SOSA Founder Diaries · Vaayu
Which fragrance should I choose for a premium furniture showroom with wooden interiors: sandalwood, cedarwood, amber or a subtle oud composition?
Three of your four words are printed in SOSA's refill accord lines, and the fourth is not. For a furniture showroom the more useful fact is that one of the boxes Vaayu comes in already holds cedarwood, amber and sandalwood together, so the comparison can happen on your own floor.
Answer in brief
- Which of the four can I actually buy? Sandalwood, cedarwood and amber are all printed in refill accord lines. There is no oud refill among the sixteen. A subtle oud composition is not among them in any strength.
- Is there one box that holds them? Yes. One of the three hotel-inspired Vaayu sets holds Old-World Glamour, Lobby Bar, Forest Suite and Warm Welcome, which between them publish amber twice, cedarwood and sandalwood. Vaayu with a hotel-inspired set is ₹12,999.
- Which accord line mentions furniture? One, and only as a description. Mahogany publishes Dark Wood, Leather and Amber, described as polished dark wood, a touch of leather and warm amber - a study with good furniture and the lamps low.
The short answer
Choose among sandalwood, cedarwood and amber, because those three are printed in SOSA refill accord lines and oud is not: there is no oud among the sixteen. One hotel-inspired Vaayu set, Rs 12,999 with the machine, holds Old-World Glamour (Amber, Violet, Woods), Lobby Bar (Citrus, Pepper, Amber), Forest Suite (Cedarwood, Vetiver, Green Leaves) and Warm Welcome (Citrus, Floral, Sandalwood), so you can compare three of your four words in the room itself. Mahogany, Rs 1,049 for 100ml, is the one description of the sixteen that mentions furniture.
The operational fact first: A furniture showroom is a floor that customers walk through and sit down in, often larger than one shop and sometimes on more than one level. Coverage comes before character.
On this page
- The floor, the four words and the box
- Your four words, set against the accord lines
- Four steps for a furniture floor
- Mahogany, and the one description that names furniture
- Questions people ask
Which fragrance should I choose for a premium furniture showroom with wooden interiors: sandalwood, cedarwood, amber or a subtle oud composition?
A furniture showroom is a different problem from a boutique, and the difference is the floor. Customers walk the length of it, sit on the sofas, open drawers and come back to the piece they liked; showrooms are often large and sometimes spread over levels. So the first fact is the published coverage. SOSA Vaayu is ₹12,499 with the SOSA Originals set of four 100ml oils and ₹12,999 with one of three hotel-inspired sets, and its published coverage is up to 1000 cubic metres, about 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft, one whole floor. If your floor is bigger than that, or on more than one level, that is a question to put to SOSA on WhatsApp rather than one I can answer from the page, and I will not calculate how many machines you need. Then your four words. Three of them are printed in SOSA's refill accord lines. Cedarwood is in Forest Suite, and cedar in Sage & Cedar, Quiet Luxury and White Tea Serenity. Amber is in Mahogany, Old-World Glamour, Lobby Bar and Tobacco Vanilla. Sandalwood is in Mysore Sandalwood and Warm Welcome. The fourth is not. There is no oud refill among the sixteen. So a subtle oud composition is not something to dial down; it is not sold. Here is the part that makes this question easier than it looks. One of the three hotel-inspired sets that Vaayu ships with holds Old-World Glamour, Lobby Bar, Forest Suite and Warm Welcome. Between them they publish amber twice, cedarwood once and sandalwood once. Vaayu with a hotel-inspired set is ₹12,999, so the comparison you are asking me to make can be made on your own floor, a week at a time, by the people who work it. If you would rather buy refills for a machine you already own, one description of the sixteen mentions furniture at all. Mahogany publishes Dark Wood, Leather and Amber, described as polished dark wood, a touch of leather and warm amber - a study with good furniture and the lamps low. That is SOSA's description of the oil, not a statement that it suits a furniture showroom, and nothing SOSA publishes ties any refill to a furniture showroom, a direction or a kind of interior, so what this page gives you is the published accord that comes closest to what you described, and a way to test it. The Vaayu page says adjustable intensity and publishes no number of levels and no scale, and the refill page publishes no strength figure for any oil, so I cannot rank one refill as stronger or softer than another. The sixteen oils are composed in India by an ISIPCA Versailles-trained perfumer, and that perfumer is Sonal Sahani, who founded SOSA. A portion of every SOSA order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The floor, the four words and the box
A showroom is chosen in that order: how much floor the machine has to reach, which of your words exist, and how to compare them without buying four bottles.
The floor - one whole floor, published
SOSA Vaayu is ₹12,499 with the SOSA Originals set of four 100ml oils and ₹12,999 with one of three hotel-inspired sets, and its published coverage is up to 1000 cubic metres, about 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft, one whole floor. A furniture showroom is a floor customers walk through rather than a counter they sit at, so the published coverage figure is the first thing to set against your own floor plan. A larger floor, or more than one level, is a question for SOSA on WhatsApp.
Up to 1000 cubic metres, about 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft.
The four words - three printed, one absent
Cedarwood: Forest Suite. Cedar: Sage & Cedar, Quiet Luxury and White Tea Serenity. Amber: Mahogany, Old-World Glamour, Lobby Bar and Tobacco Vanilla. Sandalwood: Mysore Sandalwood and Warm Welcome. There is no oud refill among the sixteen. Forest Suite publishes Cedarwood, Vetiver and Green Leaves, described as barefoot, biophilic luxury - green leaves, earthy vetiver and warm cedarwood, a forest-view room with the windows open. Old-World Glamour publishes Amber, Violet and Woods, described as powdery violet, warm amber and polished woods - refined, plush and evening-elegant, a grand suite at dusk.
The box - three of your words in one set
One of the three hotel-inspired sets holds Old-World Glamour, Lobby Bar, Forest Suite and Warm Welcome, four 100ml oils. Lobby Bar publishes Citrus, Pepper and Amber, described as bold and playful - zesty citrus, a kick of pepper and sultry amber. Warm Welcome publishes Citrus, Floral and Sandalwood, described as bright, polished hospitality - fresh citrus, soft florals and creamy sandalwood. Vaayu with a hotel-inspired set is ₹12,999, against ₹12,499 with the SOSA Originals set, a difference of ₹500.
Four 100ml oils in the box, one of them for each week of a trial.
The comparison you are asking me to make is one you can run on your own floor. One Vaayu box holds amber twice, cedarwood and sandalwood, and your staff will know by the end of the month which one they want to keep.
Three of four words exist, and one box holds them
Mahogany, and the one description that names furniture
Mahogany publishes Dark Wood, Leather and Amber, described as polished dark wood, a touch of leather and warm amber - a study with good furniture and the lamps low. Published tag: Dark & polished. It is one of the nine SOSA naturals, ₹1,049 for 100ml and ₹1,849 for 300ml. Its description is the only one of the sixteen that mentions furniture, and I quote it for that reason and no other: it is a description of the oil, and nothing published says it belongs in a furniture showroom. Mahogany is not in any of the hotel-inspired sets. The Originals set lists Mahogany Shea, which comes in that box and is not sold as a refill; Mahogany is, without the Shea.
Mahogany is ₹1,049 for 100ml and ₹1,849 for 300ml, about ₹6.2 per ml in the larger size.
See the nebuliser refillsYour four words, set against the accord lines
| What you are deciding | What is actually published |
|---|---|
| Sandalwood | Published in Mysore Sandalwood (Sandalwood, Milk, Soft Musk) and Warm Welcome (Citrus, Floral, Sandalwood). |
| Cedarwood | Published in Forest Suite (Cedarwood, Vetiver, Green Leaves); cedar in Sage & Cedar, Quiet Luxury and White Tea Serenity. |
| Amber | Published in Mahogany, Old-World Glamour, Lobby Bar and Tobacco Vanilla. |
| A subtle oud composition | Not among the sixteen. There is no oud refill for Vaayu, subtle or otherwise. |
If you do run the box as a trial, run it the way the published instruction describes. SOSA's own instruction is to start low and work up, because short scheduled bursts scent better and last far longer than running flat out. It runs from a Bluetooth app and onboard buttons, with 1h, 4h, 8h and 24h timer scheduling, adjustable intensity, key-lock and auto-stop. Give each oil its own week, at the same setting and the same hours, and ask the same two members of staff at the same time each day. The refill page publishes a cleaning step for moving from one scent to another, and it is the step to follow between one test bottle and the next. Once you have a winner, the 300ml works out at about ₹6.2 to 6.3 per ml and the 100ml at about ₹10.5 to 11, so the larger bottle is the cheaper millilitre on every scent. The published guidance on how long oil lasts is all there is: on a moderate setting with a timer, a 100ml bottle typically runs for weeks and a 300ml for months.
Oud is the one word in your question SOSA does not print. The other three are in a single Vaayu box, and your own floor is the place to compare them.
Four steps for a furniture floor
- Set your floor plan against the published coverage first.
- Drop oud: none of the sixteen refills is an oud, subtle or otherwise.
- Run the hotel-inspired set with all three words, one oil per week.
- Keep the one your staff choose, and buy it as a 300ml refill.
The product this page is about
SOSA Vaayu waterless cold-air scent machine
Coverage up to 1000 cubic metres, about 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft - one whole floor. A 400ml refillable tank. Bluetooth app and onboard buttons, 1h, 4h, 8h and 24h timer scheduling, adjustable intensity, key-lock, auto-stop. Noise under 38 dB. Power DC 12V / 1A, 5W. Waterless cold-air nebulisation - no water, no heat, a dry micro-mist. In the box: the machine, four 100ml SOSA waterless nebuliser oils (the set you choose), app control, in Black or White; the oils in the box last about a year on typical home scheduling - a few hours a day at medium.
Vaayu ₹12,499 with the SOSA Originals set · ₹12,999 with a hotel-inspired set
View SOSA VaayuWhat SOSA will and will not tell you
The published figures on this page are the prices, the coverage, the tank size, the timer steps, the noise and power figures and the refill sizes. SOSA publishes no consumption rate in ml per day, so no exact refill interval or running cost exists here; the published guidance is that a 100ml runs for weeks and a 300ml for months on a moderate setting with a timer. Nothing published ties a scent to a direction, a business or an effect on sales.
From the founder
I am Sonal Sahani. I trained at ISIPCA in Versailles, and the waterless nebuliser oils are composed in India to run in Vaayu and Safar. If a number is not on the product page, you will not find it invented here.
Compare three of your four words on your own floor
Vaayu with a hotel-inspired set is ₹12,999. One set holds Old-World Glamour, Lobby Bar, Forest Suite and Warm Welcome.
The sixteen refill scents
Quiet Luxury
White Tea, Bergamot, Cedar
100ml ₹1,099 · 300ml ₹1,899
White Tea Serenity
White Tea, Aloe, Cedar
100ml ₹1,099 · 300ml ₹1,899
Forest Suite
Cedarwood, Vetiver, Green Leaves
100ml ₹1,099 · 300ml ₹1,899
Old-World Glamour
Amber, Violet, Woods
100ml ₹1,099 · 300ml ₹1,899
Tea Garden
Jasmine, Green Tea, White Tea
100ml ₹1,099 · 300ml ₹1,899
Warm Welcome
Citrus, Floral, Sandalwood
100ml ₹1,099 · 300ml ₹1,899
Lobby Bar
Citrus, Pepper, Amber
100ml ₹1,099 · 300ml ₹1,899
Vetiver
Khus Root, Green Earth, Dry Wood
100ml ₹1,049 · 300ml ₹1,849
Mysore Sandalwood
Sandalwood, Milk, Soft Musk
100ml ₹1,049 · 300ml ₹1,849
Tobacco Vanilla
Tobacco Leaf, Vanilla, Amber
100ml ₹1,049 · 300ml ₹1,849
White Jasmine
Mogra, Tuberose, Green Stem
100ml ₹1,049 · 300ml ₹1,849
Neelakurinji
Violet Bloom, Dew, Wild Green
100ml ₹1,049 · 300ml ₹1,849
Malabar Lemon
Lemon Peel, Citrus Leaf, Light Musk
100ml ₹1,049 · 300ml ₹1,849
Japanese Cherry Blossom
Sakura, Pear, Powdery Musk
100ml ₹1,049 · 300ml ₹1,849
Mahogany
Dark Wood, Leather, Amber
100ml ₹1,049 · 300ml ₹1,849
Sage & Cedar
Sage, Cedar, Cool Mineral
100ml ₹1,049 · 300ml ₹1,849
The refill sizes
Every scent comes in 100ml and 300ml. The 300ml works out at about Rs 6.2 to 6.3 per ml and the 100ml at about Rs 10.5 to 11 per ml. The same oil runs in Vaayu and in Safar.
See the refillsQuestions people ask
Is there a subtle oud refill for SOSA Vaayu?
No. There is no oud among the sixteen waterless nebuliser refills, in any strength. Sandalwood, cedarwood and amber are all printed in refill accord lines.
Which Vaayu set holds cedarwood, amber and sandalwood?
One of the three hotel-inspired sets holds Old-World Glamour, Lobby Bar, Forest Suite and Warm Welcome. Their accord lines carry amber twice, cedarwood once and sandalwood once. Vaayu with a hotel-inspired set is Rs 12,999.
Does any refill description mention furniture?
One. Mahogany publishes Dark Wood, Leather and Amber and is described as polished dark wood, a touch of leather and warm amber - a study with good furniture and the lamps low. That is a description of the oil, not a recommendation for a showroom.
Who composes the SOSA refill oils?
Sonal Sahani, who founded SOSA and trained as a perfumer at ISIPCA, Versailles. The refill page says the oils are composed in India by an ISIPCA Versailles-trained perfumer, and that is her. It publishes an accord line and a short description for each of the sixteen, and those are the only words this page quotes about any oil.
Will one Vaayu reach my whole showroom?
The published coverage is up to 1000 cubic metres, about 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft, one whole floor. For a larger floor or more than one level, ask SOSA on WhatsApp at +91 96192 18531.
Ask a person instead
If you would rather describe your space, its opening hours and the scent you like to someone, message SOSA on WhatsApp at +91 96192 18531. Bulk orders are welcome. A custom label or logo on the product is the branding option, and bespoke composition is a real service.
Message SOSA on WhatsAppStart with one refill
One hotel-inspired Vaayu set holds amber, cedarwood and sandalwood across four oils, at ₹12,999 with the machine. There is no oud refill. A portion of every SOSA order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
More on scenting a space with Vaayu
- Coverage against a showroom floor plan
- Where cedarwood, amber and sandalwood are printed
- The three hotel-inspired Vaayu sets
- Mahogany's published description
- A one-oil-per-week trial
- Why there is no oud among the sixteen
Sources and what is published
SOSA Vaayu ₹12,499 with the SOSA Originals set (Vetiver, Mahogany Shea, Lemongrass, Sandalwood), ₹12,999 with a hotel-inspired set. Coverage up to 1000 cubic metres, about 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft - one whole floor; a 400ml refillable tank; Bluetooth app and onboard buttons, 1h, 4h, 8h and 24h timer scheduling, adjustable intensity, key-lock, auto-stop; noise under 38 dB; power DC 12V / 1A, 5W. Only SOSA waterless nebuliser oil. Water-based fragrance, reed-diffuser oil and thick essential oils will clog the nozzle.
Waterless nebuliser refills, 100ml and 300ml: the nine naturals ₹1,049 and ₹1,849, the seven hotel-inspired compositions ₹1,099 and ₹1,899. It depends on the intensity setting, how many hours a day the machine runs and the size of the space. On a moderate setting with a timer, a 100ml bottle typically runs for weeks and a 300ml for months. Switching scents: Run the machine empty for a minute to clear the line, wipe the bottle and the nozzle with a little isopropyl alcohol, let it dry, then fill with the new scent.
- Quiet Luxury - White Tea, Bergamot, Cedar. Soft white tea and bright bergamot over clean cedar - the hushed, polished calm of a grand hotel lobby. 100ml ₹1,099, 300ml ₹1,899.
- White Tea Serenity - White Tea, Aloe, Cedar. The famous spa-like white tea signature - serene tea, cooling aloe and soft cedar. Weightless and restorative. 100ml ₹1,099, 300ml ₹1,899.
- Forest Suite - Cedarwood, Vetiver, Green Leaves. Barefoot, biophilic luxury - green leaves, earthy vetiver and warm cedarwood. A forest-view room with the windows open. 100ml ₹1,099, 300ml ₹1,899.
- Old-World Glamour - Amber, Violet, Woods. Powdery violet, warm amber and polished woods - refined, plush and evening-elegant. A grand suite at dusk. 100ml ₹1,099, 300ml ₹1,899.
- Tea Garden - Jasmine, Green Tea, White Tea. An iconic tea-and-jasmine signature - green tea, white tea and night-blooming jasmine. Serene, spa-like calm. 100ml ₹1,099, 300ml ₹1,899.
- Warm Welcome - Citrus, Floral, Sandalwood. Bright, polished hospitality - fresh citrus, soft florals and creamy sandalwood. Warm, gracious and instantly five-star. 100ml ₹1,099, 300ml ₹1,899.
- Lobby Bar - Citrus, Pepper, Amber. Bold and playful - zesty citrus, a kick of pepper and sultry amber. 100ml ₹1,099, 300ml ₹1,899.
- Vetiver - Khus Root, Green Earth, Dry Wood. Real khus character - damp earth, cut grass and dry root. The Indian summer smell of a khus curtain, made elegant. 100ml ₹1,049, 300ml ₹1,849.
- Mysore Sandalwood - Sandalwood, Milk, Soft Musk. Warm, milky sandalwood with a quiet musk - grounding, prayer-room calm without any smoke. 100ml ₹1,049, 300ml ₹1,849.
- Tobacco Vanilla - Tobacco Leaf, Vanilla, Amber. Dried tobacco leaf softened with vanilla and amber - the leather-armchair warmth of a members' club. 100ml ₹1,049, 300ml ₹1,849.
- White Jasmine - Mogra, Tuberose, Green Stem. Night-blooming mogra at full bloom - lush, white and unmistakably Indian, kept fresh by a green stem note. 100ml ₹1,049, 300ml ₹1,849.
- Neelakurinji - Violet Bloom, Dew, Wild Green. Inspired by the once-in-twelve-years bloom of the Western Ghats - cool violet petals, mist and wild hillside green. 100ml ₹1,049, 300ml ₹1,849.
- Malabar Lemon - Lemon Peel, Citrus Leaf, Light Musk. Cold-pressed lemon peel with a leafy lift - the clean, awake smell of a freshly opened house in the morning. 100ml ₹1,049, 300ml ₹1,849.
- Japanese Cherry Blossom - Sakura, Pear, Powdery Musk. Petals and soft fruit over a powdery musk - delicate, feminine and gently sweet without turning sugary. 100ml ₹1,049, 300ml ₹1,849.
- Mahogany - Dark Wood, Leather, Amber. Polished dark wood, a touch of leather and warm amber - a study with good furniture and the lamps low. 100ml ₹1,049, 300ml ₹1,849.
- Sage & Cedar - Sage, Cedar, Cool Mineral. Crisp herbal sage over dry cedar with a mineral coolness - spa-clean, unisex and easy to run all day. 100ml ₹1,049, 300ml ₹1,849.
Not published, and therefore not stated anywhere above: any consumption rate in ml per hour, day or month; any intensity scale; any warranty term; any sample or trial size; any subscription, bulk or trade price; any Vastu association; any effect of a scent on sales, mood, health or footfall; and any oud, aquatic, rose or mint refill, because there is none.
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