★ SOSA for Luxury Watch Boutiques and Premium Retail
The mildest climate in the family removes the seasonal variable - which means less adjustment, and often less machine
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★ The machine past 1,500 sq ft, and the cheaper one that usually wins below it
SOSA VaayuPast 1,500 sq ft, one Vaayu at a low settingView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuBelow that, the Sukoon wins more often hereView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuEither way, one setting that holds all yearView ₹11,999
✓ Waterless, so the machine adds no moisture to the room and leaves no residue on surfaces ✓ Adjustable intensity and app timers, though in this climate you will use them once and leave them ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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Does that change what I buy? Often, yes, and downward. Two of the four honest non-coverage reasons for buying a Vaayu below its size band carry less weight here. You need less seasonal adjustment than a Delhi store, and the waterless argument that a humid coastal store leans on is a smaller factor in mild air. So in the arguable 750 to 1,500 sq ft band, a SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 wins in Bengaluru more often than it would in Mumbai. Past about 1,500 sq ft, it is still one Vaayu.
So what does a Bengaluru boutique actually spend? Under about 750 sq ft: one Sukoon at ₹1,899, or a Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 if you want no schedule at all. Between 750 and 1,500 sq ft: usually still the Sukoon, unless you have a genuinely separate lounge or a lobby that a wall-mounted machine could reach. Past 1,500 sq ft, or with central AC to mount into: one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, run low. Total hardware spend: one machine, and frequently the cheap one.
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Facts verified 5 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting 90+ days a fill depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, operation under 38dB at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification, which are electrical and compliance marks and not medical approvals. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft and is supplied with three 15ml fragrances; the water-based Hotel Collection (₹299 / ₹999 / ₹1,799) is an ultrasonic fragrance and is not a refill for a waterless cold-air machine. SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with 50ml lasting about 6-8 weeks and 130ml about 14-18 weeks. Cold-air refill oil for the Vaayu is not currently sold separately - the machine ships with 400ml included and further refills should be confirmed with SOSA. Warranty, annual maintenance, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed before ordering. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and infection control and is never a substitute for any of them, it is never used to mask another smell, and no claim is made that fragrance influences a patient's decision or any commercial outcome. Clinical areas including procedure, post-procedure and photography rooms are left unscented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room. 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 post in the series where I have the least to sell you, and that is the finding rather than a disclaimer. A mild, stable climate takes away most of the variables the other cities spend their year managing, and what it leaves behind is a simpler and cheaper answer.
Quick answers — read this first
Does a mild climate actually make this easier? Yes, and more than most people expect. The whole climate family exists because temperature and moisture change how the same setting reads, which forces a store to re-judge its number as the seasons turn. Bengaluru largely removes that. The air is mild and comparatively stable across the year, many boutiques run naturally ventilated for long stretches, and the room a customer walks into in April is close to the room they walk into in November. So you set the level once, properly, and then you get to stop thinking about it.Does that change what I buy? Often, yes, and downward. Two of the four honest non-coverage reasons for buying a Vaayu below its size band carry less weight here. You need less seasonal adjustment than a Delhi store, and the waterless argument that a humid coastal store leans on is a smaller factor in mild air. So in the arguable 750 to 1,500 sq ft band, a SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 wins in Bengaluru more often than it would in Mumbai. Past about 1,500 sq ft, it is still one Vaayu.
So what does a Bengaluru boutique actually spend? Under about 750 sq ft: one Sukoon at ₹1,899, or a Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 if you want no schedule at all. Between 750 and 1,500 sq ft: usually still the Sukoon, unless you have a genuinely separate lounge or a lobby that a wall-mounted machine could reach. Past 1,500 sq ft, or with central AC to mount into: one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, run low. Total hardware spend: one machine, and frequently the cheap one.
The short answer
Short answer: simply, and more cheaply than in most Indian cities. A mild, stable climate means one setting holds all year, so the store needs less adjustment and often less machine. Past about 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) at a low setting; in the 750 to 1,500 sq ft band a SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) wins here more often than it would on the coast; under 750 sq ft it is a Sukoon or a reed at ₹849.
The pick: one SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) for most Bengaluru boutiques under about 1,500 sq ft, or one SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) past that, or once there is a lobby and a private lounge for a wall or HVAC mount to reach.
Next step: tell us the floor size, the ceiling height and whether the store runs naturally ventilated for much of the year, and we will tell you which of the two machines you actually need - Ask for a retail scenting plan.
In this guide
Every other city in this family is managing a variable. Bengaluru mostly is not, and the honest consequence of that is a smaller bill rather than a better fragrance.
The machine past 1,500 sq ft - tap to see the specification
For a boutique past about 1,500 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999
The hard-climate contrast
A city that needs two settings a year
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
What scenting setup works for a premium watch boutique in Bengaluru's mild climate?
A simpler and usually cheaper one than the rest of this series describes, and I would rather tell you that than sell past it. Start with what a mild climate removes. The entire reason this family exists is that temperature and moisture change how a given setting reads, which forces a store to re-judge its number as conditions swing. A Delhi boutique is effectively two buildings across one year; a coastal store is managing a wet season and a dry one. Bengaluru is comparatively stable, plenty of boutiques here run naturally ventilated for long stretches, and the room a customer walks into in April is close to the room they walk into in November. So you set the level once, carefully, and then it stops being a decision. That is worth more than it sounds - a setting that never gets nudged is a setting that never drifts upward, which is how most stores end up over-scented. Now the part that changes what you buy. In the honest ladder, a store between about 750 and 1,500 sq ft is the genuinely arguable band, and a Vaayu earns its place there on four things that are not coverage: control, no water, distribution and uptime. In Bengaluru, two of those carry less weight. You need less seasonal adjustment than a two-season city, and the waterless argument that a humid coastal store leans on is a smaller factor in mild air - though the fact itself stands, because the machine is waterless and adds no moisture to the room whatever the weather is doing. So in that arguable band, a SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 wins here more often than it would in Mumbai, and I would rather you spent the difference on your lighting, which will do more for the room than any fragrance decision. Under about 750 sq ft it is a Sukoon or, if you want no schedule at all, a Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 - and reeds are a volume control rather than a range control, so a bigger bottle buys you months rather than metres. Past about 1,500 sq ft, or once there is an entrance lobby and a private lounge for a wall or HVAC mount to reach, it is one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, run low, timed to trading hours and key-locked. The register does not change for the climate: dry woods with a leather facet, a soft dry amber, dry tea or citrus at the bright end, nothing sweet, edible or powdery. If your store is genuinely open to the outside for much of the year, keep the level lower still, because a naturally ventilated room rewards restraint and punishes ambition. Set it for the advisor who breathes it nine hours a day rather than the customer who is in it for forty minutes; if the team says it is too much, it is too much. And to be plain about the thing you are really weighing: no one can promise you that ambient scent moves footfall, dwell or spend, and any supplier who offers you a figure is selling. Ask for a retail scenting plan and tell us the floor size and how the store is ventilated.
Mild and stable air removes the seasonal variable, so one setting holds all year. That means less adjustment and often less machine: the Sukoon at ₹1,899 wins here more often, and the Vaayu at ₹11,999 waits until about 1,500 sq ft.
Past about 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu - waterless, 1000m³, under 38dB, app timers and a key-lock - at ₹11,999. Below that, and often right up to it in this city, the honest buy is a SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899, or a reed at ₹849 if you want no schedule at all.
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What a mild climate takes off your list
The seasonal re-judge, and two of the four reasons to overbuy
The machine, and the cheaper one that usually wins
The order of these two cards is deliberate, but in Bengaluru the second one is the answer more often than in any other city in this series. The images link through to the product pages so you can check the specification before ordering.
Boutiques past about 1,500 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, roughly 2,000-3,000 sq ft. 400ml tank running 90+ days a fill, Bluetooth app with 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, adjustable intensity, under 38dB, auto-stop and key-lock. Wall or HVAC mountable, which is the reason it earns its place once there is a lobby and a lounge to carry.
From ₹11,999
Under about 1,500 sq ft here - usually this
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, supplied with three 15ml fragrances. In a mild, stable climate the control and seasonal arguments that push a store up to a Vaayu are weaker, so this wins the arguable band more often in Bengaluru than anywhere else in this series.
From ₹1,899
The three things a mild climate removes
Three variables the rest of this family spends its year managing, and what is left behind once they are gone.
1
Remove the seasonal re-judge
One setting, set carefully once, holds across the year
In a two-season city the level has to be re-judged as conditions swing, and every one of those adjustments is an opportunity for it to creep upward. Here you can set it properly once - low, with your advisors judging it and someone walking in from outside to confirm - and then genuinely leave it. A setting nobody touches is a setting nobody raises, which is quietly the most valuable thing about trading in stable air. Write the number down anyway, so it survives a manager changing, and keep an annual walk-in check in the diary to catch drift rather than weather.
Tip: One check a year is enough here. You are looking for someone having nudged it, not for the season.
2
Remove two reasons to overbuy
Control and no-water carry less weight when the air barely moves on you
A Vaayu below its size band is justified by control, no water, distribution and uptime, and any two of those make the case. In a mild climate the control argument is weaker because you are not adjusting for seasons, and the waterless argument - true as a machine fact in any city - is a smaller consideration than it is on the coast. So a Bengaluru boutique of 900 sq ft, in a building with one connected volume and no separate lounge, is usually a ₹1,899 Sukoon where the identical footprint in Mumbai might reasonably be a ₹11,999 Vaayu. That is not a compromise; it is the right answer for the site.
Tip: Distribution and uptime still count. A lobby, a lounge or central AC to mount into can still tip you upward.
3
Add one thing back: natural ventilation
An open store rewards restraint and punishes ambition
The trade-off for mild air is that a lot of Bengaluru boutiques run with doors and windows genuinely open for long stretches, which means the room exchanges air with the street the way a Mumbai high-street store does. The response is a lower level, not a higher one. If your store is open to the outside, accept that the threshold is shared ground and set the source deep inside where the air settles. Turning it up to compensate is the same mistake every open-fronted store in this cluster makes: the doorway is unchanged and the back of the room becomes something people have to stand in.
If the store trades open most of the year, set the level lower than this article's default and check it on foot.
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The SOSA principle
Stable air is worth more than a better fragrance, because a setting nobody has to revisit is a setting nobody quietly raises.
Which is why the mildest city in this family gets the smallest recommendation - less adjustment, less machine, and a bill that is often a tenth of what the pitch assumes.
The plan, set once and left alone
Shorter than the other plans in this family, because there is genuinely less to do.
The SOSA plan
A Bengaluru boutique, by size and by how it trades
| The store | What to do |
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 Under 300 sq ft
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One reed at ₹849. A machine is not the answer and a boutique this size is usually a single display room. |
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300 to 750 sq ft
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One Sukoon at ₹1,899, or a reed if you want no schedule. A Vaayu would be the wrong buy. |
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750 to 1,500 sq ft
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Still usually the Sukoon here, because the seasonal and waterless arguments that tip other cities upward are weaker in this air. |
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Past 1,500 sq ft, or a lobby and lounge
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One Vaayu at ₹11,999, run low on trading-hour timers and key-locked. |
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A store that trades open most of the year
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Set the source deep, keep the level lower than default, and concede the threshold rather than raising the dial. |
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The annual job
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One walk-in check a year, looking for drift rather than for weather. Number, date and timer hours on a card. |
The contrast worth reading next is how a Delhi boutique should approach summer and winter, which is the same argument in a city that gives you two buildings for the price of one. And if you run branches in several cities and are trying to keep them consistent, the family pillar is whether one signature scent can work across Indian cities if machine settings are adjusted for each store. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
Less adjustment, and usually less machine
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 waits until about 1,500 sq ft here - below that the honest buy is a Sukoon at ₹1,899.
Bengaluru is the one city in this series where I spend most of the conversation talking people down a price band, and the climate is doing the arguing for me.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
When the Vaayu still earns its place here
Distribution and uptime, rather than climate
The SOSA Bengaluru specification
Three honest answers rather than two, because in this climate a reed is a real option for a small boutique and not a consolation prize. Cold-air refill oil is not currently sold separately, so the 400ml supplied with a Vaayu runs 90+ days a fill and further supply should be confirmed with SOSA before you commit to a rollout. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA watch-boutique specification
Stable air, so the size ladder does all the deciding
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Sukoon
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Most Bengaluru boutiques under about 1,500 sq ft | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included, and the arguable band tips this way in mild air | ₹1,899 View → |
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SOSA Vaayu
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Past about 1,500 sq ft, or once there is a lobby and a lounge | 1000m³ (about 2,000-3,000 sq ft), waterless, adjustable intensity, app timers, key-lock, wall or HVAC mountable | ₹11,999 View → |
Set it once, low, and leave it. Ambient scent here is a presentation decision like lighting or case layout; it is never used to cover or mask another smell; and ventilation and fresh-air intake are your HVAC contractor's work rather than a fragrance supplier's. And to be plain about it: no one can promise you that ambient scent moves footfall, dwell or spend, and any supplier quoting you a figure is selling. Ask for a retail scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
I write these city posts expecting to explain a complication, and Bengaluru refused to give me one. The air is mild, it is comparatively stable, a great many boutiques here trade with the doors genuinely open for months at a time, and the room a customer walks into does not change much between April and November. That takes away the variable that the rest of this family is built around, and the honest consequence is a smaller recommendation rather than a cleverer one.
What I would actually say to a Bengaluru owner is this. Set the level once, low, with your floor team judging it and someone arriving from outside to confirm - your own nose adapts within twenty minutes and stops being useful. Write the number on a card. Then leave it alone for a year, and when you do check it, you are checking whether somebody nudged it rather than whether the weather moved it. In a two-season city that check is a real piece of work; here it is ten minutes in the diary.
On hardware I will talk you down. Past about 1,500 sq ft, or once there is an entrance lobby and a private lounge for a wall or HVAC mount to reach, a Vaayu at ₹11,999 is right. Below that, in this city more than any other, a Sukoon at ₹1,899 is the honest buy, and under 300 sq ft a Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 is genuinely enough. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
What scenting setup works for a premium watch boutique in Bengaluru's mild climate?
A simpler one than most Indian cities need. Mild, stable air means one setting holds across the year, so you set the level once and stop revisiting it. Past about 1,500 sq ft, or once there is an entrance lobby and a private lounge, one SOSA Vaayu at Rs 11,999 run low. Below that the honest buy is usually a SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899, and under 300 sq ft a Mountain Breeze reed at Rs 849 is genuinely enough.
Does a mild climate mean I can buy a cheaper machine?
Often, yes. A Vaayu below its size band is justified by control, no water, distribution and uptime, and any two of those make the case. In stable air the control argument is weaker because you are not re-judging for seasons, and the waterless point matters less than it does on the coast. So in the arguable 750 to 1,500 sq ft band, a Sukoon at Rs 1,899 wins in Bengaluru more often than it would in Mumbai or Delhi.
Do I need to change the setting between seasons in Bengaluru?
Far less than elsewhere, and for most stores not at all. The point of a mild climate is that the room a customer walks into barely changes across the year, so one carefully chosen setting holds. Keep one annual walk-in check in the diary anyway, but you are checking whether somebody has nudged the level rather than whether the weather has moved it. That is what the key-lock is for.
My boutique trades with the doors open most of the year - does that change anything?
Yes, and it pushes the level down rather than up. An open store exchanges air with the street continuously, so the threshold is shared ground no matter what you do. Set the source deep inside the boutique where the air settles, keep the level lower than you otherwise would, and resist compensating for the doorway with a bigger number - that leaves the entrance unchanged and makes the back of the room unpleasant.
Should the fragrance itself be different in a mild climate?
No. The profile is the constant and the setting is the variable, in every city in this series. A watch boutique wants dry woods with a leather facet, a soft dry amber, or dry tea and citrus at the brighter end, and nothing sweet, edible or powdery, whatever the weather is doing outside. What a mild climate changes is how rarely you have to touch the dial and, quite often, which machine you needed in the first place.
Set once, left alone, and usually cheaper than you expected
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for luxury watch boutiques and premium retail
The SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) covers up to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, and belongs past about 1,500 sq ft or once there is a lobby and a lounge to carry; below that a Sukoon at ₹1,899 is the honest buy in this climate, and under 300 sq ft a reed at ₹849 is genuinely enough. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
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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 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 adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting 90+ days a fill depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, operation under 38dB at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification, which are electrical and compliance marks and not medical approvals. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft and is supplied with three 15ml fragrances; the water-based Hotel Collection (₹299 / ₹999 / ₹1,799) is an ultrasonic fragrance and is not a refill for a waterless cold-air machine. SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with 50ml lasting about 6-8 weeks and 130ml about 14-18 weeks. Cold-air refill oil for the Vaayu is not currently sold separately - the machine ships with 400ml included and further refills should be confirmed with SOSA. Warranty, annual maintenance, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed before ordering. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and infection control and is never a substitute for any of them, it is never used to mask another smell, and no claim is made that fragrance influences a patient's decision or any commercial outcome. Clinical areas including procedure, post-procedure and photography rooms are left unscented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room. 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.