★ SOSA for Women's Health and Wellness Centres
Costed honestly from zero upward, almost everything that makes a gynaecology practice read as premium is free - and the whole hardware bill at the end is ₹849
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"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 entire hardware spend on this page
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserPine, sage and cedar - dry, cool, not a salonView ₹849SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserSix reeds, flipped weekly, no powerView ₹849SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser50ml ₹849 or 130ml ₹1,349 - that is the listView ₹849
✓ Seven of the nine steps on this page cost nothing at all ✓ No contractor, no downtime, no clinic closed for a weekend ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Women's Health
What do the paid steps cost? Two of them. Matching every bulb in the patient-facing area to one colour temperature, which is a few hundred rupees of lamps and an evening's work. And one Mountain Breeze reed diffuser at ₹849 for 50ml, which lasts six to eight weeks, or ₹1,349 for 130ml, which lasts fourteen to eighteen. Total hardware spend: ₹849. There is no machine on this page and no power point needed.
Is a reed really enough, or am I being talked down to a smaller sale? For a practice up to about 300 sq ft of patient-facing area, a reed is genuinely the right answer and a machine would be the wrong buy. Reeds are a volume control, not a range control - reach is set by how much reed surface is exposed, so a bigger bottle buys you months, never metres. If your waiting area is larger than one room, or reception opens onto a corridor, that is the point at which a SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 becomes the honest next step.
See the SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser Book a scenting plan
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.
Nobody asks this question because they want a decorating tip. They ask it because the practice is doing well, the lease has years to run, and shutting for three weeks to redo a reception is not a plan. So here is the same list I give on the phone, costed from zero upward.
Quick answers — read this first
Can a gynaecology practice feel more premium without spending on interiors? Yes, and rather more than founders expect, because most of what reads as premium is consistency rather than material. A desk that is clear at nine and clear at four, one lighting temperature instead of three, no printed A4 taped to the walls, and a room that smells the same on Monday as it does on Saturday. None of that involves a contractor. Seven of the nine steps below cost nothing at all, and the whole hardware bill is ₹849.What do the paid steps cost? Two of them. Matching every bulb in the patient-facing area to one colour temperature, which is a few hundred rupees of lamps and an evening's work. And one Mountain Breeze reed diffuser at ₹849 for 50ml, which lasts six to eight weeks, or ₹1,349 for 130ml, which lasts fourteen to eighteen. Total hardware spend: ₹849. There is no machine on this page and no power point needed.
Is a reed really enough, or am I being talked down to a smaller sale? For a practice up to about 300 sq ft of patient-facing area, a reed is genuinely the right answer and a machine would be the wrong buy. Reeds are a volume control, not a range control - reach is set by how much reed surface is exposed, so a bigger bottle buys you months, never metres. If your waiting area is larger than one room, or reception opens onto a corridor, that is the point at which a SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 becomes the honest next step.
The short answer
Short answer: yes, and most of it is free. Fix the opening routine, put every bulb in the patient-facing area on one colour temperature, clear the desk, take the printed signage off the walls, and keep the room smelling the same every day. The entire hardware spend at the end is one Mountain Breeze reed diffuser at ₹849, and no room where a patient is examined gets any of it.
The pick: one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser (₹849 for 50ml, ₹1,349 for 130ml) on the reception counter, six reeds, flipped weekly - the only line on this page you actually have to buy.
Next step: send a photograph of your reception taken from the doorway at eye height, and we will tell you which of the free steps applies and where the ₹849 bottle should stand - Ask for a clinic scenting plan.
In this guide
Almost nothing that makes a practice read as expensive is expensive. It is the same room, done the same way, every single day - which is a management problem rather than a budget one.
The one purchase on the list - tap for the specification
The whole hardware bill, ₹849
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849
If you are weighing a machine instead
Is a commercial machine worth buying?
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
How can a gynaecology practice be made to feel more premium without spending on interiors?
By fixing the things that are free first, and by understanding what you are actually buying when you spend on a room. Premium, in a small medical practice, is almost never material quality - patients are not appraising your flooring - it is consistency. The same room, presented the same way, every day, with nothing in it that looks improvised. That is a management problem, not a budget one, and it is why this list starts at zero. Free, in order of how much they change: a fixed opening routine, written down and taking ten minutes, so the desk is clear at nine and clear again at four rather than accumulating through the day. Taking the printed A4 down - the fee list, the timings, the two taped notices, the payment QR code stuck to the monitor - and replacing all of it with one printed card at the desk, because nothing reads as improvised faster than paper taped to a wall. One lighting temperature: mismatched bulbs are the single most common reason a well-designed reception looks cheap on camera and in person, and matching them is a few hundred rupees at most. Sound, which usually means switching the waiting-room television off and leaving it off. The bin, the cables and the water cooler moved out of the sightline from the entrance. A consistent greeting from whoever is at the desk. And smell, which is the only line with a price on it and the one I get asked about. The honest specification for a practice of this size is one Mountain Breeze reed diffuser at ₹849 for 50ml, which runs six to eight weeks, or ₹1,349 for 130ml at fourteen to eighteen weeks - Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, dry and cool and green, which is the register a clinic wants and the exact opposite of the floral or powdery direction that makes a gynaecology practice smell like a beauty salon. Six fibre reeds, flipped weekly, no power point, nothing to maintain. Total hardware spend on this entire page: ₹849. One honest caution about what a reed can do: reeds are a volume control rather than a range control, because reach is governed by exposed reed surface, so a 130ml bottle buys months and not metres. If your waiting area is larger than a single room, a reed will smell correct at the desk and of nothing at all by the far chairs, and the next honest step is a SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899. The zoning does not change at any price: reception and waiting only, with examination rooms, prenatal and scan rooms, postpartum and lactation rooms and treatment cabins completely unscented, one seating area kept unscented by design, and the bottle moved or removed the moment a patient asks. This is an ambience decision carrying no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside your cleaning and ventilation rather than instead of them and is never used to mask a smell, and your judgement as the treating clinician overrides all of it in your own rooms. Ask for a clinic scenting plan and send a photograph from the doorway - the free steps are usually visible in it.
Fix the routine, the paper on the walls, the mismatched bulbs and the sightline from the door - all free. Then one Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 in reception, and nothing at all in any room where a patient is examined.
The only purchase on this list is one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser - Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, alcohol-free and phthalate-free, six fibre reeds flipped weekly, 50ml lasting 6-8 weeks. ₹849, or ₹1,349 for the 130ml at 14-18 weeks. If your waiting area is bigger than one room, step up to a Sukoon at ₹1,899 instead.
See the SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849 Ask for a clinic scenting plan
Costed from zero
Seven steps at nothing, one at a few hundred, one at ₹849
The one thing on this page you buy
There is a single line with a price attached, and two versions of it depending on how bright and pale your reception is. The images link to the product pages so you can read the composition before ordering.
The default for a clinic - dry, green, cool
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
Himalayan pine with sage and cedar. Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, on a coconut-derived CCT base, with six fibre reeds flipped once a week. 50ml lasts six to eight weeks at ₹849; 130ml lasts fourteen to eighteen at ₹1,349. No power point, no timer, no settings for anybody to raise.
From ₹849
For a bright white or very pale reception
SOSA Morning Freshness reed diffuser
Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus - brighter and sharper than the pine, and the better match where the reception is white, glass and pale wood rather than warm. Same alcohol-free base and six reeds. 50ml ₹749, 130ml ₹1,249. Either of these is the right register; neither is floral.
From ₹749
Three free changes that do most of the work
If you only did three things off this page and spent nothing, these are the three, in the order they pay attention back to you.
1
Write the opening routine down
Consistency is the whole of premium, and it costs nothing
The difference between a practice that reads as expensive and one that does not is rarely the furniture - it is whether the room looks the same at four in the afternoon as it did at nine. Write ten lines: desk cleared, chairs squared, blinds at one height, bin emptied, cables tucked, lamps on, reeds flipped on Monday. Give it to whoever opens up and to whoever closes. The cost is zero and the effect is larger than anything on this page you could buy, because a patient at four in the afternoon is seeing the version of your practice you never look at. Do this before you spend a rupee on anything else.
Tip: Photograph reception from the doorway at four in the afternoon. That photograph is your actual interior.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
2
Take the printed paper off the walls
Nothing looks improvised faster than A4 and sticky tape
Fee lists, timings, the payment QR code taped to a monitor, two notices about appointment policy, an old poster from a health campaign. Each one went up for a good reason and together they undo an entire interior budget. Replace the lot with a single printed card at the desk and one framed notice if you genuinely need one. This costs the price of a card and removes the strongest visual signal that a practice is run improvised. While you are there, match the bulbs - one colour temperature across the whole patient-facing area, warm or neutral but not both, which is a few hundred rupees of lamps and is the second most common reason a good room photographs badly.
Tip: If a notice is taped rather than framed, it is temporary. Patients read that instantly.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
3
Make the room smell the same every day
One profile, one place, ₹849 - and not a floral one
Smell is the last of the free-ish changes and the only one with a bill. The instinct in a women's practice is to go soft, floral or powdery because the interior is beige and blush, and that instinct is precisely what makes a gynaecology reception read as a beauty salon. Go dry and cool instead: Mountain Breeze at ₹849, pine, sage and cedar, on the counter or a side table away from the door draught, six reeds flipped weekly so the level does not sag in week five. The intensity test is simple: if a patient can identify the fragrance, it is too strong. And it never goes into a room where anyone is examined.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
The SOSA principle
Patients do not price your materials. They read whether the same room was set up the same way today as it was last time, which is a rota and a checklist rather than a renovation.
The most expensive-feeling practices I visit have usually spent the least - they have simply removed everything that looked temporary.
The whole list, costed from zero
Every step I would actually recommend, with what it costs and what it buys, in the order I would do them.
The SOSA plan
Making a gynaecology practice feel premium without interiors - the costed list
| The step | What to do |
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A written opening and closing routine
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Nothing. Ten lines on a card. Buys the single largest change on this page, because it fixes the four-o'clock version of your reception. |
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All printed A4 off the walls
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The price of one printed card. Removes the strongest signal that a practice is run improvised. |
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Bin, cables and cooler out of the sightline
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Nothing. Ten minutes. Buys a clean first frame from the doorway, which is the only view most patients form. |
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One lighting temperature throughout
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A few hundred rupees of lamps. Buys the difference between a room that photographs well and one that does not. |
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One fragrance profile, reception only
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₹849 for a Mountain Breeze reed, 50ml, six to eight weeks. The entire hardware spend on this page. |
 A larger waiting area than one room
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₹1,899 for a Sukoon. Only at this point, and only because a reed buys months rather than metres. |
If you are weighing this against buying a machine properly, the size-and-air-path test is in whether professional scenting is worth it for a solo gynaecologist or mainly for larger centres. And if your practice is on the other side of this question - a large new build where the money is already spent - the proportion argument is made in whether scenting is worth adding after spending heavily on a new centre. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
The one line with a price on it
SOSA Mountain Breeze ₹849 - pine, sage and cedar, six reeds, six to eight weeks, no power point and nothing to install.
I have never walked into a practice and thought the flooring was cheap. I have walked into plenty and thought somebody stopped tidying up at about two o'clock.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why a reed and not a machine
No power, no settings, and nothing anyone can turn up
The SOSA no-renovation specification
One bottle covers a practice of this size, and the only real choice is which of the two clinic-appropriate registers suits your walls. Neither is floral, and that is deliberate. Warranty, AMC, installation and bulk terms are not published for any SOSA product, so confirm those directly if they matter to you. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA women's-health specification
The whole hardware list for a practice that is not renovating
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
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The default - a warm, beige or wood-toned gynaecology reception | Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, alcohol-free, six reeds flipped weekly, 50ml lasting 6-8 weeks at ₹849 and 130ml 14-18 weeks at ₹1,349 | ₹849 View → |
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SOSA Morning Freshness reed diffuser
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A bright white, glass and pale-wood reception | Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus, sharper and cooler, 50ml at ₹749 and 130ml at ₹1,249, same alcohol-free base | ₹749 View → |
Do the free steps before the paid one, keep the register dry and cool rather than floral or powdery, keep every clinical room - examination, prenatal, scan, postpartum, lactation, treatment - completely unscented rather than lightly scented, and keep one seating area unscented by design. Fragrance here is an ambience decision like lighting or seating and makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim; it works alongside cleaning and ventilation, never instead of them, and is never used to mask another smell; and nobody can promise it changes anything about how the practice performs commercially. Ask for a clinic scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
What founders mean by this question is almost never decorative. They mean the practice is doing fine, the lease has years left, and closing for three weeks to redo a reception is not something they are willing to do. Fair enough. The reframe I offer is that most of the gap they are feeling is not material at all - it is that the room is not the same room twice, and patients read that immediately without being able to name it.
So the list starts at zero and stays there for a long time. Write down the opening routine. Take the taped paper off the walls. Match the bulbs. Move the bin out of the line from the door. Switch the television off. None of that requires a designer, a contractor or a day of closure, and together they do more than any single object you could buy. I would genuinely rather you did those and bought nothing.
When you get to the end of the free list, there is one line left, and it is Mountain Breeze at ₹849 for 50ml or ₹1,349 for 130ml - pine, sage and cedar, dry and cool, and pointedly not the floral your beige interior is asking for. Total hardware spend: ₹849. If your waiting area has outgrown one room, a Sukoon at ₹1,899 is the next honest step and the last one I would suggest at this size. Examination and treatment rooms get nothing at all. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
How can I make my gynaecology practice feel more premium without spending on interiors?
Fix consistency before material. Write a ten-line opening and closing routine so the desk looks the same at four as at nine, take every piece of printed A4 off the walls, put all the bulbs in the patient-facing area on one colour temperature, move the bin and cables out of the sightline from the door, and keep the room smelling the same every day. Seven of those steps cost nothing. The whole hardware bill is one reed diffuser at Rs 849.
What is the total I need to spend?
Rs 849 for a 50ml Mountain Breeze reed diffuser, which lasts six to eight weeks, or Rs 1,349 for the 130ml at fourteen to eighteen weeks. A few hundred rupees more if you are replacing mismatched bulbs. There is no machine on this list, no power point required and nothing to install. If the waiting area is larger than a single room, the next honest step is a SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899.
Will a reed diffuser reach my whole waiting area?
Probably not, and this is the honest limit of the format. Reeds are a volume control rather than a range control, because reach is set by how much reed surface is exposed to the air. A larger bottle buys you months of life, not extra metres of reach. If reception and the far chairs are more than a room apart, or a corridor is involved, a reed will smell right at the desk and of nothing at the other end, and a Sukoon at Rs 1,899 is the step up.
Should the fragrance be soft and floral to suit a beige and blush interior?
No, and this is the most common mistake in women's health interiors. A fragrance chosen to match a soft palette lands floral or powdery, which is the fastest way to make a gynaecology practice read as a beauty salon. Take the register from what the rooms do rather than from what they look like: dry, cool and green. Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, or Malabar lemon with peppermint and eucalyptus.
Does any of this go into the examination room?
No. Examination rooms, prenatal and scan rooms, postpartum and lactation rooms, pelvic-floor and other treatment cabins, and any room where a patient is undressed or unable to leave stay unscented, and that means unscented rather than a smaller bottle. A faint drift from reception through an open door is unavoidable and acceptable. Keep one seating area unscented by design as well, and move the bottle the moment anyone asks.
Free first, ₹849 last
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for gynaecology, prenatal, postpartum and women's wellness centres
The SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser (₹849 for 50ml, ₹1,349 for 130ml) is Himalayan pine, sage and cedar - dry, cool and the opposite of a salon - with six fibre reeds flipped weekly and no power point required. If the waiting area has outgrown one room, a Sukoon at ₹1,899 is the next step. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Send a photograph from the doorway and we will tell you what is free to fix.
Ask for a clinic scenting plan → SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser · ₹849
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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.