★ Choosing a SOSA Scent for a Cosy Bedroom
Three questions, three bottles - and there is no wrong answer, only a wrong fit
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"I answered the three questions honestly and ended up with Evening Calm rather than the coffee one I wanted. Correct call for a shared room."
Evening Calm reed · shared room
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"Fresh Brew for me, no hesitation. I wanted the room to smell of something and not just smell nice."
Fresh Brew reed · bedroom
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"Mountain Breeze because every sweet diffuser I have owned ended up in the bin by month two."
Mountain Breeze reed · bedroom
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"Ordered the 130ml once I knew Fresh Brew suited me. Better value and fewer reorders."
Fresh Brew reed · 130ml
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"Small room so I went with three reeds as advised. It is warm without being a lot."
Evening Calm reed · small bedroom
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"Good to read that there is no men's or women's scent. I picked what I actually like."
Mountain Breeze reed · bedroom
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"I answered the three questions honestly and ended up with Evening Calm rather than the coffee one I wanted. Correct call for a shared room."
Evening Calm reed · shared room
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"Fresh Brew for me, no hesitation. I wanted the room to smell of something and not just smell nice."
Fresh Brew reed · bedroom
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"Mountain Breeze because every sweet diffuser I have owned ended up in the bin by month two."
Mountain Breeze reed · bedroom
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"Ordered the 130ml once I knew Fresh Brew suited me. Better value and fewer reorders."
Fresh Brew reed · 130ml
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"Small room so I went with three reeds as advised. It is warm without being a lot."
Evening Calm reed · small bedroom
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"Good to read that there is no men's or women's scent. I picked what I actually like."
Mountain Breeze reed · bedroom
★ The three cosy scents
Fresh Brew reedCoorg coffee and Kerala vanillaView ₹849
Evening Calm reedHimalayan lavender and chamomileView ₹799
Mountain Breeze reedHimalayan pine, sage and cedarView ₹849
✓ Fragrance has no right answer and no gender - only preferences, associations and the size of the room you are putting it in ✓ A 50ml lasts 6 to 8 weeks and a 130ml lasts 14 to 18 weeks, depending on room size, airflow and how often you flip the reeds ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Home Fragrance Guides · Choosing a Scent
Is there a men's or women's bedroom fragrance? No. Fragrance has no gender - there are only preferences and associations, most of them cultural rather than innate. The useful way to choose is by what you actually like and by the room you are putting it in: whether you want the warmth nameable, whether anybody else has to live with it, and whether sweetness suits you. SOSA Fresh Brew (₹849), Evening Calm (₹799) and Mountain Breeze (₹849) are all bedroom scents for anybody.
Should I buy the 50ml or the 130ml? The 50ml if you are trying a scent for the first time, and the 130ml once you know it suits you. A 50ml lasts 6 to 8 weeks and a 130ml lasts 14 to 18 weeks, depending on room size, airflow and how often you flip the reeds, and the larger bottle is better value per ml. A 130ml is not stronger - strength comes from the number of reeds above the neck of the bottle, not from the volume of oil below it.
See the Fresh Brew reed Book a scenting plan
Facts verified 24 August 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Fresh Brew reed diffuser is an alcohol-free reed diffuser of Coorg coffee and Kerala vanilla, ₹849 for 50ml and ₹1,349 for 130ml. The SOSA Evening Calm reed diffuser is Himalayan lavender and chamomile, ₹799 for 50ml and ₹1,299 for 130ml. The SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser is Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, ₹849 for 50ml and ₹1,349 for 130ml. Each product page states that a 50ml lasts 6 to 8 weeks and a 130ml lasts 14 to 18 weeks depending on room size, airflow and how often the reeds are flipped, and all use no flame, no power and no water. Reed diffuser strength is a function of exposed reed surface rather than bottle volume. SOSA makes no sleep, sedative, therapeutic or other health claim for any fragrance, and does not categorise fragrance by gender. Reed oil should stand on a coaster, be kept out of reach of children and pets, and is not for skin or ingestion. 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.
There is no best scent for a cosy bedroom, which is why lists of ten are so unhelpful. There is a best fit, and it comes out of three questions about your room and your taste. Answer them honestly and you will be holding one bottle in about a minute.
Quick answers — read this first
Which SOSA fragrance is best for a cosy bedroom? Three questions decide it. If you want the warmth to be nameable, SOSA Fresh Brew (₹849 for 50ml) is Coorg coffee with Kerala vanilla. If you share the room or want the least polarising option, SOSA Evening Calm (₹799) is Himalayan lavender and chamomile. If sweet scents bother you, SOSA Mountain Breeze (₹849) is Himalayan pine, sage and cedar with no sweetness at all. All three are alcohol-free reeds with no flame, no power and no water, and all three want three or four reeds in a small room rather than the whole pack.Is there a men's or women's bedroom fragrance? No. Fragrance has no gender - there are only preferences and associations, most of them cultural rather than innate. The useful way to choose is by what you actually like and by the room you are putting it in: whether you want the warmth nameable, whether anybody else has to live with it, and whether sweetness suits you. SOSA Fresh Brew (₹849), Evening Calm (₹799) and Mountain Breeze (₹849) are all bedroom scents for anybody.
Should I buy the 50ml or the 130ml? The 50ml if you are trying a scent for the first time, and the 130ml once you know it suits you. A 50ml lasts 6 to 8 weeks and a 130ml lasts 14 to 18 weeks, depending on room size, airflow and how often you flip the reeds, and the larger bottle is better value per ml. A 130ml is not stronger - strength comes from the number of reeds above the neck of the bottle, not from the volume of oil below it.
The short answer
Short answer: answer three questions. Want the warmth nameable? SOSA Fresh Brew (₹849), Coorg coffee and Kerala vanilla. Share the room, or want the least polarising choice? Evening Calm (₹799), lavender and chamomile. Dislike sweetness? Mountain Breeze (₹849), pine, sage and cedar. All three are alcohol-free reeds, and all three want three or four reeds in a small bedroom rather than the whole pack.
The pick: the SOSA Fresh Brew reed (₹849) for most people who say cosy, with Evening Calm (₹799) for a shared room and Mountain Breeze (₹849) if sweetness is not for you.
Next step: tell us the size of the room, who else uses it and one scent you have disliked, and we will name a bottle - ask us what suits your bedroom.
In this guide
There is no best scent, only a best fit. These three questions land almost everybody on one bottle within a minute.
The three cosy scents - tap any
Warmth you can name
Fresh Brew reed · from ₹849
The safest in a shared room
Evening Calm reed · from ₹799
Still torn
Ask us what suits your bedroom
Straight answer
How do I choose between the SOSA scents for a cosy bedroom?
Three questions, and they narrow it fast. Question one: do you want the warmth to be nameable? Some people want a room that smells of something specific - a cafe corner, a kitchen, a place. If that is you, the SOSA Fresh Brew reed at ₹849 for 50ml is the answer: Coorg coffee with Kerala vanilla, built on roasted bitterness rather than sugar, which is what keeps it from becoming a dessert. Other people want a room that just feels warm without anyone being able to say why, and for them the answer is one of the other two. Question two: does anybody else live with this room? If you share a bedroom, or a partner or family member has opinions, buy the least polarising thing in the range, which is the Evening Calm reed at ₹799 - Himalayan lavender and chamomile is soft, powdery and about as close to universally acceptable as a fragrance gets. Coffee and vanilla is a character, and characters divide people. Question three: do sweet scents bother you? If every sweet diffuser you have owned has ended up in a cupboard by the second month, stop buying them. The Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 is Himalayan pine, sage and cedar - warm, dry, resinous, and with no sweetness anywhere in it. That is a genuinely different route to cosy and it suits a lot of people who thought they disliked home fragrance. Two things that apply whichever you pick. Size the strength with reeds, not with the bottle: three or four in a small bedroom, added one at a time and two days apart, and judge the level by walking in from outside because your nose adapts within minutes. And buy the 50ml first at 6 to 8 weeks if you are trying a scent, then the 130ml at 14 to 18 weeks once you know it suits you, since the larger bottle is better value per ml and is longer-lasting rather than stronger. One thing we will say clearly because the question comes up: there is no men's or women's fragrance. There are preferences and associations, and most of them are cultural. Buy what you like. And nothing here is a sleep aid or a health product - a cosy, calm-feeling room is an atmosphere. A portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Nameable warmth: Fresh Brew ₹849. Shared room or least polarising: Evening Calm ₹799. Dislike sweetness: Mountain Breeze ₹849. Three or four reeds in a small room, 50ml first, 130ml once you know.
If you want the warmth to be nameable, the SOSA Fresh Brew reed is the answer - Coorg coffee with Kerala vanilla, roasted rather than sweet. ₹849 for 50ml lasting 6 to 8 weeks depending on room size, airflow and how often you flip the reeds. Start with three reeds in a small room.
See the Fresh Brew reed ₹849 Shop the bedroom edit
Three scents, three answers
Nameable, universal, or entirely unsweet
The three cosy bedroom scents
Three bottles and fifty rupees between them, so price is not choosing for you. Read the three cards as three different people and pick the one that sounds like you.
For the person who wants the room to smell of something
Fresh Brew reed diffuser
Coorg coffee with Kerala vanilla - warm, roasted and rounded, built on bitterness rather than sugar. The most characterful thing in the range and the most obviously cosy. Use two or three reeds rather than four in a small room. 50ml ₹849 lasting 6 to 8 weeks, 130ml ₹1,349 lasting 14 to 18 weeks, depending on room size, airflow and reed flips.
From ₹849
For a shared room, or when you cannot decide
Evening Calm reed diffuser
Himalayan lavender with chamomile - soft, powdery and low, and the least polarising fragrance we make. If somebody else lives with this room, or if you are buying without being able to smell it first, this is the safe and genuinely lovely choice. 50ml ₹799, 130ml ₹1,299.
From ₹799
For the person who dislikes sweet fragrance
Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
Himalayan pine, sage and cedar - dry, resinous and grounded, warm without a trace of sweetness. A different route to cosy that suits plenty of people who assumed home fragrance was not for them. 50ml ₹849, 130ml ₹1,349.
From ₹849
Three questions that pick the bottle for you
Three questions, in this order. Most people are holding a bottle by the end of the second.
1
Nameable, or not?
Do you want the room to smell of something specific
This is the fork that decides most of it. Some people want a bedroom that smells of a particular thing - a cafe corner, a kitchen on a cold morning, a place they liked - and they enjoy being able to name it. Fresh Brew is built for exactly that: roasted Coorg coffee with Kerala vanilla behind it rather than in front. Other people want a room that simply feels warm and settled, and are actively put off by a scent that announces a subject. For them a nameable fragrance becomes tiring by the third week, because you keep noticing what it is instead of how the room feels. There is no better answer here, only a fit, and being honest with yourself about which sort you are will save you a bottle. If you genuinely do not know, assume you are the second sort - it is the more common answer, and the softer scents are much easier to live with by mistake than the characterful ones.
Tip: if you cannot decide, assume you want the softer one. It is the easier mistake to live with.
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Who else lives with it?
A shared room narrows the choice sensibly
A bedroom fragrance is one of the few purchases where somebody else's opinion arrives every single night. If you share the room, the correct move is to buy the least polarising thing rather than your own favourite, because a scent one person loves and the other tolerates is a slow irritation. Evening Calm is the answer here: lavender and chamomile is soft, quiet and about as widely liked as home fragrance gets, and it is the one we recommend when somebody is buying without being able to smell it first, or buying as a gift. Keep your more characterful choice for a room where you have the only vote. The same logic applies to a room a guest sleeps in occasionally, and to a small room, where anything with a strong character has less air to soften into. If in doubt, soft and shared beats interesting and contested.
Evening Calm is the least polarising fragrance in the range, which is why it suits a shared room, ₹799.
See Evening Calm reed →
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Does sweetness bother you?
If every sweet diffuser has disappointed you, stop buying them
A surprising number of people believe they dislike home fragrance when what they actually dislike is sweetness. Sugary scents have weight and they accumulate in a small closed room, so the bottle that seemed gorgeous on day one feels thick by week three and ends up in a cupboard. If that is your history, the fix is not a weaker sweet scent, it is a warm one with no sugar in it. Mountain Breeze is dry, resinous, cedar-and-pine warm, and it gets to cosy from a direction that has nothing to do with dessert. It is the bottle we recommend most often to people who open with "I do not really like scented things". And one more thing worth saying while we are on preferences: there is no men's or women's fragrance. There are preferences and associations, most of them cultural, and dividing scent by gender simply stops people buying what they would enjoy. Buy what you like, and buy it for the room you actually have.
Tip: disliking sweet scents is not disliking fragrance. Try a dry woody one before you give up.
Mountain Breeze is warm with no sweetness at all - Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, ₹849.
See Mountain Breeze reed →
The SOSA principle
There is no best bedroom fragrance. There is the one that fits your room, your taste and the people who have to live with it, and those three things are answerable in a minute.
And there is no men's or women's scent either. Only preferences, most of them cultural.
The three cosy scents, by who they suit
Here is the whole decision as a table. Find the row that sounds like you and the right column names the bottle.
The SOSA plan
Which cosy scent suits you
| If this sounds like you | Buy this |
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You want the room to smell of something you can name
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Fresh Brew, ₹849 for 50ml. Coorg coffee and Kerala vanilla, roasted rather than sugary. Two or three reeds in a small room. View → |
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You share the room, or you are buying without smelling it first
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Evening Calm, ₹799. The softest and least polarising scent in the range, and the safest gift. View → |
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Every sweet diffuser you have owned has ended up in a cupboard
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Mountain Breeze, ₹849. Dry pine, sage and cedar - warm with no sweetness at all. View → |
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You have a small bedroom, under about 120 sq ft
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Any of the three, but with three reeds rather than the whole pack. In a small room the reed count matters more than the choice of scent. View → |
Two things people ask after they have chosen. First, can you switch scents through the year? Yes, and plenty of people run something soft through the hot months and something warm from November - just do not rotate weekly, because a scent only becomes part of a room through repetition. Second, what if you buy one and dislike it? Take reeds out before you conclude the scent is wrong, since an over-reeded small room misrepresents any fragrance, and move the bottle away from the bed. If it still is not for you, that is genuinely useful information about which of the three questions you answered wrong. For the reasoning behind cosy scents in general, our guide to the best reed diffuser for a cosy bedroom explains why warmth beats sweetness, and the best fragrance for a calm bedroom atmosphere covers the calmer end of the same range. The pillar is our guide to the best home fragrance for a bedroom in India.
Three questions, one bottle
SOSA Fresh Brew is ₹849 for 50ml, Evening Calm is ₹799 and Mountain Breeze is ₹849. Fifty rupees between them, so choose by fit rather than by price.
Fifty rupees separates these three bottles, which means price is not making this decision for you. Your room and the people in it are.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Same rules for all three
Fewer reeds than the pack, and the 130ml once you are sure
The SOSA cosy bedroom range
Three scents that all arrive at cosy from different directions. All are alcohol-free, flame-free and power-free, so they run continuously in a rented room, a PG or a shared flat. Everything is made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA cosy bedroom range
Two bottles that answer most people
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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Fresh Brew reed
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You want the warmth nameable and you have the only vote in the room | Coorg coffee and Kerala vanilla, roasted rather than sugary. 50ml ₹849 lasts 6-8 weeks, 130ml ₹1,349 lasts 14-18 weeks | ₹849 View → |
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Evening Calm reed
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You share the room, or you are buying without smelling it first | Himalayan lavender and chamomile - the softest and least polarising in the range. 50ml ₹799, 130ml ₹1,299 | ₹799 View → |
A quick word before you order. Buy the 50ml first if the scent is new to you, and the 130ml once you know it suits - the larger bottle is better value per ml and lasts longer, not stronger. Use three or four reeds in a small room, or two or three with Fresh Brew, and judge the level by walking in from outside rather than from inside the room. Stand the bottle on a coaster because reed oil can mark polished wood, keep it out of reach of children and pets, and do not use the oil on skin or ingest it. There is no men's or women's fragrance - buy what you like. And the honest limits: fragrance works alongside airing and cleaning rather than instead of them, and a cosy, calm-feeling room is an atmosphere, not a sleep aid or a health product. Tell us about your room and we will name one.
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A note from Sonal
I am asked to name the best cosy scent more often than anything else, and there is no such thing - there is only fit. So I ask three questions instead. Do you want the room to smell of something you can name, or just to feel warm? Does anybody else sleep in this room? And have sweet fragrances disappointed you before? Almost everybody lands on one bottle by the end of the second question, and it is usually not the one they arrived intending to buy.
In our range that means Fresh Brew at ₹849 for the people who want a subject - roasted Coorg coffee with Kerala vanilla behind it. Evening Calm at ₹799 for a shared room, or when somebody is buying blind or as a gift, because lavender and chamomile is the least likely thing we make to annoy anybody. And Mountain Breeze at ₹849 for the people who have decided they dislike home fragrance, when what they actually dislike is sugar.
Two things I will always say. There is no men's or women's fragrance - there are preferences and associations, mostly cultural, and splitting scent by gender only stops people buying what they would enjoy. And a cosy bedroom is an atmosphere: a scent you use every evening becomes a cue that the day is closing, exactly as dimming the lights does, and that is a habit rather than a sleep aid, a sedative or a treatment for anything. Air the room and clean it first. Everything is made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Which SOSA fragrance is best for a cosy bedroom?
It depends on three things. If you want the warmth to be nameable, Fresh Brew at Rs 849 for 50ml is Coorg coffee with Kerala vanilla. If you share the room or want the least polarising option, Evening Calm at Rs 799 is Himalayan lavender and chamomile. If sweet scents have disappointed you before, Mountain Breeze at Rs 849 is Himalayan pine, sage and cedar with no sweetness at all. All three are alcohol-free reeds with no flame, no power and no water.
Is there a men's or a women's bedroom fragrance?
No. Fragrance has no gender - there are only preferences and associations, and most of those are cultural rather than innate. Choose by what you actually enjoy and by the practicalities: whether you want the scent nameable, whether somebody else lives with the room, and whether sweetness suits you. All three SOSA bedroom reeds are for anybody.
Should I buy the 50ml or the 130ml bottle?
The 50ml if the scent is new to you and the 130ml once you know it suits you. A 50ml lasts 6 to 8 weeks and a 130ml lasts 14 to 18 weeks, depending on room size, airflow and how often you flip the reeds, and the larger bottle is better value per ml. The 130ml is not stronger - strength comes from the number of reeds above the neck of the bottle, not from the volume of oil below it.
Which SOSA scent is safest to buy as a gift?
Evening Calm at Rs 799. Himalayan lavender and chamomile is the softest and least polarising fragrance in the range, which makes it the sensible choice when you cannot smell it first or when you do not know the person's taste. Fresh Brew and Mountain Breeze both have a definite character, which is wonderful when it matches somebody and awkward when it does not.
Does a cosy bedroom scent do anything for sleep or stress?
No, and we make no such claim. Nothing SOSA makes is a sleep aid, a sedative or a treatment for insomnia or anxiety, and none of it is medical. What a consistent evening scent can do is become a cue that it is time to wind down, in the same way that dimming the lights does - a habit and an association built by repetition rather than a physiological effect. A cosy room is an atmosphere, and that is what we sell.
Three questions, one bottle, no wrong answers
SOSA — Cosy Bedroom Scents coffee and vanilla, lavender and chamomile, or pine and cedar
SOSA Fresh Brew is ₹849 for 50ml and ₹1,349 for 130ml, Evening Calm is ₹799 and ₹1,299, and Mountain Breeze is ₹849 and ₹1,349. A 50ml lasts 6 to 8 weeks and a 130ml 14 to 18 weeks, depending on room size, airflow and how often you flip the reeds. A cosy room is an atmosphere and not a sleep aid or a health product. Everything is 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 Fresh Brew reed diffuser is an alcohol-free reed diffuser of Coorg coffee and Kerala vanilla, ₹849 for 50ml and ₹1,349 for 130ml. The SOSA Evening Calm reed diffuser is Himalayan lavender and chamomile, ₹799 for 50ml and ₹1,299 for 130ml. The SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser is Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, ₹849 for 50ml and ₹1,349 for 130ml. Each product page states that a 50ml lasts 6 to 8 weeks and a 130ml lasts 14 to 18 weeks depending on room size, airflow and how often the reeds are flipped, and all use no flame, no power and no water. Reed diffuser strength is a function of exposed reed surface rather than bottle volume. SOSA makes no sleep, sedative, therapeutic or other health claim for any fragrance, and does not categorise fragrance by gender. Reed oil should stand on a coaster, be kept out of reach of children and pets, and is not for skin or ingestion. 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.