★ SOSA for Hyderabad Businesses
Yes for exactly two decisions, both of which live on the electrical and HVAC drawings and become expensive the day the ceiling closes - and no for every other part of it, because a register chosen in an empty unfinished room is chosen against a room that does not exist yet
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★ Sized to the visitor-facing zone, in the register the business runs
SOSA VaayuA connected reception, lounge and corridorView ₹11,999
Mountain BreezeThe dry pine, sage and cedar registerView ₹849
Morning FreshnessThe cool register for a white, daylit officeView ₹749
✓ One register in the visitor-facing zone only - entrance, reception and the waiting area - set from the furthest seat at the end of the longest wait and then key-locked ✓ Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented, a named seat is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than requested, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Hyderabad
What should deliberately wait? The fragrance, the level and the schedule. All three are reversible in minutes, and none can be judged honestly in a room with no people, no finished off-gassing and no smell of its own.
Why not choose the register during fit-out? Because you would be choosing it against an empty unfinished room. A new interior still smells of itself, which is the one condition under which nobody can judge a register.
See the SOSA Vaayu Book a scenting plan
Facts verified 9 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 a 400ml refillable tank lasting roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification - electrical and compliance marks only. Being waterless it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on paper, screens or documents; refill supply should be confirmed with SOSA. The SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) is an HVAC nebulising diffuser rated to 3,000m³, roughly 8,000-10,000 sq ft, with an 800ml reservoir, metal body, programmable schedules and operation under 42dB. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml water-based ultrasonic diffuser for a single room of roughly 270-320 sq ft, and the SOSA Boond (₹899) is its compact equivalent; both use the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (15ml from ₹299, 100ml ₹999, 300ml ₹1,799), which is made for ultrasonic diffusers and is not reed diffuser oil. SOSA reed diffusers - Morning Freshness (₹749 / ₹1,249) and Mountain Breeze (₹849 / ₹1,349), or the two together as the Fresh & Grounded duo (₹1,548 / ₹2,548) - are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with a 50ml bottle lasting 6-8 weeks and a 130ml bottle 14-18 weeks. Ambient fragrance in a commercial space is an interior and hospitality decision only. SOSA makes no claim that it treats, relieves, prevents or improves any medical, dental or psychological condition, that it makes anyone feel calmer, more comfortable or more confident, that it affects recovery, patient comfort or any clinical outcome, or that it affects footfall, walk-ins, enquiries, bookings, conversions, sales, average spend, dwell time, customer retention or revenue. It does not remove or reduce any odour in the air, and it is never a substitute for ventilation, cleaning, housekeeping or fresh-air exchange - an office with a persistent smell has a source to find and fix first. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented, because the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free in the reception or waiting area and offered rather than waiting to be requested. The visitor's preference overrides any plan on this page, and where a customer, patient or member of staff is sensitive to fragrance the correct response is to reduce or switch off. 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.
For two decisions only, and both are on the drawings: a power point in the right place and a supply run that serves the visitor zone alone. Everything else should wait until you have opened.
Quick answers — read this first
What has to be decided before the interior is finished? A power point at the right height on the right wall, and whether the AC supply serving the visitor zone is on a separate run from the closed rooms. Both get expensive once the ceiling closes.What should deliberately wait? The fragrance, the level and the schedule. All three are reversible in minutes, and none can be judged honestly in a room with no people, no finished off-gassing and no smell of its own.
Why not choose the register during fit-out? Because you would be choosing it against an empty unfinished room. A new interior still smells of itself, which is the one condition under which nobody can judge a register.
The short answer
Short answer: yes, for two things only - a power point in the right place and a supply run that serves the visitor zone alone. The fragrance and the level should wait until after you open.
The pick: nothing yet. Mark the point and the duct on the drawings, then choose between a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) and a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849) once the room has settled.
Next step: send the electrical drawing and the AC layout while they can still be changed. Or ask for a scenting plan for your space.
In this guide
Plan the two things you cannot undo. Defer everything you can change in five minutes.
Sized to the visitor zone - tap to see each
One machine, the visitor floor
SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
The areas that carry nothing
Which areas stay fragrance-free
Send the floor plan
Free scenting plan for your space
Straight answer
Should commercial scenting be planned before a Kokapet interior is finished?
Yes for two decisions, no for the rest, and the split is worth getting right because most pre-opening scenting conversations put the effort in the wrong half. The useful test is reversibility. Ask of each decision: if I get this wrong, what does it cost to change it after handover? Almost everything about scenting answers that question with "five minutes and nothing". The fragrance can be swapped. The level can be re-set. The timer can be re-programmed. The machine itself can be unscrewed and moved. Exactly two things cannot, and both of them are drawn rather than bought. The first is a power point. A wall-mounted unit needs a socket at mounting height on the wall you will actually use - which is the wall the visitor seating faces, on the far side of the room from the closed doors, and away from the AC supply that would otherwise fire the output straight at the ceiling. Deciding that during fit-out costs one line on the electrical drawing. Deciding it in month three costs surface conduit down a finished wall in a room you have just spent money making look considered. The second is the air-handling split, and it is the one that genuinely cannot be retrofitted. If the visitor zone and the closed rooms are served by the same supply run, you have permanently lost the ability to scent one without the other - and since closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented, that single drawing decision determines whether a duct-mounted option ever exists for this business. Ask the HVAC contractor one question while the drawings are open: does the supply serving reception also serve the closed rooms? If the answer is yes, either separate it now or accept that the machine will always be a freestanding or wall unit rather than a duct one. Now the part that is genuinely counter-intuitive: you should not choose the fragrance before you open, and choosing it early is a mild mistake rather than good planning. A register is judged against a room, and during fit-out you do not have one. The unit has no people in it, no furniture that has finished off-gassing, no daily door traffic and no smell of its own beyond paint and laminate - which is the one condition under which nobody can judge anything. A register chosen against that room will be chosen against a room that ceases to exist about six weeks after opening. So the honest pre-opening scenting plan is two lines on two drawings and a note in the diary for eight weeks after handover. Budget for it now, specify it later. A SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 across a connected visitor zone, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser at ₹849 where reception turns out to be one seating group - a decision that will be obvious once furniture is in and is a guess until then. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and SOSA makes no claim that it does. Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered at the desk. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
For two things only: a power point on the right wall at mounting height, and a supply run that serves the visitor zone without also serving the closed rooms. Fragrance, level and schedule are all reversible, so defer them until after you open.
Budget now, specify later: SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze at ₹849.
See the SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 Ask for a scenting plan for your space
The honest ladder
One source for the visitor zone, sized to the floor
What to buy, and for which space
The honest options for the visitor-facing zone, sized to the floor rather than to the ambition. The images link to the product pages so every figure here can be checked.
A connected reception, waiting area and corridor of ~1,500-3,000 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³ - about 2,000-3,000 sq ft - on one unit. In a clinic, salon or showroom its value is control rather than reach: the key-lock holds the level the furthest waiting chair was judged to, so it survives every shift and every new receptionist, and the 1h/4h/8h/24h timer keeps it on opening hours rather than saturating an empty room overnight. Waterless, so it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on stock, mirrors, screens or displays. 400ml tank, roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, under 38dB, wall or HVAC mount.
From ₹11,999
The register - or the whole answer where reception is one seating zone
SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
Himalayan pine, sage and Indian cedar - the driest register SOSA makes and the house default, because it reads as a considered room rather than as a hotel lobby. Where reception is a single seating group, this bottle at the staff end of the desk at ₹849 for 50ml carries the register on its own, three or four reeds in, flipped weekly; 130ml at ₹1,349 lasts 14-18 weeks. Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, six fibre reeds, and carried out of the room in seconds if a client asks.
From ₹849
Sort every decision by what it costs to reverse
Two items are drawn and permanent. The rest are bought and changeable, and should be left alone until the room is real.
1
The test
What does it cost to change later?
Fragrance, level, timer and even the machine's position all answer that with five minutes and nothing. Only two decisions answer it with real money.
Rule: sort by reversibility, not by importance.
2
Power
One line on the electrical drawing
A socket at mounting height on the wall the seating faces, away from the closed doors and out of the AC supply's throw. One line now, or surface conduit down a finished wall later.
Rule: mark the wall, not just the room.
3
Ducting
The question for the HVAC contractor
Does the supply serving reception also serve the closed rooms? If it does, a duct-mounted option is gone for the life of the fit-out, because those rooms are never scented.
Test: ask it while the drawings are still open.
4
Defer
A register needs a real room
During fit-out there are no people, no finished off-gassing, no door traffic and nothing but paint and laminate, which is the one condition under which nobody can judge a register.
Rule: choose it about eight weeks after opening.
5
Budget
Money now, specification later
Whether reception is a connected volume or a single seating group is obvious with furniture in and a guess before, and it changes the buy by a factor of more than ten.
Test: hold the line item, not the model.
The SOSA principle
A register chosen during fit-out is chosen against a room that stops existing about six weeks after you open - no people, no door traffic, and a building still smelling of itself.
Which is why early specification feels like diligence and behaves like a guess, while the two drawing decisions are the only part of this that genuinely cannot wait.
Planning before handover, question by question
Which two decisions are permanent, and why the rest are better made late.
The SOSA Hyderabad table
What to decide before the interior closes
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What must be decided now?
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A power point at mounting height on the wall the seating faces, and whether the visitor zone's AC supply is separate from the closed rooms. |
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Why does the duct question matter so much?
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Because closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented, so a shared supply run permanently removes the duct-mounted option. |
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What should wait?
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The fragrance, the level and the schedule. All three are reversible in minutes and none can be judged in an unfinished empty room. |
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Isn't choosing early just good planning?
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Not here. A register chosen against a fit-out room is chosen against a room that ceases to exist about six weeks after opening. |
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So what goes in the budget?
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The line item, not the model. A Vaayu (₹11,999) or a Mountain Breeze reed (₹849) - and which one is obvious once furniture is in. |
The machine-placement version is where the machine goes at drawing stage, the HVAC version is planning diffusion with the HVAC, and the off-gassing version is paint, laminate and when fragrance comes in. SOSA makes no claim that fragrance removes or reduces anything in the air.
One register, the visitor-facing zone only, set from the furthest seat
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 waterless, key-locked and timed to opening hours; Mountain Breeze ₹849 or Morning Freshness ₹749 as the register. Send the floor plan with the closed rooms and the entrance marked and we will return it with the placement and the fragrance-free seat.
Two lines on two drawings, and a note in the diary for eight weeks after handover. That is the whole of an honest pre-opening scenting plan.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Sized to the floor
The visitor zone gets one source; closed treatment and consultation rooms get none
The SOSA Hyderabad specification
One register, delivered at whatever size the visitor-facing zone is, with the rule that travels alongside each product. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA Hyderabad specification
What goes where in a clinic, salon, showroom or office
| Product | The space it fits | The rule that travels with it | Price |
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SOSA Vaayu
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A connected reception, waiting area and corridor of ~1,500-3,000 sq ft | Wall or HVAC mounted on the far side of the client zone from the meeting-room doors; level set from the furthest chair at the end of the longest wait, then key-locked; timer on opening hours | ₹11,999 View → |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
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The register for the whole client zone; alone where reception is one seating group | Pine, sage and cedar - dry, and reads as a considered room rather than a hotel lobby; three or four reeds in at the staff end of the desk | ₹849 / ₹1,349 View → |
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SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
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The same job in a white, glazed, daylit interior | Malabar lemon, mint and eucalyptus - cool with no warmth; one register for the whole business, never one per branch | ₹749 / ₹1,249 View → |
 SOSA Sukoon
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A reception or waiting area that is a closed room of 270-320 sq ft | High shelf on the wall the seating faces, on low, during opening hours, rinsed between refills; water-based, so not the choice in a damp building | ₹1,899 View → |
 SOSA Boond
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A director's cabin, a small reception or a single desk | One small enclosed space only, on low; never in a closed treatment room or consultation cabin | ₹899 View → |
A SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is the water-based rung for a single enclosed reception or client lounge of roughly 270-320 sq ft in a dry room, and a Boond (₹899) for a single cabin; both run on the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (from ₹299), which is not reed diffuser oil and is not interchangeable with it. Above about 3,000 sq ft of one connected volume the step is one SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) on the duct, not a second Vaayu. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented - the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there - and that is achieved by placement and doors rather than by a lower setting. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered at the desk rather than waiting to be asked. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, it makes no contribution to what a visitor buys, books or decides, and it works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them. The visitor's preference overrides any plan. Ask for a scenting plan for your space and send the floor plan with the closed rooms and the entrance marked.
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ISIPCA
Versailles
Versailles
A note from Sonal
Yes for two decisions, no for the rest, and the split is worth getting right because most pre-opening scenting conversations put the effort in the wrong half. The useful test is reversibility: ask of each decision what it costs to change after handover. Almost everything about scenting answers that with five minutes and nothing. The fragrance can be swapped, the level re-set, the timer re-programmed, the machine unscrewed and moved. Exactly two things cannot, and both of them are drawn rather than bought.
The first is a power point. A wall-mounted unit needs a socket at mounting height on the wall you will actually use - the wall the visitor seating faces, on the far side of the room from the closed doors, away from the AC supply that would otherwise fire the output at the ceiling. That costs one line on the electrical drawing during fit-out and surface conduit down a finished wall in month three. The second is the air-handling split, and it genuinely cannot be retrofitted. If the visitor zone and the closed rooms share a supply run, you have permanently lost the ability to scent one without the other - and since closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented, that single drawing decision determines whether a duct-mounted option ever exists here. Ask the HVAC contractor one question while the drawings are open.
Then the counter-intuitive part: you should not choose the fragrance before you open, and choosing it early is a mild mistake rather than good planning. A register is judged against a room, and during fit-out you do not have one - no people, no furniture that has finished off-gassing, no door traffic, and nothing but paint and laminate. A register chosen against that room is chosen against a room that ceases to exist about six weeks after opening. So the honest pre-opening plan is two lines on two drawings and a note in the diary for eight weeks after handover: budget for it now, specify it later. A SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 across a connected visitor zone, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser at ₹849 if reception turns out to be one seating group. Fragrance does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and I make no claim that it does. Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented. A named seat is kept genuinely fragrance-free. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
What scenting decisions have to be made before an interior is finished?
A power point at mounting height on the wall the seating faces, and whether the AC supply serving the visitor zone is separate from the closed rooms.
Why is the air-handling split so important?
Because closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented, so a shared supply run permanently removes any duct-mounted option.
Should I choose my signature fragrance during fit-out?
No. A register is judged against a real room, and a fit-out unit has no people, no finished off-gassing and no door traffic to judge it against.
When should the fragrance and level be decided?
Roughly eight weeks after opening, once the building has stopped smelling of itself and normal door traffic and occupancy have settled.
What should go into the pre-opening budget?
The line item rather than the model, because whether reception is a connected volume or a single seating group is only obvious once furniture is in.
Send the electrical and AC drawings
SOSA — Studio Scenting two lines, then wait
Sort every scenting decision by what it costs to reverse. The fragrance, the level, the timer and even the machine's position all cost five minutes and nothing. Two things cost real money: a power point at mounting height on the wall the seating faces, and an AC supply run that serves the visitor zone without also serving the closed rooms, which are never scented. Everything else is better decided about eight weeks after you open. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Ask for a scenting plan for your space → SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
One more look at the range
Continue the read
More from SOSA
- SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999)
- SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849)
- Where the machine goes, at drawing stage
- Plan with the HVAC, not after opening
- Paint and laminate: when fragrance comes in
- Why fragrance must not cover construction odour
- New, finished, and still feels empty
- Before buying your first machine
- Narsingi clinic: invest before volume arrives?
- Ask us: Ask for a scenting plan for your space
- Brand: Founder story — why SOSA exists
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 9 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 a 400ml refillable tank lasting roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification - electrical and compliance marks only. Being waterless it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on paper, screens or documents; refill supply should be confirmed with SOSA. The SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) is an HVAC nebulising diffuser rated to 3,000m³, roughly 8,000-10,000 sq ft, with an 800ml reservoir, metal body, programmable schedules and operation under 42dB. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml water-based ultrasonic diffuser for a single room of roughly 270-320 sq ft, and the SOSA Boond (₹899) is its compact equivalent; both use the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (15ml from ₹299, 100ml ₹999, 300ml ₹1,799), which is made for ultrasonic diffusers and is not reed diffuser oil. SOSA reed diffusers - Morning Freshness (₹749 / ₹1,249) and Mountain Breeze (₹849 / ₹1,349), or the two together as the Fresh & Grounded duo (₹1,548 / ₹2,548) - are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with a 50ml bottle lasting 6-8 weeks and a 130ml bottle 14-18 weeks. Ambient fragrance in a commercial space is an interior and hospitality decision only. SOSA makes no claim that it treats, relieves, prevents or improves any medical, dental or psychological condition, that it makes anyone feel calmer, more comfortable or more confident, that it affects recovery, patient comfort or any clinical outcome, or that it affects footfall, walk-ins, enquiries, bookings, conversions, sales, average spend, dwell time, customer retention or revenue. It does not remove or reduce any odour in the air, and it is never a substitute for ventilation, cleaning, housekeeping or fresh-air exchange - an office with a persistent smell has a source to find and fix first. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented, because the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free in the reception or waiting area and offered rather than waiting to be requested. The visitor's preference overrides any plan on this page, and where a customer, patient or member of staff is sensitive to fragrance the correct response is to reduce or switch off. 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.