★ The SOSA Vaayu Closed-Home Guide
Everything about running one machine in a house that is empty more often than it is full
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"I set it from Mumbai on the Thursday and it runs for four hours on the Friday morning. We reach at lunchtime and the house already smells lived in."
SOSA Vaayu · app scheduling
★★★★★
"One 400ml fill has covered three months of weekend use because it only runs when we are there or just before. Refilling twice a year suits a house we visit twice a month."
SOSA Vaayu · 400ml tank
★★★★★
"It sits in the stairwell where the air moves and I genuinely cannot hear it from the landing. Under 38dB was an honest number."
SOSA Vaayu · under 38dB
★★★★★
"Key-lock matters more than I expected in a house other people have access to. Nobody fiddles with the setting between visits."
SOSA Vaayu · key-lock
★★★★★
"Ground floor has one machine, the bedroom floor has another, both on the same oil. After a week shut, we open up, run the fans for an hour, and the house is itself again."
SOSA Vaayu · two-floor villa
★★★★★
"Our caretaker opens the house on Thursday and the machine does the rest. He is not managing a fragrance routine, he is opening windows."
SOSA Vaayu · second home
★★★★★
"I set it from Mumbai on the Thursday and it runs for four hours on the Friday morning. We reach at lunchtime and the house already smells lived in."
SOSA Vaayu · app scheduling
★★★★★
"One 400ml fill has covered three months of weekend use because it only runs when we are there or just before. Refilling twice a year suits a house we visit twice a month."
SOSA Vaayu · 400ml tank
★★★★★
"It sits in the stairwell where the air moves and I genuinely cannot hear it from the landing. Under 38dB was an honest number."
SOSA Vaayu · under 38dB
★★★★★
"Key-lock matters more than I expected in a house other people have access to. Nobody fiddles with the setting between visits."
SOSA Vaayu · key-lock
★★★★★
"Ground floor has one machine, the bedroom floor has another, both on the same oil. After a week shut, we open up, run the fans for an hour, and the house is itself again."
SOSA Vaayu · two-floor villa
★★★★★
"Our caretaker opens the house on Thursday and the machine does the rest. He is not managing a fragrance routine, he is opening windows."
SOSA Vaayu · second home
★ What we would put in a house that stays shut
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SOSA VaayuApp timers, so it runs before you arriveView ₹11,999
✓ We will tell you to open the windows and wet the drains before we sell you anything - fragrance is a finish, not a fix ✓ One Vaayu is rated to 1000m³ - about 2,000-3,000 sq ft - waterless, under 38dB, 400ml tank lasting up to about 75 days ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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What schedule should a SOSA Vaayu run in an empty house? One short cycle a day at a low intensity. An empty house has no cooking, no people and no opening doors diluting the air, so fragrance accumulates rather than dissipates and a heavy schedule produces a cloying room. Lift the intensity from the Bluetooth app about four hours before you arrive so the scent has settled by the time you unlock the door, drop it back while you are there, and reset the low cycle on the way out. The timers are 1h, 4h, 8h and 24h with adjustable intensity.
What is the SOSA Vaayu specification? It is a waterless cold-air nebuliser at ₹11,999, rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as about 2,000-3,000 sq ft. It has a 400ml refillable tank lasting up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers with adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, dimensions 165 x 80.5 x 215mm at 0.9kg, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification. It uses no water and no heat, so there is no dampness and no residue.
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Facts verified 24 August 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 up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers with adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, dimensions 165 x 80.5 x 215mm at 0.9kg, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification. It uses no water and no heat, so there is no dampness and no residue. 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.
This is the reference page: everything about running a Vaayu in a house that stands empty, in one place. Where to put it, what to run while nobody is there, what to change before you arrive, how often you will actually refill it, and the full verified specification with an explanation of why each number matters in a closed house rather than an occupied one. The honest limits are here too, because they matter more in an empty house than anywhere else.
Quick answers — read this first
Where should I place a SOSA Vaayu in a closed home? On the air path, not in a corner. In a villa that means the stairwell, the landing or the main corridor; in an apartment it means near the AC return or the passage that connects the rooms; anywhere the air actually moves when the fans or the air-conditioning run. Leave internal doors ajar so the floor behaves as one volume. It is rated to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, and it can stand freestanding, be wall mounted or be mounted to the HVAC. Keep it out of reach in a house guests use, and use the key-lock.What schedule should a SOSA Vaayu run in an empty house? One short cycle a day at a low intensity. An empty house has no cooking, no people and no opening doors diluting the air, so fragrance accumulates rather than dissipates and a heavy schedule produces a cloying room. Lift the intensity from the Bluetooth app about four hours before you arrive so the scent has settled by the time you unlock the door, drop it back while you are there, and reset the low cycle on the way out. The timers are 1h, 4h, 8h and 24h with adjustable intensity.
What is the SOSA Vaayu specification? It is a waterless cold-air nebuliser at ₹11,999, rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as about 2,000-3,000 sq ft. It has a 400ml refillable tank lasting up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers with adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, dimensions 165 x 80.5 x 215mm at 0.9kg, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification. It uses no water and no heat, so there is no dampness and no residue.
The short answer
Short answer: place it on the air path - the stairwell, landing, corridor or AC return - and leave internal doors ajar. Run one short low-intensity cycle a day while the house is empty, lift it about four hours before arrival, drop it back while you are there, and refill on departure. The 400ml tank lasts up to about 75 days, so a closed home is roughly five fills a year at ₹11,999 for the machine.
The pick: one SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) per connected volume of about 1000m³, which is 2,000-3,000 sq ft, placed on the air path and running a low daily schedule.
Next step: send us the floor plan and how often you visit and we will set the placement, schedule and intensity with you - ask us what fits your home.
In this guide
Five decisions and then the machine looks after itself. The two that people get wrong are placement, where a far corner does almost nothing, and intensity, where an empty house needs less than an occupied one rather than more.
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The machine
SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
Whether it is worth it
The honest yes and no
Set it up with us
Free home scenting advice
Straight answer
How do I set up and run a SOSA Vaayu in a home that stays closed?
Five decisions. Placement. Put it where air moves: the stairwell or landing in a villa, the main corridor or beside the AC return in an apartment. A machine in a far corner of a bedroom scents that corner. It can stand freestanding, be wall mounted or be mounted to the HVAC, and it is 165 x 80.5 x 215mm at 0.9kg, so it does not need much room. Leave internal doors ajar so the floor behaves as one connected volume of air, which is what the 1000m³ rating - about 2,000-3,000 sq ft - assumes. The empty-house schedule. One short cycle a day at a low intensity. This is the setting people get wrong. An empty house has nothing diluting its air, so fragrance builds; run it as though a family were living there and you will arrive to something heavy. Low and short also stretches the tank across the whole gap between visits. Arrival. About four hours before you unlock the door, open the app and lift the intensity or extend the run. The fragrance then has time to diffuse through the volume and settle, which reads as the smell of the house rather than the smell of a machine that just started. Occupied. Drop it straight back down. People, cooking, bathing and open doors add and disperse plenty on their own, and this is where most over-scenting happens. Refills. The 400ml tank lasts up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, so a closed home on a restrained schedule is roughly five fills a year. Make topping up part of your departure routine, alongside pouring a mug of water down every drain and floor trap, so you never arrive to an empty tank or a dry trap. The rest of the specification matters for exactly this use: 5W, so leaving it running costs almost nothing; under 38dB; auto-stop when the tank runs low; a key-lock so a caretaker, tenant or guest cannot alter your settings; CE, RoHS and SGS certification; made in India. And waterless, which is the whole reason it suits this job: pure fragrance oil, no water standing in a tank in an empty house, no moisture added to cushions and wardrobes, no residue on wood, stone or textiles. Fragrance does not remove odour molecules. It adds fragrance on top of them, so scent sprayed into a shut-up house gives you both smells at once. A diffuser is not an air purifier, it does not disinfect, dehumidify or remove off-gassing, and it makes no health claim. Open the house, move the air, wet the drains, dry the soft things, and only then scent the space. A free home scenting plan will set the placement and schedule with you, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Place it on the air path, run one short low cycle a day while the house is empty, lift it four hours before arrival, drop it back while you are in, and refill on departure. About five fills a year.
The whole guide in one line: a SOSA Vaayu on the air path, low and short while the house is empty, lifted four hours before you arrive. Waterless, 1000m³ (about 2,000-3,000 sq ft), 400ml lasting up to about 75 days, 5W, under 38dB, auto-stop, key-lock, 1h/4h/8h/24h schedules.
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Placement
On the air path, doors ajar, and out of reach in a house guests use
The machine, and where to put it
One machine, one price, and a specification worth reading properly because in a closed house the numbers that matter are not the ones people usually compare.
The closed-home machine
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser at ₹11,999, rated to 1000m³ - about 2,000-3,000 sq ft. 400ml refillable tank lasting up to about 75 days, Bluetooth app and onboard buttons, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers with adjustable intensity, under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, 165 x 80.5 x 215mm, 0.9kg.
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Left alone safely
SOSA Vaayu - auto-stop and key-lock
Auto-stop when the tank runs low and a key-lock so a caretaker, guest or tenant cannot change your settings. CE, RoHS and SGS certified, made in India. Freestanding, wall mounted or HVAC mounted.
From ₹11,999
Set from anywhere
SOSA Vaayu - app schedules
Bluetooth app with 1h, 4h, 8h and 24h timers and adjustable intensity, so an empty house runs a low daily cycle and arrival morning runs higher. Change it before you travel and drop it back when you leave.
From ₹11,999
Placement, schedule and intensity for a house that stands empty
Three settings decide how a closed house smells when you open it, and none of them is the fragrance you choose.
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Placement
On the air path, with the internal doors ajar
The 1000m³ rating assumes connected air. A machine in a shut bedroom scents that bedroom; a machine on the landing with the doors ajar scents the floor. In a villa, the stairwell or the landing is nearly always the right place because the stair connects the volumes and air moves through it naturally. In an apartment, the main corridor or a position near the air-conditioning return works best, since anything on the return path is distributed by the system rather than by chance. Avoid far corners, avoid behind furniture, and avoid directly beside an open window where the fragrance goes straight outside. In a house that guests or staff use, put it out of easy reach and use the key-lock. It can be freestanding, wall mounted or HVAC mounted, and at 0.9kg and 165 x 80.5 x 215mm it fits on a shelf or a console.
Tip: if you cannot feel air move where you are standing, that is the wrong spot.
The Vaayu can stand freestanding, wall-mount or connect to the HVAC, so placement is rarely a constraint.
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Intensity and schedule
Less into an empty house, more four hours before you arrive
An empty house is not diluting anything, so it holds far more of what you put into it than an occupied one. One short cycle a day at a low intensity is usually right, and it stretches the tank. Then lift it about four hours before you arrive: extend the run or raise the intensity from the app so the fragrance diffuses fully and settles, which is what makes it read as the smell of the house rather than something that just switched on. Drop it back the moment you are living in the house, because people, cooking and open doors change the room completely. If you arrive and it is too strong, cut run hours before you change fragrance; nine times out of ten the fragrance was fine and the schedule was set for an occupied house. Expect to spend two or three visits finding your level, then leave it alone.
1h, 4h, 8h and 24h timers with adjustable intensity, all reachable from the Bluetooth app before you travel.
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Refills and departure
Top up on the way out, along with the drains
The 400ml tank lasts up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, which on a restrained closed-home schedule is roughly five fills a year and a top-up every second or third visit. Do it as part of locking up rather than opening up, so you never arrive to an empty tank. The departure routine that goes with it is short and worth doing every time: top up the tank, reset the low daily schedule, pour a mug of water down every drain and floor trap, strip the beds, leave wardrobes, cupboards and internal doors ajar, and clear the bins and the fridge. Auto-stop protects the machine if the tank does run low, and the key-lock means the schedule you set is the schedule you come back to even if the house has had guests in it.
Tip: refill on departure, never on arrival. The drains get their mug of water at the same time.
400ml lasting up to about 75 days, with auto-stop and a key-lock for a house other people use.
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The SOSA principle
In a closed house the specification that matters is not how it smells. It is tank life, power draw, auto-stop, a key-lock, and the fact that there is no water in it.
Get the placement and the schedule right and the fragrance takes care of itself.
The full specification, and how each number matters in a closed house
Here is the verified specification with what each number actually means for a house that stands empty, rather than for a shop floor.
The SOSA plan
The specification, read for a closed home
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1000m³ coverage, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft
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One machine per connected volume. A two-floor villa is usually two, one per floor on the stair air path, both running the same fragrance. View → |
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400ml tank, up to about 75 days, 5W
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Refilling roughly five times a year rather than weekly, and an electricity cost small enough to ignore in a house nobody is in. View → |
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Waterless, no heat, no residue
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Nothing stands in a tank between visits, no moisture is added to cushions and wardrobes, and nothing settles on wood, stone or upholstery. View → |
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Auto-stop, key-lock, under 38dB, CE, RoHS, SGS
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It survives being left alone in a house that guests, tenants or a caretaker use, and it does not need supervising. View → |
This guide assumes the house is being opened and closed properly, which is the part that matters most: how to keep a closed house smelling fresh is the lock-up checklist and how to freshen a house that has been closed for several days is the arrival routine. For the ongoing rhythm across a year, see how to maintain fragrance in a second home you don't visit every day, and if you are still deciding, whether the Vaayu is genuinely useful for a frequently closed home gives the honest yes and no. One technical point decides most of this block. The Vaayu is waterless: it nebulises pure fragrance oil from a 400ml tank and adds no moisture at all. Ultrasonic diffusers, which is what most home diffusers are, mist water plus a water-based fragrance, so they add humidity and they hold a tank of water. In a house that is shut for weeks you do not want standing water sitting in an empty room, and in a humid region you certainly do not want to add moisture to cushions and wardrobes that are already struggling. That is a technical reason, not a commercial one.
One machine, five decisions, five refills a year
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999, waterless, 1000m³ coverage, 400ml lasting up to about 75 days, 5W, under 38dB, auto-stop, key-lock and app schedules.
Placement and schedule decide almost everything. People spend weeks choosing a fragrance and ten seconds deciding where the machine stands.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
The numbers that matter in an empty house
Tank life, power draw, noise, auto-stop and the key-lock
The SOSA specification for a house that stays closed
One machine, specified for a house that is empty more often than it is full. Waterless, so nothing stands in a tank; 1000m³ coverage, so one machine covers a floor; 400ml for up to about 75 days, so refilling is a twice-a-quarter job; 5W, under 38dB, auto-stop and a key-lock. CE, RoHS and SGS certified and made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA specification for a closed house
Air it first, then one machine sized to the air volume
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Vaayu
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Apartments, villa floors and second homes up to about 2,000-3,000 sq ft | 1000m³ coverage, waterless so there is no standing water in an empty house, 400ml tank up to about 75 days, Bluetooth app with 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, under 38dB, 5W, auto-stop and key-lock | ₹11,999 View → |
Set the placement and the schedule properly and this machine needs almost no attention. Fragrance does not remove odour molecules. It adds fragrance on top of them, so scent sprayed into a shut-up house gives you both smells at once. A diffuser is not an air purifier, it does not disinfect, dehumidify or remove off-gassing, and it makes no health claim. Open the house, move the air, wet the drains, dry the soft things, and only then scent the space. The two things it will never do are dry out a damp house and reseal a drain trap, and those are the two most common causes of a bad smell in a closed home, so deal with them first every time. SOSA's hotel-inspired fragrances are our own original interpretations of a style of scenting, composed in our own studio. SOSA is an independent Indian brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel or hotel group. Send us the floor plan and your visit pattern and we will set it up with you - ask us what fits your home.
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A note from Sonal
People spend weeks choosing a fragrance and about ten seconds deciding where the machine will stand, which is the wrong way round. In a closed house, placement and schedule decide almost everything about what you walk into. The oil is the easy part.
My setup for a house that stands empty is the same every time. The Vaayu goes on the air path, usually the stairwell or the landing, with the bedroom doors left ajar. One short low cycle a day while nobody is there, lifted about four hours before arrival, dropped back once we are in. Refill on the way out, together with a mug of water down every drain. That is the entire method, and it produces a house that smells the same every single time you open the door, which is the only thing anyone actually wants.
And the honest part, which I put in every one of these pages because it is the reason to trust the rest. Fragrance does not remove odour molecules. It adds fragrance on top of them, so scent sprayed into a shut-up house gives you both smells at once. A diffuser is not an air purifier, it does not disinfect, dehumidify or remove off-gassing, and it makes no health claim. Open the house, move the air, wet the drains, dry the soft things, and only then scent the space. A closed house that smells wonderful was aired, drained and dried first. The machine is what keeps it smelling like yours after that. SOSA's hotel-inspired fragrances are our own original interpretations of a style of scenting, composed in our own studio. SOSA is an independent Indian brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel or hotel group. Everything is made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Where should the SOSA Vaayu be placed in a closed house?
On the air path rather than in a corner. In a villa that usually means the stairwell or the landing, because the stair connects the floors and air moves through it naturally. In an apartment, the main corridor or a spot near the air-conditioning return works best. Leave internal doors ajar so the floor behaves as one volume, keep the machine out of easy reach in a house guests use, and use the key-lock.
What schedule should I run while the house is empty?
One short cycle a day at a low intensity. An empty house has nothing diluting its air, so fragrance accumulates rather than dissipates and a heavy schedule gives you a cloying room. Lift the intensity from the app about four hours before you arrive so it has settled by the time you unlock the door, drop it back while you are there, and reset the low cycle when you leave.
How often does the SOSA Vaayu need refilling in a closed home?
The 400ml tank lasts up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, so a restrained closed-home schedule works out to roughly five fills a year, or a top-up every second or third visit. Make it part of the departure routine rather than the arrival one, along with pouring a mug of water down every drain and floor trap.
What is the full SOSA Vaayu specification?
A waterless cold-air nebuliser at Rs 11,999, rated to 1000 cubic metres, described by the manufacturer as about 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft. 400ml refillable tank lasting up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1, 4, 8 and 24 hour timers with adjustable intensity, under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, 165 x 80.5 x 215mm, 0.9kg, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, CE, RoHS and SGS certified, made in India.
Will the Vaayu remove a stale or musty smell from a closed house?
No. Fragrance does not remove odour molecules, it adds fragrance on top of them, so scenting a shut-up house gives you both smells at once. A diffuser is not an air purifier and it does not disinfect, dehumidify or remove off-gassing. Open every window, cross-ventilate, pour water down the drains, air the mattresses and cushions, and scent the space once it is genuinely aired.
Placement, schedule, intensity, refill. Then leave it alone.
SOSA — Closed Home Scenting for villas, second homes and rooms that stay shut
The SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with a 400ml tank lasting up to about 75 days, Bluetooth app and 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, adjustable intensity, under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, auto-stop and key-lock, CE, RoHS and SGS certified. No water, no heat, no dampness, no residue. 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 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 up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers with adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, dimensions 165 x 80.5 x 215mm at 0.9kg, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification. It uses no water and no heat, so there is no dampness and no residue. 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.