a timer and a fixed level | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included, bought for control rather than coverage | ₹1,899 View → |
Do the volume sum before you take any coverage claim seriously, place the bottle away from the door and away from your advisor, and stay dry rather than sweet. Ambient scent here is a presentation decision like lighting or seating; it is never a way to cover another smell, and a stale, damp or newly fitted room needs ventilation and cleaning rather than fragrance. And to be plain: no one can promise you that scenting a boutique moves footfall, dwell, conversion or spend, and a supplier who offers you that number is selling. Ask for a retail scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
The 300 sq ft question almost never arrives as a 300 sq ft question. It arrives as an owner who has been sent a quotation for a commercial machine, is uneasy about it, and wants a second opinion from somebody who is not on that commission. Here is the second opinion: your room is about 85 cubic metres. The machine on the quotation is built for a thousand. That is the entire conversation, and it takes less time to do than to read the brochure.
What surprises people is that the small answer is not a compromise. A reed diffuser in a 300 sq ft boutique is not a cheaper version of the right thing; it is the right thing. It sits at one level for six to eight weeks, nobody can turn it up on a quiet Tuesday, it needs no power point in a room where every socket is already spoken for by display lighting, and it costs ₹849. The only argument for a machine here is control - a schedule, and a level that stays where you left it - and if that is what you want, a Sukoon at ₹1,899 does it. That is still not a Vaayu.
So the hardware is one Mountain Breeze reed diffuser at ₹849, or a Sukoon at ₹1,899 if you want the schedule. Stay dry rather than sweet, set it for the advisor rather than the customer, and treat fragrance as the last five per cent of a room that already works rather than the thing that makes it work. It is never a substitute for ventilation or cleaning, and nobody can honestly promise you it moves a business number. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
How do I scent a 300 sq ft luxury watch boutique?
With one reed diffuser and no machine. A 300 sq ft room at an ordinary 10 ft ceiling holds roughly 85 cubic metres of air, and a commercial machine such as the SOSA Vaayu is rated to 1000 cubic metres, so it would be filling about a twelfth of what it is built for. Buy one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser at Rs 849, place it away from the door and away from where your advisor stands, and flip the reeds weekly. Total hardware spend: Rs 849.
Should I buy a scent machine for a small watch boutique?
Usually not at this size, and a Vaayu specifically is the wrong buy. The only honest reason to buy a machine in a 300 sq ft room is control rather than coverage: a timer matched to your trading hours and a fixed intensity that staff cannot nudge upward. If that is what you want, the SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899 covers 270 to 320 sq ft and is the right size. Buying a machine rated to 1000 cubic metres for an 85 cubic metre room is the most common mistake I see.
How long does a reed diffuser last in a small store?
The 50ml Mountain Breeze runs six to eight weeks and the 130ml runs fourteen to eighteen weeks, both with six fibre reeds that should be flipped once a week. The important thing to understand is that the larger bottle does not reach further. Reed diffusion is set by the exposed surface area of the reeds, so a bigger bottle buys you months rather than metres. At 300 sq ft that is fine, because the room does not need extra reach.
Will scenting my small boutique bring in more customers or increase sales?
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 in a store. The question worth answering is whether the air agrees with your interior, your lighting, your service and the prices on your tags. That is a real thing to get right, and at 300 sq ft it costs Rs 849 to get right.
Where should the reed diffuser go in a 300 sq ft store?
Away from the entrance, away from where staff stand for hours, and out of a direct air-conditioning draught. A street-facing or mall-facing door exchanges the room's air many times an hour, so a bottle at the threshold mostly scents the pavement. Somewhere on the quieter side of the room with gentle air movement is right. Do not stand it on a display case, simply because it is a glass bottle on a surface people lean over.
The honest answer at 300 sq ft costs ₹849
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for small luxury watch boutiques
One SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser (₹849, 50ml, 6-8 weeks) is the whole hardware list for a room of about 85 cubic metres. A SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is the only machine worth considering here, and only for a schedule. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Send your room dimensions including ceiling height and we will confirm it in writing.
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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.