SOSA · The Founder Diaries · For Interior Designers
Draw the air
before the joinery
Fragrance is usually added to a home after handover, by the client, with whatever socket is left. Specified at drawing stage it costs almost nothing and looks intended.
A diffuser asks three things of a designer: power, open air around it and a hand's reach for refilling. None of them can be added neatly once the panelling is up.
Part of the SOSA guides for Hyderabad homes. See also पवन Pawan, which needs only a wall socket.
The answer in 30 seconds
What should a designer plan for?
- Mark the air volumes on the plan. Connected social rooms as one zone. Each closed room on its own.वायु Vaayu
- One accessible socket for each scent point. Dry, unobstructed, and never inside sealed joinery.पवन Pawan
- Never box a diffuser in. A niche must be open-fronted with clear air around it. The manual governs the clearances.
- Hand over a page, not just a product. Zones, devices, oils, tested settings and refill links.
What goes wrong after handover
I am often asked to rescue a fragrance plan in a finished home. The client loved the idea, bought a machine, and discovered that the only free socket in the living room is behind the sofa, the niche that was suggested has a shutter, and the refill cannot be reached without moving a console. None of this is a fragrance problem. It is a drawing problem, and it is solved on paper in an afternoon.
The first decision is zoning. A home is not one air volume. The connected living, dining and lounge are one zone if they are open to one another. Every room with a door is its own. Separate floors are separate until an open stair or a void proves otherwise. Mark these on the plan the way you mark lighting circuits, and the device choice follows: a zone device for a large connected volume, a room device for a closed room.
The second is the point itself. Pawan plugs directly into a wall socket and needs nothing else, so its position is the socket's position. Specify one in the open, at a place the client will not block with furniture. Vaayu stands on a shelf, mounts on a wall or goes into an HVAC return, and runs from a power adapter, so it needs a socket close by and a surface or a fixing. Whether an HVAC connection suits a given system is a question for the site and the equipment, not for the mood board.
| A specification checklist | |
|---|---|
| Zones | Connected social rooms as one volume, in cubic metres. Each closed room listed separately. Each floor separately. |
| Power | A dry, accessible socket at every scent point. For Vaayu, allow for its power adapter. |
| Airflow | Open at the front, clear of curtains and upholstery, out of the direct line of AC vents. Manufacturer clearances govern. |
| Joinery | No sealed cabinets and no shuttered niches. An open shelf or an open-fronted niche only. |
| Finishes | Fragrance oil should not sit on stone, veneer or fabric. Plan a wipeable surface, and a place to refill away from marble and silk. Follow the oil label. |
| Refill access | The tank or bottle must be reachable without moving furniture. |
| Wet areas | A dry position well away from water, and the manufacturer's electrical guidance, before any device goes near a bathroom. |
The handover page
A fragrance system the owner cannot maintain will be switched off within months. What keeps it running is a single page left with the client, written on site, in their presence. Both machines take the same SOSA waterless oils, which keeps that page short.
- The zone plan. The drawing, with each scent point marked.
- The device at each point, and why. So the client does not move a room device into a hall and wonder why it seems faint.
- The oil chosen for each zone. With the client's second choice noted for a change of season.
- The tested setting and schedule. As set on site, after the client has walked in from outside and approved it.
- A consumption note. How much oil each device used in its first weeks, so reorders rest on measurement and not on a guess.
- Refill and care instructions. Use only SOSA waterless oils, never water, and keep the outside dust-free.
“Mark air volumes on the plan the way you mark lighting circuits. The device choice follows.”
वायु and पवन · the two devices to specify
What each one asks of the drawing
वायु Vaayu: published for up to 1,000 m³ of a suitable connected zone · waterless cold-air mist · 165 x 80.5 x 215 mm, 0.9 kg, in black or white · DC 12V power adapter · freestanding, wall-mounted or into an HVAC return · 400 ml refillable tank · app and timer · key-lock · under 38 dB.
पवन Pawan: one room up to about 500 sq ft · waterless · plugs straight into a wall socket with no cable or adapter · silent · app and timer · 200 ml of oil included · 1-year warranty.
Current prices and oil sets are on each product page.
See वायु VaayuSee पवन PawanReading this alongside the home
This brief applies to any Hyderabad home, and the zoning differs by format. We have written separate guides for a villa, a duplex, a sky residence, a penthouse and a premium apartment. Read the one that matches the project before you mark the plan.
Questions, answered
Where should an interior designer leave space and power for a diffuser?
How do I hide a diffuser without blocking its airflow?
How do I avoid over-specifying fragrance for an apartment?
Can Vaayu be integrated with the air conditioning?
Can fragrance be part of an interior handover gift?
What should a designer hand over with a fragrance system?
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