★ SOSA for Hyderabad Businesses
Yes, but it is the last item and the smallest, because repositioning a salon is mostly subtraction rather than addition - and the change to the fragrance is itself a removal, from a room that smells of the products you sell to a room that smells of almost nothing plus one quiet register
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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."
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
★ Sized to the visitor-facing zone, in the register the business runs
Mountain BreezePine, sage and cedar - the house defaultView ₹849
Morning FreshnessLemon, mint and eucalyptus for a white officeView ₹749
SOSA VaayuThe same register across a connected client floorView ₹11,999
✓ One register in the visitor-facing zone only - entrance, reception and the waiting area - set from the furthest seat at the end of the longest wait and then key-locked ✓ Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented, a named seat is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than requested, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Hyderabad
What does the fragrance change actually involve? Usually less, not more. A room that smells strongly of professional product is itself a value signal, so the change is from product smell to one quiet register set low.
Why does the register come last? Because it is the quietest signal in the room. A considered register is unreadable while a laminated rate card, a stacked carton and a tube light are still doing the talking.
See the SOSA Vaayu Book a scenting plan
Facts verified 9 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 a 400ml refillable tank lasting roughly 75-90 days 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, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification - electrical and compliance marks only. Being waterless it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on paper, screens or documents; refill supply 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. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml water-based ultrasonic diffuser for a single room of roughly 270-320 sq ft, and the SOSA Boond (₹899) is its compact equivalent; both use the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (15ml from ₹299, 100ml ₹999, 300ml ₹1,799), which is made for ultrasonic diffusers and is not reed diffuser oil. SOSA reed diffusers - Morning Freshness (₹749 / ₹1,249) and Mountain Breeze (₹849 / ₹1,349), or the two together as the Fresh & Grounded duo (₹1,548 / ₹2,548) - are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with a 50ml bottle lasting 6-8 weeks and a 130ml bottle 14-18 weeks. Ambient fragrance in a commercial space is an interior and hospitality decision only. SOSA makes no claim that it treats, relieves, prevents or improves any medical, dental or psychological condition, that it makes anyone feel calmer, more comfortable or more confident, that it affects recovery, patient comfort or any clinical outcome, or that it affects footfall, walk-ins, enquiries, bookings, conversions, sales, average spend, dwell time, customer retention or revenue. It does not remove or reduce any odour in the air, and it is never a substitute for ventilation, cleaning, housekeeping or fresh-air exchange - an office with a persistent smell has a source to find and fix first. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented, because the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free in the reception or waiting area and offered rather than waiting to be requested. The visitor's preference overrides any plan on this page, and where a customer, patient or member of staff is sensitive to fragrance the correct response is to reduce or switch off. 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.
Yes - last, and least. An upgrade is mostly subtraction: the rate card taped to the mirror, the product carton on the open shelf, the offer poster. The register is the smallest item on that list, and it is a removal too.
Quick answers — read this first
Should a salon's fragrance change when it repositions? Yes, but it is the last item on the list and the smallest. Almost everything that still prices a salon at the old rate is an object you can take out of the room this week.What does the fragrance change actually involve? Usually less, not more. A room that smells strongly of professional product is itself a value signal, so the change is from product smell to one quiet register set low.
Why does the register come last? Because it is the quietest signal in the room. A considered register is unreadable while a laminated rate card, a stacked carton and a tube light are still doing the talking.
The short answer
Short answer: yes, but last and least - an upgrade is mostly a removal list, and the register only becomes legible once the loud things that still price you at the old rate have gone.
The pick: one register, set low - a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849) at the desk, or a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) where the floor is one connected volume.
Next step: stand at your own door and write down every object that still states a price. Or ask for a scenting plan for your space.
In this guide
A considered register cannot be heard over a laminated rate card. Do the removals first.
Sized to the visitor zone - tap to see each
The house register
Mountain Breeze · ₹849
For a white, daylit office
Morning Freshness · ₹749
Send the floor plan
Free scenting plan for your space
Straight answer
Should the fragrance experience change when a Kukatpally salon upgrades from regular to premium?
Yes, and it should be the last thing you change and the smallest change you make - because a salon repositioning upward is doing subtraction, not addition, and almost nobody frames it that way. The instinct after a refit is to ask what to add. The useful exercise is the opposite one. Stand just inside your own door, look at the room the way somebody seeing it for the first time does, and write down every single object that still states a price. The list is always longer than the owner expects and it is always made of things that cost nothing to remove. A laminated rate card taped to the corner of a mirror. The branded shampoo carton stacked on an open shelf with the barcode facing out. An offer poster in the window with a percentage on it. A bare tube light over the wash basins when the rest of the room is on warm spots. Two spare plastic chairs stacked by the door. A sachet display beside the till. Stock cartons visible from the third chair. Every one of those is a louder statement about where the salon sits than any fragrance will ever be, and every one of them can be gone before the weekend. The finish, the seating and the lighting cost money; the removals cost an afternoon; and the removals do more. A considered room is defined by what is not in it, which is the whole of this answer compressed into one line. Now the part specific to fragrance, and it surprises people. The change is usually downward. A salon at the value end normally smells of its own products - the sweet shampoo note, the setting spray, the professional-supply smell that says a lot of work happens here for not much money. That smell is a price signal in exactly the way the carton on the shelf is, and it is not fixed by putting a stronger fragrance over it. Product smell accumulates through the day in a way the owner stops noticing, so the work is containers closed, decanted product off the open shelf, towels moved out of the room, and the extract at the wash and colour positions actually running. Only then does a register have anything to sit against. And when it goes in, it goes in quiet. A dry register - pine, sage and cedar rather than anything sweet - set low enough that a client would notice its absence rather than its presence. A SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser at ₹849 at the staff end of the desk where the floor is one seating group, or a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 where reception and the styling floor are one connected volume and the level needs to survive a shift change. The order matters more than the products: remove, then ventilate, then set one register low. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and SOSA makes no claim that it does. Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than requested. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Yes, last and least. Write down every object in the room that still states a price and take those out first. Then close the containers and run the extract. Then one dry register at ₹849, set low.
Last item on the list: SOSA Mountain Breeze at ₹849, or a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 across a connected floor.
See the SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 Ask for a scenting plan for your space
The honest ladder
One source for the visitor zone, sized to the floor
What to buy, and for which space
The honest options for the visitor-facing zone, sized to the floor rather than to the ambition. The images link to the product pages so every figure here can be checked.
The register - or the whole answer where reception is one seating zone
SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
Himalayan pine, sage and Indian cedar - the driest register SOSA makes and the house default, because it reads as a considered room rather than as a hotel lobby. Where reception is a single seating group, this bottle at the staff end of the desk at ₹849 for 50ml carries the register on its own, three or four reeds in, flipped weekly; 130ml at ₹1,349 lasts 14-18 weeks. Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, six fibre reeds, and carried out of the room in seconds if a client asks.
From ₹849
The cool register for a white, glazed, daylit interior
SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus - cool and bright with no warmth or sweetness in it, which suits a white, glazed clinical interior where cedar can read as heavy. Three reeds in on the reception desk, or two in a hard-surfaced room. ₹749 for 50ml (6-8 weeks), ₹1,249 for 130ml (14-18 weeks). Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, six fibre reeds.
From ₹749
The removal list, in the order it pays
Everything here is subtraction except the last line, and the last line only works because of the four above it.
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The exercise
Objects that still state a price
Stand inside your own door and write down every item that announces where you sit: rate card, carton, poster, sachet display, stacked spare chairs, visible stock.
Test: the list is longer than you expect.
2
Cost
The cheap half does the most
Finish, seating and lighting cost money. The removals cost an afternoon, and a visitor reads the removals first because they are the loudest things left in the room.
Rule: do the afternoon before the budget.
3
Product
Your own product smell prices you
Sweet shampoo, setting spray and professional-supply notes say a lot of work happens here for not much money. That is a price signal, and a stronger fragrance does not answer it.
Rule: containers closed, decanted stock off the shelf.
4
Air
Extract at wash and colour
The positions that generate the most product vapour are the two that usually have no working extraction. Towels out of the room, and the fan on during and after the service.
Test: a register needs something quiet to sit against.
5
Then scent
Quiet, dry, and last
One register, dry rather than sweet, set low enough that its absence would be noticed before its presence. It is the smallest item on the list and it goes in at the end.
Rule: one register for the salon, not one per room.
The SOSA principle
Every object in the room that states a price is louder than any fragrance you can buy - and unlike the fragrance, all of them can be gone before the weekend at no cost at all.
Which is why an upgrade that starts with the scent usually reads as a salon that has bought something, and an upgrade that starts with the removals reads as one that has changed.
Upgrading a salon, question by question
What to take out, what to ventilate, and where the register finally goes.
The SOSA Hyderabad table
Repositioning a salon upward
| The question | The answer |
|---|---|
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Should the fragrance change after an upgrade?
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Yes, but it is the last item on the list and the smallest. Almost everything that still prices the room is an object you can remove this week. |
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What is on the removal list?
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The rate card on the mirror, the branded carton on the open shelf, the offer poster, the sachet display, stacked spare chairs and visible stock. |
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Is my own product smell a problem?
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It is a signal. Sweet shampoo and setting-spray notes read as high volume at low prices, and a stronger fragrance over them does not answer that. |
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What comes before the register?
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Containers closed, decanted product off open shelves, towels out of the room, and the extract at the wash and colour positions actually running. |
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And then what goes in?
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One dry register, set low. A Mountain Breeze reed (₹849) at the desk, or a Vaayu (₹11,999) across a connected floor. |
The signalling version is repositioning and what a register can honestly do, the product-smell version is product smells on a back-to-back timetable, and the composition version is why a simpler register suits a big crowd. SOSA makes no claim that fragrance removes or reduces anything in the air.
One register, the visitor-facing zone only, set from the furthest seat
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 waterless, key-locked and timed to opening hours; Mountain Breeze ₹849 or Morning Freshness ₹749 as the register. Send the floor plan with the closed rooms and the entrance marked and we will return it with the placement and the fragrance-free seat.
The refit cost you lakhs. The rate card taped to the mirror costs nothing to take down, and a first-time visitor reads it before they read any of the money you spent.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Sized to the floor
The visitor zone gets one source; closed treatment and consultation rooms get none
The SOSA Hyderabad specification
One register, delivered at whatever size the visitor-facing zone is, with the rule that travels alongside each product. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA Hyderabad specification
What goes where in a clinic, salon, showroom or office
| Product | The space it fits | The rule that travels with it | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
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SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
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Reception as a single seating group, and the register for the whole firm | Three or four reeds in at the staff end of the desk, flipped weekly; lifted out of the room in seconds if a client asks | ₹849 / ₹1,349 View → |
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SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
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The same, in a white, glazed or hard-surfaced room | Two or three reeds in - a hard room needs fewer, not more; cool, with no warmth or sweetness | ₹749 / ₹1,249 View → |
 SOSA Fresh & Grounded Reed Diffuser Duo
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Two genuinely separate seating groups in one client area | Two bottles in two places carrying one register - reach comes from placement, never from adding reeds | ₹1,548 / ₹2,548 View → |
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SOSA Vaayu
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When the client zone is a connected floor rather than one seating group | The same register carried by a machine, placed from the plan and key-locked at the level the furthest chair allowed | ₹11,999 View → |
 SOSA Sukoon
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A closed reception or waiting area of 270-320 sq ft | High shelf, on low, opening hours only, rinsed between refills | ₹1,899 View → |
A SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is the water-based rung for a single enclosed reception or client lounge of roughly 270-320 sq ft in a dry room, and a Boond (₹899) for a single cabin; both run on the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (from ₹299), which is not reed diffuser oil and is not interchangeable with it. Above about 3,000 sq ft of one connected volume the step is one SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) on the duct, not a second Vaayu. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented - the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there - and that is achieved by placement and doors rather than by a lower setting. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered at the desk rather than waiting to be asked. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, it makes no contribution to what a visitor buys, books or decides, and it works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them. The visitor's preference overrides any plan. Ask for a scenting plan for your space and send the floor plan with the closed rooms and the entrance marked.
SS
ISIPCA
Versailles
Versailles
A note from Sonal
Yes, and it should be the last thing you change and the smallest change you make, because a salon repositioning upward is doing subtraction rather than addition and almost nobody frames it that way. The instinct after a refit is to ask what to add. The useful exercise is the opposite. Stand just inside your own door, look at the room the way somebody seeing it for the first time does, and write down every object that still states a price. The list is always longer than the owner expects and it is always made of things that cost nothing to remove.
A laminated rate card taped to a mirror. The branded shampoo carton stacked on an open shelf with the barcode facing out. An offer poster with a percentage on it. A bare tube light over the wash basins when the rest of the room is on warm spots. Two spare plastic chairs stacked by the door. A sachet display beside the till. Stock cartons visible from the third chair. Every one of those is a louder statement about where the salon sits than any fragrance will ever be, and every one can be gone before the weekend. The finish and the seating cost money; the removals cost an afternoon; and the removals do more. A considered room is defined by what is not in it.
Then the part specific to fragrance, which surprises people: the change is usually downward. A salon at the value end normally smells of its own products - the sweet shampoo note, the setting spray, the professional-supply smell that says a lot of work happens here for not much money. That is a price signal in exactly the way the carton is, and it is not answered by putting a stronger fragrance over it. Containers closed, decanted product off the open shelf, towels out of the room, extract at the wash and colour positions actually running. Only then does a register have anything to sit against, and when it goes in it goes in quiet: dry rather than sweet, set low enough that a client would notice its absence rather than its presence. A SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser at ₹849 at the staff end of the desk, or a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 where the floor is one connected volume. Fragrance does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and I make no claim that it does. Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented. A named seat is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than requested. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Should a salon change its fragrance after upgrading from regular to premium?
Yes, but it is the last item on the list and the smallest. Most of what still prices the room at the old rate is an object that can be removed this week.
What should be removed first?
The laminated rate card, the branded product carton on the open shelf, the offer poster, the sachet display, stacked spare chairs and visible stock.
Is the salon's own product smell part of the problem?
It is a signal rather than a problem. Sweet shampoo and setting-spray notes read as high volume at low prices, and a stronger register does not answer that.
What should be done before adding a register?
Close containers, move decanted product off open shelves, take towels out of the room, and run the extract at the wash and colour positions.
How strong should the new register be?
Low. Set it so a client would notice its absence rather than its presence, and use one register for the whole salon rather than one per room.
Write the removal list first
SOSA — Studio Scenting subtract, then set one register
Repositioning a salon upward is mostly subtraction. Stand inside your own door and write down every object that still states a price - the rate card on the mirror, the carton on the open shelf, the offer poster, the stacked spare chairs, the visible stock. Those are louder than any fragrance and all of them can be gone this week. Then close the containers and run the extract at the wash and colour positions. Then one dry register, set low. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Ask for a scenting plan for your space → SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
One more look at the range
Continue the read
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- SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849)
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- Simpler profile for a bigger crowd?
- Product smells, appointment after appointment
- Modernise without losing the character
- Narsingi salon vs Jubilee Hills
- Luxury without excessive decoration
- Kondapur salon: fresh at 10, treatments by 7
- Ask us: Ask for a scenting plan for your space
- Brand: Founder story — why SOSA exists
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 9 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 a 400ml refillable tank lasting roughly 75-90 days 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, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification - electrical and compliance marks only. Being waterless it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on paper, screens or documents; refill supply 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. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml water-based ultrasonic diffuser for a single room of roughly 270-320 sq ft, and the SOSA Boond (₹899) is its compact equivalent; both use the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (15ml from ₹299, 100ml ₹999, 300ml ₹1,799), which is made for ultrasonic diffusers and is not reed diffuser oil. SOSA reed diffusers - Morning Freshness (₹749 / ₹1,249) and Mountain Breeze (₹849 / ₹1,349), or the two together as the Fresh & Grounded duo (₹1,548 / ₹2,548) - are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with a 50ml bottle lasting 6-8 weeks and a 130ml bottle 14-18 weeks. Ambient fragrance in a commercial space is an interior and hospitality decision only. SOSA makes no claim that it treats, relieves, prevents or improves any medical, dental or psychological condition, that it makes anyone feel calmer, more comfortable or more confident, that it affects recovery, patient comfort or any clinical outcome, or that it affects footfall, walk-ins, enquiries, bookings, conversions, sales, average spend, dwell time, customer retention or revenue. It does not remove or reduce any odour in the air, and it is never a substitute for ventilation, cleaning, housekeeping or fresh-air exchange - an office with a persistent smell has a source to find and fix first. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented, because the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free in the reception or waiting area and offered rather than waiting to be requested. The visitor's preference overrides any plan on this page, and where a customer, patient or member of staff is sensitive to fragrance the correct response is to reduce or switch off. 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.