SOSA Vaayu1000m³ — freestanding or wall and HVAC mountView ₹11,999
SOSA Angaan3,000m³ — HVAC-connected or wall mountedView ₹25,999
Mountain BreezeA passive source for a closed room on the planView ₹849
Which drawings does it have to appear on? Six. The electrical layout and its circuit schedule; the reflected ceiling plan; the furniture and joinery drawings; the mechanical drawing if it is HVAC-mounted; the services coordination drawing so it does not clash with a sprinkler head, a detector or a speaker; and the room data sheet, which is where the cubic metres live.
What does the equipment actually need electrically? Very little. SOSA Vaayu runs on DC 12V/1A — about 5W — from its adaptor, so one switched socket outlet is enough; the important part is which circuit it sits on and at what height, not the load. SOSA Angaan at ₹25,999 is the HVAC-connected unit for a larger volume and is coordinated with the mechanical package.
Drawing one: the electrical layout and its circuit schedule. The load is trivial — the Vaayu runs on DC 12V/1A from its adaptor, about 5 watts, which is roughly 1.5 units of electricity a month on a ten-hour daily schedule and tariffs vary. What matters is not the load but the position and the circuit. A switched socket outlet at the mounting height rather than at skirting level, so there is no cable running down a feature wall. And a decision about which circuit: on the gallery lighting circuit it powers down when the gallery does, which is usually what you want; on its own circuit it can run outside opening hours, which is usually what you do not want but occasionally do.
Drawing two: the reflected ceiling plan. This is where the real coordination happens, because the RCP is the only drawing that shows the supply diffusers and the return grille together. Mark the unit's position on it and check the two rules at the same time: on the supply side of the throw, and never in front of a return, which would remove the output from the room continuously. Mounting height is roughly 1.8 to 2.2 metres for a wall position, so the output enters the air people are standing in rather than the void above them.
Drawing three: the furniture and joinery package. If it is going into joinery — and in a good experience centre it usually should — the niche must be open at the front and not a sealed box with a decorative grille over it. The Vaayu is 165 × 80.5 × 215mm and 0.9kg, so the detail is small; what the detail must preserve is access. Somebody has to reach the tank, the key-lock and the switch without dismantling a panel, and staff must be able to switch the unit off in seconds if a visitor objects. A machine buried behind a fixed panel is a machine that will be run harder than it needs to be, which drains the tank faster and improves nothing.
Drawing four: the mechanical package, if it is going onto the HVAC. The Angaan is the HVAC-connected unit for a larger volume, and the Vaayu can be wall or HVAC mounted too. If that route is chosen, the position has to be coordinated with the mechanical contractor like any other in-duct item: on the supply side, downstream of the filter, with access for servicing, and noted on the AHU or FCU schedule so it is not discovered during commissioning. And note the programme risk this family knows well — a gallery often opens before the air conditioning has been fully commissioned, and a scent machine has no business running in a building whose fresh-air path and filters have not been signed off.
Drawings five and six: services coordination, and the room data sheet. The coordination drawing is what stops a wall-mounted unit landing under a sprinkler head, beside a smoke detector, next to a ceiling speaker or in a camera's frame — all four of which I have seen resolved on site with a drill and an apology. And the room data sheet is where this whole family's arithmetic lives: the volume in cubic metres, per space, taken from the section rather than the plan. That figure decides the machine class, and a package that carries floor areas only will produce the wrong machine every time a void is involved.
Two last things an architect should know before writing this into a document. First, what is not on offer: there is no fitting, maintenance, supply-time or trade arrangement to specify here, and no minimum order or branding scheme either — none of it is verified, so none of it is published, and the equipment is fixed and connected by the client’s own electrical and mechanical contractors like any other small item. The single route for a project enquiry is to ask for a scenting plan. Second, the certification wording: CE, RoHS and SGS are electrical and compliance marks and should be described as such in a specification, never as any kind of medical or air-treatment approval. Nobody can promise that a scent moves a business number, and this guide does not try to.
What a Vadodara experience-centre package actually specifies
Two units cover almost every experience centre, and the choice between them is made on the room data sheet rather than in a showroom. Dimensions, power, noise and mounting are all below. The images link to the live product pages.
The three things that actually decide it
Three coordination items decide whether a scent machine disappears into an experience centre or ends up on a console.
The package, drawing by drawing
Each drawing, what it has to carry, and the stage by which it has to be settled. The last column is the part that gets missed.
| Drawing in the Package | The Line the Scent Machine Needs on It | When It Has to Be Frozen |
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| One switched socket outlet at mounting height, on a named circuit, 5W nominal | With the lighting specification — after the walls are built it is a chase and a patch | |
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Reflected ceiling plan
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Unit position marked against the supply diffusers and the return grille, at 1.8–2.2m for a wall position | Before the ceiling is closed. This is the drawing that cannot be revisited |
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Furniture and joinery package
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An open-fronted niche around 165 × 80.5 × 215mm with access to tank, key-lock and switch | With the joinery shop drawings — once it is made, it is made |
| In-duct or wall position on the supply side, downstream of the filter, noted on the AHU or FCU schedule | With the mechanical package, and again at commissioning | |
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Services coordination and room data sheet
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No clash with sprinkler, detector, speaker or camera — and the volume in cubic metres per space | Coordination before ceiling closure; the cubic metres as early as the section exists |
The cubic-metre figure the room data sheet has to carry is derived in the cubic-metre page, which is the arithmetic this whole specification rests on. Where the unit goes within the room is argued in the four candidate positions, and the intensity it should be commissioned at is in the hour-long tour. If the centre is brand new when it opens, ventilation and commissioning come before anything is switched on, and a multi-project standard is covered in one signature across projects.
The SOSA specification for a design-stage package
Written the way a specification is written: what it is, what it needs, and what it depends on. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
| Equipment | What the Design Package Must Show for It | The Coordination It Depends On | Price |
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SOSA Vaayu
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Switched 5W outlet at 1.8–2.2m, wall bracket or open joinery niche | Supply-side position on the RCP, no clash with sprinkler, detector, speaker or camera | ₹11,999 View → |
SOSA Angaan
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HVAC or wall position, 800ml reservoir access, programmable schedule | Mechanical package, AHU or FCU schedule, and sign-off at commissioning | ₹25,999 View → |
Mountain Breeze
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A shelf or ledge in a closed room — nothing else at all | Nothing. This is the line that needs no drawing and no power | ₹849 · ₹1,349 View → |
Morning Freshness
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The same, where a lighter register suits the room | Nothing beyond the FF&E schedule carrying the register decision | ₹749 · ₹1,249 View → |
SOSA Sukoon
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One closed room with a socket and a run window | A power point and an accepted trade-off: being ultrasonic, it adds moisture | ₹1,899 View → |
Versailles
When an architect calls me at design stage, the conversation takes fifteen minutes and the machine is never seen again by anybody. When a sales head calls me two months after handover, the conversation takes the same fifteen minutes and the machine ends up on a console behind reception, because that is the only place left where there is a socket.
Nothing about the equipment is demanding. Five watts. Under 38 decibels. Smaller than most desk speakers. What it needs is a socket at the right height on a circuit somebody chose deliberately, a position marked on the drawing that actually shows where the air goes, and a niche that is open at the front so staff can reach the switch. That is the whole coordination.
The part I would ask designers to hold firmest is sequencing. An experience centre almost always opens before the air conditioning is properly finished, and switching a scent source on in a building that has not been ventilated and commissioned is the wrong order every time. Put it on the commissioning checklist after the mechanical sign-off. SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 or SOSA Angaan at ₹25,999, sized from the section and switched on last.
Frequently asked questions
SOSA Vaayu - 5W, under 38dB, wall or HVAC mounted (₹11,999)
SOSA Angaan - HVAC-connected, 3,000m³, under 42dB (₹25,999)- How do you size a double-height experience centre?
- Where should Vaayu go in a sales gallery?
- How strong should fragrance be across an hour-long tour?
- One signature scent across multiple Vadodara projects?
- Ask us: Ask for a scenting plan
- Brand: Founder story — why SOSA exists
Facts verified 5 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free, phthalate-free and paraben-free compositions on a heat-stable coconut-derived base, supplied in a refillable glass bottle with six fibre reeds, flipped weekly, with 50ml lasting 6-8 weeks and 130ml lasting 14-18 weeks, tested at 45°C and 85% relative humidity - Mountain Breeze ₹849 / ₹1,349, Morning Freshness ₹749 / ₹1,249, Evening Calm ₹799 / ₹1,299. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering about 270-320 sq ft for 16-18 hours on the low setting and supplied with three 15ml Hotel Collection fragrances; being ultrasonic, it works by aerosolising water and therefore adds some moisture to the air, which is worth weighing in a warm, high-occupancy room. 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 a fill 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 (roughly 1.5 units of electricity a month on a ten-hour daily schedule, and tariffs vary), freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification - which are electrical and compliance marks, not medical approval. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment; refill availability 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. Coverage figures are volumetric, so ceiling height changes the floor area a machine genuinely serves. SOSA products are not medical devices and no health, therapeutic, wellbeing or air-treatment claim is made or implied anywhere in this guide, and nothing here claims that ambient scent affects sales, orders, enquiries, footfall, conversion or any other business number - no one can promise that, and this guide does not. Ambient scent is an interior decision that works alongside cleaning, ventilation, air handling and housekeeping and is never a substitute for any of them, and SOSA sells no deodoriser, purifier, dehumidifier or extractor. Ventilation rates, plant and laboratory air handling, pressure regimes, HVAC filtration and any decision about where a fragrance source may or may not be placed on a regulated site are matters for the company's own engineering, QA and EHS teams. Clinical, treatment and procedure areas are left completely unscented. Fragrance sensitivity is real: staff should be able to switch any system off in seconds, and no SOSA product is described as hypoallergenic or as safe for sensitive individuals. 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.


