Can Architects and Interior Designers Specify Professional Scenting During the Design of a Builder Experience Centre?

Can Architects and Interior Designers Specify Professional Scenting During the Design of a Builder Experience Centre?

★ ★ It belongs on six drawings, not in an email after handoverSOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 · SOSA Angaan ₹25,999 · DC 12V/1A at 5WMade in India · free scenting plan on a consultation
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Specified at design stage it disappears. Added afterwards it sits on a plinth
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"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
Homeowner Hyderabad
SOSA Vaayu · large home
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"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
Clinic Pune
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
Office Manager Delhi
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
Boutique Hotel Jaipur
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."
Salon Owner Mumbai
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
Retail Brand Bengaluru
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."
Homeowner Hyderabad
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
Clinic Pune
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
Office Manager Delhi
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
Boutique Hotel Jaipur
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."
Salon Owner Mumbai
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
Retail Brand Bengaluru
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★ The three an experience-centre package specifies
✓ Power, mounting, HVAC, joinery, ceiling and room data — six drawings✓ No fitting, maintenance or supply programme is claimed anywhere on this page✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education

 

Founder Diaries · Vadodara Scenting Guides · SOSA Vaayu
By Sonal Sahani · ISIPCA Versailles14 min readUpdated September 2026
Almost every scent machine I have seen in a builder experience centre is standing on something. A console, a plinth, a stack of brochures behind the reception desk. It is standing on something because nobody drew it, and nobody drew it because the decision was taken six weeks after the ceiling was closed. Specified at design stage it becomes part of the building; specified afterwards it becomes an object in the room, and everybody can see it.
Quick answers — read this first
Can architects and interior designers specify professional scenting during design? Yes, and it is by far the better moment. What the equipment needs is ordinary: a small switched power point on the right circuit, a mounting position at head height or above, a relationship to the supply and return air, an open-fronted niche if it is going into joinery, and a line on the room data sheet carrying the volume in cubic metres.

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.
The short answer
Short answer: Yes. Treat it exactly like a small piece of AV or lighting equipment: give it a power point on a named circuit, a mounting position, a relationship to the air handling, a detail if it sits in joinery, and a volume figure on the room data sheet. Freeze it with the lighting specification, before the ceiling closes.
The pick: SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 — 165 × 80.5 × 215mm, 0.9kg, freestanding or wall and HVAC mount, under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W. SOSA Angaan at ₹25,999 for 3,000m³, 800ml, under 42dB, HVAC-connected or wall mounted. Sized from the room data sheet, never from the floor plan.
The honest limit: Nobody can promise that a scent moves a business number, and this guide does not try to. Designing it in gives you a machine nobody can see and a room that is even. Those are the two deliverables on offer at design stage.
Six drawings it has to appear on1. Electrical layout — a 5W point, named circuit2. Reflected ceiling plan — position, supply, return3. Joinery detail — an open niche, not a sealed box4. Mechanical drawing — if it goes on the HVAC5–6. Services coordination and the room data sheet
None of the six is difficult. All six are impossible once the ceiling has been closed and the joinery has been installed.
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Straight answer
Can architects and interior designers specify professional scenting during the design of a builder experience centre?
Yes — and it is the difference between a machine that disappears into the building and a machine that stands on a console behind reception for the rest of the campaign. The equipment asks for very little. It just has to be asked for at the right moment, which is the same moment the lighting specification is frozen.

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.
Yes, and it belongs on six drawings: the electrical layout with a 5W switched point on a named circuit at mounting height; the reflected ceiling plan against the supply and return; the joinery detail as an open-fronted niche with access to the tank and key-lock; the mechanical drawing if it is HVAC-mounted; the services coordination drawing; and the room data sheet carrying the volume in cubic metres.
The unit most experience-centre packages specify is SOSA Vaayu: 165 × 80.5 × 215mm, 0.9kg, black or white, freestanding or wall and HVAC mount, DC 12V/1A at 5W, under 38dB, key-lock and 1h/4h/8h/24h timers. ₹11,999, rated to 1000m³.
See SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999Ask for a scenting plan

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.

SOSA Vaayu
Specified to 1000m³ of connected volume
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser, ₹11,999. 165 × 80.5 × 215mm, 0.9kg, black or white, freestanding or wall and HVAC mount. DC 12V/1A at 5W, under 38dB, adjustable intensity with key-lock, auto-stop, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, Bluetooth app and onboard buttons, 400ml tank lasting roughly 75–90 days a fill. CE, RoHS and SGS — electrical and compliance marks. Made in India.
From ₹11,999
SOSA Angaan HVAC nebulising diffuser
Specified to 3,000m³, coordinated with the mechanical package
SOSA Angaan
HVAC nebulising diffuser, ₹25,999, rated to 3,000m³ — roughly 8,000–10,000 sq ft at an ordinary ceiling and considerably less under a void. 800ml reservoir, metal body, programmable schedules, under 42dB, HVAC-connected or standalone wall mount. The unit a genuine double-height experience centre is usually specified around.
From ₹25,999
SOSA Vaayu
The specification paragraph, ready to drop into a document
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebulising diffuser, 1000m³ nominal coverage (approximately 2,000–3,000 sq ft subject to ceiling height), ₹11,999. Dimensions 165 × 80.5 × 215mm, 0.9kg. Supply DC 12V/1A, 5W nominal, via adaptor from one switched socket outlet at mounting height. Freestanding, wall or HVAC mounted. Adjustable intensity with key-lock, auto-stop, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, Bluetooth app and onboard control, operation under 38dB. 400ml refillable tank, roughly 75–90 days a fill depending on intensity and run hours. CE, RoHS and SGS — electrical and compliance marks, not medical approval. Made in India.

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.

1
Power, position and circuit
A 5W item whose only difficult question is where the socket goes
The load is negligible, so the electrical discussion is entirely about position. Put the switched socket outlet at the mounting height rather than at skirting level, so no cable runs down a feature wall in the most-photographed part of the gallery. Then decide the circuit deliberately: on the gallery lighting circuit the unit powers down with the gallery, which is usually correct; on a separate circuit it can run outside opening hours, which is occasionally wanted and usually is not. Put the decision in the circuit schedule so it is not made by an electrician on a Tuesday.
Tip: Add one line to the socket schedule: 'scent diffuser, switched, at 2.0m, gallery lighting circuit'. That line is most of the coordination done.
SOSA Vaayu
SOSA Vaayu runs on DC 12V/1A at 5W from a single outlet — the specification is about position, not capacity.
See SOSA Vaayu →
2
The reflected ceiling plan
The only drawing that shows the supply and the return together
Coordination fails on site when the unit's position was agreed on a furniture layout that does not show air. Mark it on the reflected ceiling plan instead, where the supply diffusers and the return grille both appear, and apply the two rules there: supply side of the throw, never facing a return. The same drawing is where a wall or ceiling position gets checked against the sprinkler heads, the detectors, the speakers and the cameras — four clashes that are trivial on paper and expensive with a drill.
Tip: Overlay the proposed position on the RCP and the fire services drawing at the same time. Two minutes there saves an apology later.
SOSA Angaan HVAC nebulising diffuser
SOSA Angaan at ₹25,999 is HVAC-connected or wall mounted, so its position is an RCP and mechanical decision from the start.
See SOSA Angaan →
3
Joinery, access and commissioning
An open niche, a reachable switch, and a system that has been signed off
If the unit sits in joinery, the niche is open-fronted and sized around 165 × 80.5 × 215mm with room to reach the tank, the key-lock and the switch. A sealed box with a decorative grille produces a machine running harder for a worse result. And the programme matters as much as the detail: an experience centre frequently opens before the air conditioning has been fully commissioned, and a scent source has no business running in a building whose fresh-air path and filters are still on a snag list. Sequence it after commissioning, in writing.
Tip: Write the scent machine into the commissioning checklist, after the AHU or FCU sign-off and after the first proper clean. Then it cannot be switched on too early.
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
Mountain Breeze at ₹849 needs no power point at all, which makes it the easy specification for a closed cabin or document room.
See Mountain Breeze →
The SOSA principle
Every scent machine standing on a console in an experience centre is a drawing that was never issued. The equipment is small, quiet and undemanding — it only becomes visible when nobody made room for it.
Freeze it with the lighting specification, before the ceiling closes and the joinery is made.
SOSA Angaan HVAC nebulising diffuser
The HVAC-coordinated unit: SOSA Angaan, ₹25,999 — 3,000m³, 800ml reservoir, programmable schedules, under 42dB, HVAC-connected or wall mounted, which is what a genuine double-height experience centre is usually specified around.

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.

The SOSA plan
Six drawings, and four of them close early
Drawing in the Package The Line the Scent Machine Needs on It When It Has to Be Frozen
SOSA VaayuElectrical layout and circuit schedule
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
Reflected ceiling plan
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
Furniture and joinery package
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
SOSA AngaanMechanical and HVAC drawings
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
Services coordination and room data sheet
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.

Get it on the drawings
Send us the plan, the section and the reflected ceiling plan and we will mark the position, the power point and the volume it is being sized against.
See SOSA AngaanBook a scenting plan
Every machine standing on a console in a gallery is a drawing nobody issued.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA

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.

The SOSA design-stage schedule
Each line is an equipment item with its own coordination
Equipment What the Design Package Must Show for It The Coordination It Depends On Price
SOSA Vaayu 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
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SOSA Angaan HVAC or wall position, 800ml reservoir access, programmable schedule Mechanical package, AHU or FCU schedule, and sign-off at commissioning ₹25,999
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Mountain Breeze 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
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Morning Freshness The same, where a lighter register suits the room Nothing beyond the FF&E schedule carrying the register decision ₹749 · ₹1,249
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SOSA Sukoon 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
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There is no fitting, maintenance, supply-time or trade arrangement to specify, and no minimum order or branding scheme either — the equipment is connected and fixed by the client’s own electrical and mechanical contractors. CE, RoHS and SGS are electrical and compliance marks, never medical or air-treatment approval, and should be described that way in any document. Ambient scent here is an interior decision with no health, therapeutic or air-treatment claim of any kind, and no claim that it affects site visits, bookings or any other business number. Ask for a scenting plan and we will mark up your drawings.
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ISIPCA
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A note from Sonal

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

Can architects and interior designers specify professional scenting during the design of a builder experience centre?
Yes, and design stage is the right moment. It needs six things on the drawings: a switched 5W socket at mounting height on a named circuit, a position on the reflected ceiling plan against the supply and return, an open-fronted joinery niche with access to the tank and key-lock, a mechanical note if it is HVAC-mounted, a services coordination check, and the volume in cubic metres on the room data sheet. SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 or SOSA Angaan at ₹25,999.
What power supply does the equipment need?
Very little — the Vaayu runs on DC 12V/1A via its adaptor, about 5W, which works out at roughly 1.5 units of electricity a month on a ten-hour daily schedule, and tariffs vary. The specification question is position and circuit, not capacity: put the switched outlet at mounting height so no cable runs down a feature wall, and decide deliberately whether it sits on the gallery lighting circuit.
Can it be concealed inside the reception joinery?
Yes, if the niche is open at the front and sized around 165 × 80.5 × 215mm with room to reach the tank, the key-lock and the switch. What does not work is a sealed box behind a decorative grille: the unit ends up being run harder for a worse result, and staff cannot switch it off in seconds, which they must always be able to do.
Should it be connected to the HVAC?
It can be — SOSA Angaan at ₹25,999 is the HVAC-connected unit for a larger volume, and SOSA Vaayu is wall or HVAC mountable too. If you take that route, coordinate it like any other in-duct item: supply side, downstream of the filter, access for servicing, and a note on the AHU or FCU schedule so it is not discovered during commissioning. Also sequence it after commissioning, not before.
Do you provide fitting or a maintenance arrangement for specified projects?
No such arrangement exists to publish, and neither does a minimum order, branding or trade programme — none of it is verified. The equipment is connected and fixed by the client’s own electrical and mechanical contractors, exactly like any other small item in the package. For a project enquiry the single route is to ask for a scenting plan, and we will size against your section drawing.
SOSA Vaayu
The specified unit: SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 — 165 × 80.5 × 215mm, 0.9kg, DC 12V/1A at 5W, under 38dB, key-lock, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounted, rated to 1000m³.
On the drawings, not in an email
SOSA — Vadodara Experience-Centre Design specify it with the lighting
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 to 1000m³, SOSA Angaan ₹25,999 to 3,000m³, both sized from the section drawing. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Ask for a scenting plan →SOSA Angaan · ₹25,999
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 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.
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