★ SOSA for Hyderabad Businesses
From the front it will, because with the shutter up the wall line is not a boundary at all - the real boundary is a depth line somewhere inside the floor plate, usually four to seven metres in, and everything in front of it is effectively outdoors no matter what the drawing says
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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
SOSA VaayuA connected reception, lounge and corridorView ₹11,999
Mountain BreezeThe dry pine, sage and cedar registerView ₹849
Morning FreshnessThe cool register for a white, daylit officeView ₹749
✓ 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
How do I find where that is? Hang a light strip of tissue at about 1.5 metres, at two-metre intervals from the opening, on a normal trading afternoon. Where it stops moving, the building begins.
Should the level be raised to compensate? No. Raising it does not scent the front, which is effectively outdoors. It raises the dose at the deep end where staff spend the whole day.
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.
At the front, yes. With the shutter up, your envelope is not the wall. It is a depth line inside the floor, usually four to seven metres in - and a strip of tissue will find it.
Quick answers — read this first
Does fragrance escape through a large shutter? The front of the unit does not hold anything at all. With the shutter up the wall line is not an envelope, so the scented volume is whatever lies deep enough to be out of the draught.How do I find where that is? Hang a light strip of tissue at about 1.5 metres, at two-metre intervals from the opening, on a normal trading afternoon. Where it stops moving, the building begins.
Should the level be raised to compensate? No. Raising it does not scent the front, which is effectively outdoors. It raises the dose at the deep end where staff spend the whole day.
The short answer
Short answer: at the front it escapes completely, because with the shutter up there is no envelope at the wall line. The scented volume is a depth - usually four to seven metres in - and a tissue strip finds it.
The pick: a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) mounted deep in the unit rather than near the opening, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849) at a rear seating group.
Next step: hang a tissue strip every two metres from the shutter this afternoon. Or ask for a scenting plan for your space.
In this guide
A tissue strip every two metres will tell you where your building actually starts. The drawing will not.
Sized to the visitor zone - tap to see each
One machine, the visitor floor
SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
The areas that carry nothing
Which areas stay fragrance-free
Send the floor plan
Free scenting plan for your space
Straight answer
Will fragrance escape too quickly from an Uppal unit with large shutters and frequent door openings?
The front of the unit will not hold anything, and no machine, level or register changes that - but the useful part of the answer is that this is not a leak problem, it is a boundary problem, and your boundary is not where you think it is. A shutter-front unit has a drawing that shows a wall with an opening in it. During trading hours that drawing is wrong. With a four or six metre shutter rolled up, the building has no envelope at the wall line at all: outside air moves in across the full width of the opening, driven by wind, by the temperature difference between a hot street and a conditioned interior, and by every vehicle that passes. The wall is a sunshade, not a boundary. Which means the honest question is not "how much escapes" but "where does my building actually begin". And there is a real answer, because the incoming air loses its momentum at a measurable depth. Air entering a wide opening slows as it spreads, and somewhere between three and eight metres in - four to seven is typical for an Uppal ground-floor unit with a full-width shutter - it stops being a draught and becomes room air. Everything in front of that line is effectively outdoors. Everything behind it is a room, and a room can hold a register. You can find the line in ten minutes for nothing. Cut six strips of light tissue, tape them at about 1.5 metres - head height, not floor level - at two-metre intervals on a line running straight back from the middle of the opening, and watch them on a normal trading afternoon with everything running as it usually does. The front strips will move continuously. At some point one strip is moving and the next is not. That gap is your envelope, and it is worth marking on the floor in chalk, because almost every scenting mistake in a shutter-front business is made by putting the source in front of it. Three consequences follow. First, the source goes deep, not at the front. Put it behind the line and let the register work outward toward the opening, which is the only direction that produces a gradient a customer walks into. A machine near the shutter is simply exhausting into Uppal. Second, do not compensate with level. Raising the setting cannot scent a zone that is outdoors; it raises the dose only in the part that is indoors, which is where the counter, the seating and your own staff are for ten hours. The same logic governs a door that never closes. Third, the front four metres are not a failure to be fixed but a zone with a different job. Spend there on the things that survive open air: a proper mat run, a clean threshold, a sightline into the deep part of the unit, and light. And be honest about the second building you own. With the shutter down, the same unit is a sealed box, which is why an overnight timer is a waste of refill in a room nobody is in and why a short lead-in before opening is worth more than eight hours of night running. 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. A SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 mounted deep in the unit, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser at ₹849 at a rear seating group. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than waiting to be 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.
At the front, completely. With the shutter up the wall line is not an envelope, so the scented volume is a depth - usually four to seven metres in. Find it with tissue strips, put the source behind it, and scent nothing in front.
Mounted deep, not at the front: SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze at ₹849.
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.
A connected reception, waiting area and corridor of ~1,500-3,000 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³ - about 2,000-3,000 sq ft - on one unit. In a clinic, salon or showroom its value is control rather than reach: the key-lock holds the level the furthest waiting chair was judged to, so it survives every shift and every new receptionist, and the 1h/4h/8h/24h timer keeps it on opening hours rather than saturating an empty room overnight. Waterless, so it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on stock, mirrors, screens or displays. 400ml tank, roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, under 38dB, wall or HVAC mount.
From ₹11,999
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
Find the line, then work behind it
The wall is a sunshade during trading hours. The real envelope is a depth line, and it can be found with six strips of tissue.
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The envelope
The wall line is not a boundary
With a full-width shutter up, outside air enters across the whole opening under wind, the street-to-interior temperature difference and passing traffic. The drawing stops being true at opening time.
Rule: ask where the building begins, not how much leaks.
2
The depth
Momentum runs out somewhere
Air entering a wide opening spreads and slows, and between about three and eight metres in it stops being a draught and becomes room air. Four to seven is typical.
Rule: in front of it, outdoors; behind it, a room.
3
The test
Six strips of tissue, two metres apart
Tape them at about 1.5 metres on a line back from the middle of the opening and watch on a normal trading afternoon. One strip moves, the next does not - that gap is your envelope.
Test: mark it on the floor in chalk.
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Placement
Source deep, working outward
Behind the line, so the register moves toward the opening and a customer walks into a gradient. A machine near the shutter is exhausting into the street.
Rule: never within two metres of the opening.
5
The trap
Level cannot buy the front back
A higher setting does not scent a zone that is effectively outdoors. It only raises the dose at the deep end, where the counter, the seating and your staff are for ten hours a day.
Rule: spend on mats and sightlines at the front instead.
The SOSA principle
With the shutter up, your building does not begin at the wall. It begins four to seven metres inside, at the point where a strip of tissue stops moving - and nothing in front of that line can be scented at any setting.
Which converts a question about escaping fragrance into a question about depth, and the depth is measurable in ten minutes for nothing.
A shutter-front unit, question by question
Where the boundary really is, how to find it, and what belongs on each side of it.
The SOSA Hyderabad table
Fragrance in a large shutter-front space
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Will fragrance escape through the shutter?
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The front of the unit holds nothing, because with the shutter up there is no envelope at the wall line. The volume behind the draught is a different matter. |
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How do I find where the building starts?
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Tape tissue strips at about 1.5 metres every two metres back from the opening and watch them trading. Where one moves and the next does not is the line. |
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Where should the source go?
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Behind the line, working outward toward the opening, and never within a couple of metres of the shutter where it simply exhausts to the street. |
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Should the level be raised to compensate?
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No. It cannot scent a zone that is effectively outdoors, and it raises the dose only where the counter, the seating and the staff are all day. |
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What should the front four metres get?
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Mats, a clean threshold, a sightline and light. Then a Vaayu (₹11,999) or a Mountain Breeze reed (₹849) deep inside. |
The door-frequency version is what frequent door openings cost, the open-front retail version is a wide open entrance, and the street-footfall version is doors opening constantly. 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.
Six strips of tissue and ten minutes will tell you where your building starts. Every scenting mistake in a shutter-front unit is made by putting the machine in front of that line.
— 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 Vaayu
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A connected reception, waiting area and corridor of ~1,500-3,000 sq ft | Wall or HVAC mounted on the far side of the client zone from the meeting-room doors; level set from the furthest chair at the end of the longest wait, then key-locked; timer on opening hours | ₹11,999 View → |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
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The register for the whole client zone; alone where reception is one seating group | Pine, sage and cedar - dry, and reads as a considered room rather than a hotel lobby; three or four reeds in at the staff end of the desk | ₹849 / ₹1,349 View → |
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SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
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The same job in a white, glazed, daylit interior | Malabar lemon, mint and eucalyptus - cool with no warmth; one register for the whole business, never one per branch | ₹749 / ₹1,249 View → |
 SOSA Sukoon
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A reception or waiting area that is a closed room of 270-320 sq ft | High shelf on the wall the seating faces, on low, during opening hours, rinsed between refills; water-based, so not the choice in a damp building | ₹1,899 View → |
 SOSA Boond
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A director's cabin, a small reception or a single desk | One small enclosed space only, on low; never in a closed treatment room or consultation cabin | ₹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.
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ISIPCA
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Versailles
A note from Sonal
The front of the unit will not hold anything, and no machine or setting changes that - but the useful part of the answer is that this is a boundary problem rather than a leak, and the boundary is not where the drawing puts it. A shutter-front unit has a drawing showing a wall with an opening in it. During trading hours that drawing is wrong. With a four or six metre shutter rolled up, there is no envelope at the wall line at all: outside air comes in across the full width, driven by wind, by the difference between a hot street and a conditioned interior, and by passing traffic. The wall is a sunshade, not a boundary.
So the question becomes where the building actually begins, and there is a real answer. Air entering a wide opening spreads and slows, and somewhere between three and eight metres in - four to seven is typical for an Uppal ground-floor unit - it stops being a draught and becomes room air. In front of that, effectively outdoors. Behind it, a room, and a room can hold a register. You can find the line in ten minutes for nothing: tape six strips of light tissue at about head height, two metres apart, on a line running back from the middle of the opening, and watch them on a normal trading afternoon. One strip moves, the next does not. Mark that gap on the floor in chalk.
Three things follow. The source goes deep and works outward, because a machine near the shutter is exhausting into Uppal. The level is not raised to compensate, because a higher setting cannot scent a zone that is outdoors and only raises the dose where the counter, the seating and your staff spend ten hours. And the front four metres are not a failure but a zone with a different job - mats, a clean threshold, a sightline and light. With the shutter down the same unit is a sealed box, which is why an overnight timer wastes refill in an empty room while a short lead-in before opening is worth a great deal. Fragrance does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and I make no claim that it does. A SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 deep in the unit, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser at ₹849 at a rear seating group. Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented. A named seat is kept genuinely fragrance-free. 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
Does fragrance escape from a unit with a large shutter?
The front of the unit holds nothing, because with the shutter up there is no envelope at the wall line and outside air enters across the whole opening.
How do I find the real boundary of my space?
Tape light tissue strips at about 1.5 metres every two metres back from the opening and watch them while trading. Where one moves and the next does not is the line.
How deep is that line usually?
Between about three and eight metres in, with four to seven typical for a ground-floor unit with a full-width shutter, depending on width and wind.
Where should the machine be mounted?
Behind the line and working outward, never within a couple of metres of the opening where the output is carried straight into the street.
Should the machine run overnight with the shutter down?
No. With the shutter down the unit is a sealed box, so night running spends refill on an empty room; a short lead-in before opening is worth more.
Tape six tissue strips this afternoon
SOSA — Studio Scenting find the depth line
With the shutter up your building has no envelope at the wall line, so the question is not how much escapes but where the building begins. Air entering a wide opening slows and becomes room air somewhere between three and eight metres in. Tissue strips at head height every two metres find it in ten minutes. Put the source behind the line, spend on mats and sightlines in front of it, and never raise the level to compensate. 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
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- Ask us: Ask for a scenting plan for your space
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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 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.