★ SOSA for Hyderabad Businesses
Yes - because the air-handling drawing has already decided which rooms share air, which are isolated, where air leaves and when each zone runs, which is a scenting plan in every respect except that the person who drew it was solving for temperature and cost
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"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 AngaanOne visitor-facing volume above about 3,000 sq ftView ₹25,999
SOSA VaayuA connected client floor to about 3,000 sq ftView ₹11,999
Mountain BreezeThe register every floor carriesView ₹849
✓ 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 should be checked on the drawing? Whether zone boundaries match visitor boundaries, where the return air goes, whether each zone can run on its own schedule, and whether the visitor supply has a spur and an isolating damper.
How much worse is retrofitting? An order of magnitude. After handover you are opening a finished ceiling, re-doing fire-stopping and re-balancing a system that has already been commissioned.
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, and not because scenting needs a duct. The HVAC drawing has already decided which rooms share air, which are isolated and when each zone runs. That is a scenting plan. Somebody else drew it.
Quick answers — read this first
Why plan scenting with the HVAC? Because the air-handling drawing already determines which spaces share air, which are isolated, where return paths run and when each zone operates. Those are the same decisions a scenting plan makes.What should be checked on the drawing? Whether zone boundaries match visitor boundaries, where the return air goes, whether each zone can run on its own schedule, and whether the visitor supply has a spur and an isolating damper.
How much worse is retrofitting? An order of magnitude. After handover you are opening a finished ceiling, re-doing fire-stopping and re-balancing a system that has already been commissioned.
The short answer
Short answer: yes - because the HVAC drawing has already decided which rooms share air and when each zone runs, which is a scenting plan drawn by somebody solving for temperature and cost.
The pick: a SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) on the visitor-zone supply where a duct option is kept alive, or a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) per connected air mass.
Next step: print the air-handling layout and mark the visitor boundary on it in one colour. Or ask for a scenting plan for your space.
In this guide
Nobody has to write a scenting plan for a new building. One already exists, and it is on the mechanical drawing.
Sized to the visitor zone - tap to see each
One connected volume, on the duct
SOSA Angaan · ₹25,999
Per zone, below about 3,000 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
Send the floor plan
Free scenting plan for your space
Straight answer
Should new commercial developments plan scent diffusion together with HVAC instead of adding machines after opening?
Yes, and the useful way to put it is not that scenting needs to be added to the HVAC design - it is that the HVAC design has already made every important scenting decision, on your behalf, for reasons that had nothing to do with you. Look at what a mechanical drawing actually fixes. It fixes which rooms are fed by the same air handler and therefore share their air. It fixes which rooms are isolated. It fixes where air is drawn out, which is the path everything in a building travels along. It fixes whether a zone can run while the rest of the floor is off. Those four are the entire content of a scenting plan. A scenting plan is a map of air masses and a schedule, and the mechanical engineer has already drawn both - while solving for temperature, load and capital cost, having been asked nothing at all about which parts of the building a visitor sits in. So the work at design stage is a read-through rather than an addition, and it is genuinely a morning. Four questions, asked of the drawing. One: do the zone boundaries match the visitor boundaries? A zone drawn for thermal load will happily put a waiting area and three consultation cabins on one handler, because they have similar heat gains, and that single line means the cabins cannot be excluded later - and since closed cabins and treatment rooms are never scented, the duct option for that whole zone is gone before a brick is laid. Two: where does the return air go? Owners think about supply and the building thinks about return, and a single return grille in a corridor can tie together four rooms that look separate on the plan. Three: can each zone run on its own schedule? A visitor zone that only runs when the whole floor runs cannot be scented on opening hours, which is most of what a timer is for. Four: is there a spur and an isolating damper on the visitor supply? That single small item at drawing stage is what keeps a duct-mounted option alive for the life of the building. Now the cost asymmetry, which is the part that persuades finance. At drawing stage these are lines on a sheet and perhaps one extra damper. After handover the same changes mean opening a finished ceiling, cutting into insulated ductwork, re-doing the fire-stopping where you pass through a compartment wall, and then re-balancing a system that has already been commissioned and signed off. The re-balancing is the part people forget and it is often the largest single item, because a balanced system is a set of measured flows and you have just changed one of them. An order of magnitude is not an exaggeration. The honest limit is worth stating: none of this means you should choose the fragrance or the level at design stage - those are the reversible decisions and they should wait. Plan the air, defer the smell. 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 Angaan at ₹25,999 on a visitor-only supply, or a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 per connected air mass. Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented, and a duct that serves them is never used. 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. The HVAC drawing has already decided which rooms share air, where the return runs and when each zone operates, which is a scenting plan drawn by somebody solving for temperature. Read it early; changing it later costs an order of magnitude more.
Once the air is planned: SOSA Angaan at ₹25,999 on a visitor-only supply, or a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 per air mass.
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.
One connected visitor-facing volume above about 3,000 sq ft, on the duct
SOSA Angaan
HVAC nebulising diffuser rated to 3,000m³ - roughly 8,000-10,000 sq ft - with an 800ml reservoir, a metal body, programmable schedules and operation under 42dB. Above about 3,000 sq ft of one connected visitor-facing volume this is the step rather than a second Vaayu, because two machines in one air mass drift apart. Critically, it goes on the supply side of the air handling that serves the visitor-facing zone only - never on a run that also feeds the treatment rooms or consultation cabins, which is the commonest way a zoning plan fails.
₹25,999
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
Four questions to ask the mechanical drawing
Not additions to the design. Questions about decisions the design has already taken without being asked.
1
Boundaries
Do zones match visitor areas?
A zone drawn for thermal load will put a waiting area and three consultation cabins on one handler because their heat gains are similar. That line removes the duct option for all four.
Test: mark the visitor boundary in one colour.
2
Return
Where does the air leave?
Owners think about supply and buildings think about return. One return grille in a corridor can tie together four rooms that look separate on the plan.
Test: follow the return, not the supply.
3
Schedule
Can the zone run alone?
A visitor zone that only runs when the whole floor runs cannot be scented on opening hours, and opening hours are most of what a timer exists for.
Rule: ask for independent operation now.
4
The spur
A branch and an isolating damper
One small item on the visitor supply at drawing stage is what keeps a duct-mounted option alive for the life of the building.
Rule: cheap now, impossible to add quietly later.
5
The cost
Re-balancing is the hidden item
Afterwards you open a finished ceiling, cut insulated duct, re-do fire-stopping through compartment walls, then re-balance a commissioned system.
Rule: the last one is usually the biggest.
The SOSA principle
Nobody needs to write a scenting plan for a new building, because one already exists. It is the mechanical drawing, and it was drawn by somebody solving for temperature, load and capital cost.
Which is why the design-stage job is a read-through with four questions, not a new document and not an early choice of fragrance.
Planning with the HVAC, question by question
What the drawing has already decided, and what it costs to change afterwards.
The SOSA Hyderabad table
Designing air before buying machines
| The question | The answer |
|---|---|
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Why involve scenting at HVAC stage?
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Because the drawing already fixes which rooms share air, which are isolated, where return paths run and when each zone operates. |
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What is the commonest permanent mistake?
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Putting a waiting area and closed cabins on one handler because their thermal loads match. Those rooms are never scented, so the duct option goes with them. |
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Why does return air matter more than supply?
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Because return is the path everything travels along, and a single grille in a corridor can tie together rooms that look separate on the plan. |
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What does a retrofit actually involve?
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Opening a finished ceiling, cutting insulated duct, re-doing fire-stopping through compartment walls, and re-balancing a commissioned system. |
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Should the fragrance be chosen now too?
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No. Plan the air and defer the smell. Then an Angaan (₹25,999) on a visitor-only supply, or a Vaayu (₹11,999) per air mass. |
The reversibility version is what to decide before the interior closes, the placement version is where the machine goes at drawing stage, and the older-system version is old central AC and uneven distribution. 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.
Plan the air, defer the smell. The ducts decide what is possible for twenty years; the fragrance and the level can be changed in five minutes on any afternoon you like.
— 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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One connected visitor-facing air mass up to about 3,000 sq ft | One machine per air mass, each set from its own furthest chair and key-locked; never two in one volume sharing a guess | ₹11,999 View → |
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SOSA Angaan
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One connected visitor-facing volume above about 3,000 sq ft | On the supply side of the air handling that serves the client zone only - never a run that also feeds the dealing floor | ₹25,999 View → |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
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The register every floor and every branch carries | One register across the whole firm - two registers in two offices is two smells and no identity | ₹849 / ₹1,349 View → |
 SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
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The same question in a white, glazed office | Cool citrus with no warmth; chosen once for the brand, not per branch or per desk | ₹749 / ₹1,249 View → |
 SOSA Sukoon
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A closed reception or waiting area inside a larger office | High shelf, on low, opening hours only; a room product inside a zoned plan | ₹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.
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ISIPCA
Versailles
Versailles
A note from Sonal
Yes, and the useful way to put it is not that scenting needs adding to the HVAC design. It is that the HVAC design has already made every important scenting decision on your behalf, for reasons that had nothing to do with you. Look at what a mechanical drawing fixes. It fixes which rooms are fed by the same air handler and therefore share their air. It fixes which rooms are isolated. It fixes where air is drawn out, which is the path everything in a building travels along. And it fixes whether a zone can run while the rest of the floor is off. Those four are the entire content of a scenting plan: a map of air masses and a schedule. The mechanical engineer has drawn both already, while solving for temperature, load and capital cost, having been asked nothing about which parts of the building a visitor sits in.
So the design-stage work is a read-through, not an addition, and it is genuinely a morning. Four questions. Do the zone boundaries match the visitor boundaries, or has thermal load put a waiting area and three consultation cabins on one handler because their heat gains are similar? Where does the return air go, since one grille in a corridor can tie together four rooms that look separate on the plan? Can each zone run on its own schedule, or is the visitor zone tied to the whole floor, in which case opening-hours operation is gone? And is there a spur with an isolating damper on the visitor supply, which is the one small item that keeps a duct-mounted option alive for the life of the building?
Then the cost asymmetry, which is what persuades finance. At drawing stage these are lines on a sheet and perhaps one extra damper. After handover the same changes mean opening a finished ceiling, cutting insulated ductwork, re-doing the fire-stopping where you pass through a compartment wall, and re-balancing a system that has been commissioned and signed off - and the re-balancing is the item people forget and often the largest. The honest limit is that none of this means choosing the fragrance or the level at design stage; those are reversible and should wait. Plan the air, defer the smell. A SOSA Angaan at ₹25,999 on a visitor-only supply, or a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 per connected air mass. 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, and a duct that serves them is never used. 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
Why should scent diffusion be planned with the HVAC?
Because the mechanical drawing already decides which rooms share air, which are isolated, where return paths run and when each zone can operate.
What is the most permanent mistake on the drawing?
Grouping a waiting area with closed cabins on one handler because their thermal loads are similar. Those rooms are never scented, so the duct option goes.
Why does return air matter?
Because it is the path air actually travels, and one return grille in a corridor can connect rooms that appear separate on the floor plan.
What does a retrofit involve?
Opening a finished ceiling, cutting insulated duct, re-doing fire-stopping at compartment walls, and re-balancing a system that is already commissioned.
Should the fragrance be selected at design stage too?
No. Air routing is permanent and should be designed; the fragrance and the level are reversible in minutes and are better chosen after opening.
Send the air-handling layout
SOSA — Studio Scenting plan the air, defer the smell
A new building already has a scenting plan: the mechanical drawing, which fixes which rooms share air, which are isolated, where the return runs and when each zone operates. Four questions read it properly - do zones match visitor boundaries, where does the return go, can the zone run alone, and is there a spur with an isolating damper on the visitor supply. Afterwards the same changes mean a finished ceiling, new fire-stopping and a re-balanced system. 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
More from SOSA
- SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999)
- SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849)
- Why fragrance disappears upward
- Kokapet: plan scenting before the interior closes
- Where the machine goes, at drawing stage
- Old central AC and uneven distribution
- One fragrance, different HVAC
- Reception vs active treatment zones
- The arithmetic before passive vs active
- 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.