★ SOSA for Premium Footwear and Sneaker Retail
Streetwear rooms are built from concrete, steel and cotton. An opulent fragrance in one of them is borrowed prestige, and it shows
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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."
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"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
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"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
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"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
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"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
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"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
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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
★ For a streetwear floor and its entrance zone
SOSA SukoonAn entrance zone of 270-320 sq ftView ₹1,899
SOSA Morning Freshness Reed DiffuserThe register itself, in a reedView ₹749
SOSA VaayuA large connected floorView ₹11,999
✓ Streetwear stores carry cotton, cardboard, rubber and print - a cool dry register belongs with that palette, and a heavy opulent one does not ✓ The Sukoon is water-based, so it belongs in an open entrance zone with air movement rather than beside a wall of stacked boxes ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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Why does an opulent fragrance feel wrong in a streetwear store? Because the room is not making an opulent argument anywhere else. The fit-out, the fixtures, the graphics and the staff uniform are usually deliberately plain, technical or utilitarian, and a heavy amber signature contradicts all of it. Customers do not analyse this consciously, but incoherence is easy to feel. There is a material reason too - warm resinous registers sit at the same weight as foam and adhesive and blur against them. Both reasons are about coherence and what a room signals, and neither is a claim about what a fragrance does to anyone in it.
Does streetwear stock itself smell different from other footwear stock? Somewhat, yes, because the mix is broader. Alongside rubber outsoles and EVA foam midsoles you have printed cotton and fleece, screen-print and heat-transfer inks on fresh apparel, polybags, and a heavier cardboard turnover than most formats. Fresh printed apparel in quantity has a distinct smell of its own, particularly when it is still bagged. All of that is a source question - unbag away from the floor, give new apparel a day of air, break down cardboard daily - rather than something to cover. We make no claim that any SOSA product removes, neutralises or absorbs an odour.
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Facts verified 7 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, running 16-18 hours on its low setting and supplied with three 15ml water-based Hotel Collection fragrances; being ultrasonic it adds a little humidity to the room. the SOSA Morning Freshness reed diffuser (Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus) is ₹749 in 50ml and ₹1,249 in 130ml. the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, 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. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. Ambient fragrance is an interior and brand decision only. SOSA makes no claim that scent influences a purchase decision, sales, conversion, footfall, browsing time or basket size, and no claim that any product removes, neutralises, eliminates or absorbs an odour, or that it cleans, purifies or disinfects air. Scent works alongside proper ventilation, stock rotation and cleaning and is never a substitute for any of them, and is never used to mask a smell that has a source. Customer and staff fragrance sensitivity is real and should never be minimised; no SOSA product is described as hypoallergenic or as safe for sensitive individuals, and staff must be able to switch the system off in seconds. 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 or footwear brand 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.
Streetwear and sneaker retail has its own material language - concrete, steel rail, raw ply, printed cotton, hard light. Most fragrance advice for premium retail was written for a different kind of room entirely, and dropping it into this one is the mistake almost everybody makes.
Quick answers — read this first
What fragrance suits a modern streetwear and sneaker store? A cool, clean and slightly technical one - Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus. Streetwear retail is built from hard, honest materials: concrete or resin floors, steel rails, raw ply, printed cotton, hard directional light. The fragrance that belongs in that palette is dry and transparent rather than warm and enveloping. There is also a practical reason: the room is full of rubber, EVA foam and cardboard, and a cool register contrasts with them instead of blurring into them. Warm amber and oud registers belong to a different retail category and in this room they read as borrowed rather than owned.Why does an opulent fragrance feel wrong in a streetwear store? Because the room is not making an opulent argument anywhere else. The fit-out, the fixtures, the graphics and the staff uniform are usually deliberately plain, technical or utilitarian, and a heavy amber signature contradicts all of it. Customers do not analyse this consciously, but incoherence is easy to feel. There is a material reason too - warm resinous registers sit at the same weight as foam and adhesive and blur against them. Both reasons are about coherence and what a room signals, and neither is a claim about what a fragrance does to anyone in it.
Does streetwear stock itself smell different from other footwear stock? Somewhat, yes, because the mix is broader. Alongside rubber outsoles and EVA foam midsoles you have printed cotton and fleece, screen-print and heat-transfer inks on fresh apparel, polybags, and a heavier cardboard turnover than most formats. Fresh printed apparel in quantity has a distinct smell of its own, particularly when it is still bagged. All of that is a source question - unbag away from the floor, give new apparel a day of air, break down cardboard daily - rather than something to cover. We make no claim that any SOSA product removes, neutralises or absorbs an odour.
The short answer
Short answer: Cool, dry and technical: Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus. It belongs with the concrete, steel and printed cotton palette that streetwear retail is built from, and it contrasts with the rubber, foam and cardboard that dominate the stock. Opulent amber and oud registers read as borrowed from a different category. Handle the boxes and bagged apparel first, then set one register low.
The pick: For an entrance zone of roughly 270-320 sq ft, the SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899). For a smaller room, or anywhere near stacked cardboard, a passive Morning Freshness reed (₹749) is the better call.
Next step: Tell us your floor plan, the apparel-to-footwear split and where deliveries land - ask for a store scenting plan.
In this guide
Streetwear retail already has a coherent material language. The fragrance question is simply whether your register belongs to it or to somebody else's shop.
The entrance zone, and the register that fills it
For a single entrance zone
SOSA Sukoon · ₹1,899
The interiors question in detail
Concrete, metal, LED and hard rooms
Get the brief written for your store
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
What fragrance belongs in a modern streetwear and sneaker store, and why?
A cool, dry, technical register - Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus - and the argument for it has two halves, one about the room and one about the stock. Start with the room. Streetwear retail has a material language that is genuinely its own: polished concrete or resin floors, steel rail and grid, raw ply or MDF plinths, hard directional lighting, plain paint, graphics doing the decorative work. It is closer to a workshop or a gallery than to a traditional luxury boutique, and that is a deliberate choice by the people who design these spaces. A fragrance is part of the fit-out whether you treat it as one or not, and a heavy amber or oud register in a room like that contradicts everything else in it. Customers will not articulate why, but incoherence between what a room looks like and what it smells like is easy to feel, and it reads as a shop borrowing prestige from a category it does not belong to. Now the stock. Streetwear floors carry a broader material mix than pure sneaker rooms: rubber outsoles, EVA foam, printed cotton and fleece, screen-print and heat-transfer inks on fresh apparel, polybags, and a very high cardboard turnover. Fresh printed apparel in quantity has a real smell, especially still bagged, and it is at its loudest in the first day or two out of the carton. All of that is source work - unbag and hang new apparel away from the sales floor, give it a day of air, break cardboard down daily rather than stacking it in the stockroom, keep the stockroom door closed and its air moving - and we make no claim that any SOSA product removes, neutralises or absorbs an odour. Once that is handled, the cool register does the one thing it should: it contrasts with the heavy, slightly sweet character of rubber and foam so the two are perceived as separate, and it belongs visually and materially to the room around it. On level, set it low, judge it with the floor full on a weekend, and let staff overrule you - they breathe it all day. And be honest about size: a 500 sq ft streetwear room needs a reed or one entrance-zone unit, not a commercial machine. Fragrance here is a brand and interior decision, and we make no claim that it affects sales, footfall, browsing time or what anybody buys. Ask for a store scenting plan and tell us your apparel-to-footwear split.
Streetwear rooms are built from hard, plain materials. The register that belongs in one is dry and transparent, and it goes in after the boxes are handled.
For one entrance zone of roughly 270-320 sq ft, the SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 runs 16-18 hours on low and ships with three 15ml fragrances. It is water-based and adds a little humidity, so give it an open zone rather than a wall of boxes.
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The streetwear palette
Concrete, steel and cotton want a register from the same world
What to buy for a streetwear floor
Most streetwear rooms I am asked about sit between 400 and 900 sq ft on one level, and that size does not need a commercial machine. Under 300 sq ft, a single reed is the honest specification. Between 300 and 750, reeds placed by zone or one Sukoon in the entrance area. The Vaayu becomes reasonable from roughly 1,500 sq ft of genuinely connected floor, and a mezzanine on its own air is a second volume, not a second corner.
One zone near the door
SOSA Sukoon
A 500ml ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, 16 to 18 hours on the low setting, supplied with three 15ml fragrances so you can trial a register before committing. Water-based, which means a little added humidity - place it in open air near the entrance, never beside stacked cardboard. ₹1,899.
From ₹1,899
The register in passive form
SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus. Where a room is small, or where the fixture plan leaves nowhere sensible to put a powered unit, the reed does the job with no power, no noise and nothing to service. It is also the sane choice near a box wall. 50ml ₹749, 130ml ₹1,249.
From ₹749
Large connected floors
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, wall or HVAC mountable so it reaches a deep floor a free-standing unit will not. Adjustable intensity, trading-hour timers, key-lock, under 38dB, 5W. ₹11,999.
From ₹11,999
Three things that make a streetwear room different
Three ways a streetwear room differs from the premium boutique most scenting advice was written for.
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First, the material palette
Hard, plain surfaces set the register before you do
A traditional luxury boutique is built from soft, absorbent, warm materials - carpet, upholstery, heavy curtain, dark timber - and those rooms carry a warm fragrance because everything else in them is warm. A streetwear room is the opposite: concrete or resin underfoot, steel rail, ply or metal fixtures, plain painted walls and hard light. Sound bounces, air moves fast across a smooth floor, and nothing in the room is soft enough to hold a heavy fragrance gracefully. A dry, bright register suits that construction physically as well as visually. It also means fragrance travels further and more evenly in these rooms than owners expect, which is a reason to set the level lower than you would in a carpeted boutique of the same size, not higher.
Tip: if the room echoes, it will carry scent further than you think - start lower than you planned.
For the entrance zone, the Sukoon at ₹1,899, placed in open air rather than against a box wall.
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Second, apparel as well as footwear
Print, polybags and fresh cotton are their own source
Pure sneaker stores deal with rubber, foam, adhesive and cardboard. Streetwear floors add printed cotton and fleece, screen-print and heat-transfer inks, and a lot of polybag. Fresh printed apparel in quantity genuinely smells, most strongly in its first day or two out of the carton and while still bagged. The fix is a routine, not a product: unbag and hang new apparel somewhere ventilated, give it a day before it goes onto a full rail, and get polybags and cardboard out of the building daily rather than letting them accumulate behind a door. A rail of two hundred freshly unbagged tees on a small floor is a real condition, and no diffuser answers it. We make no claim that any SOSA product removes, neutralises or absorbs an odour; it adds scent and nothing more.
Tip: unbag tomorrow's rail today, in a ventilated back area, and the shop floor never meets the loudest hour.
Near a stock wall, the passive Morning Freshness reed is the right tool, from ₹749.
See SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser →
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Third, the culture reads restrained
Under-scenting is the correct error to make here
Serious streetwear retail is confident enough to be plain. The stock carries the message, the fixtures get out of the way, and the room does not try to impress you with luxury cues. A fragrance that announces itself contradicts that posture directly, and of all the retail formats I write specifications for, this is the one where I would deliberately err on the quiet side. Practically: set the level so it is noticed on the way in and forgotten within a minute, judge it on a full weekend floor rather than a quiet Tuesday, and make sure staff can switch it off in seconds. If the staff say it is too much, it is too much. None of this is about how a scent makes anybody feel - it is about how a room reads, and we make no claim about the former.
A key-lock and adjustable intensity are what keep a deliberately quiet setting quiet across a season.
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The SOSA principle
Streetwear rooms are confident enough to be plain. A fragrance that announces itself argues with the whole fit-out.
Choose the register that belongs to concrete, steel and cotton - then set it quieter than you think you need.
The streetwear floor, zone by zone
How I would actually zone a streetwear floor of five hundred to a thousand square feet.
The SOSA plan
A streetwear floor, zone by zone
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Entrance and front third
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One clean register at a low, steady level. This is the only place a customer forms an impression of the air, so it is the place worth spending on. |
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Sneaker wall and display
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Nothing extra. Rubber and foam are already here and the entrance register carries far enough across a hard floor - resist the urge to add a second unit. |
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Apparel rails
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A routine rather than a product: unbag and air new stock in the back, get polybags out daily, and keep fresh print off a full rail for a day. |
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Stockroom and unboxing
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A self-closing door, extraction where you can run it, cardboard broken down daily, and no diffuser at all - this is where the source work happens. |
The hard-room question is taken further in concrete, metal and LED interiors, and the premium-positioning argument sits in smelling premium without smelling like a luxury boutique. SOSA is an independent brand and is not affiliated with any hotel or footwear brand named for reference.
One zone, one register, set quiet
A Sukoon at ₹1,899 near the door does more for a 600 sq ft streetwear room than a machine built for ten times the volume.
A streetwear room that smells like a luxury boutique is not signalling luxury. It is signalling that it borrowed somebody else's idea of it.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
If you genuinely have the volume
Wall or HVAC mounted, so a deep hard floor gets an even level
The SOSA specification for a footwear store
One register, sized to the room rather than to the ambition. A reed for a small floor or a box wall, a Sukoon for a genuine entrance zone, a Vaayu only where the connected volume is large. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA streetwear specification
The specification for a streetwear floor
| Product | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Sukoon
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An entrance zone of 270-320 sq ft | 16-18 hours on low, three 15ml fragrances included, water-based so it wants open air rather than a box wall | ₹1,899 View → |
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SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
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Small rooms and anywhere near stock | Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus, passive and silent, nothing to service | ₹749 View → |
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SOSA Vaayu
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From about 1,500 sq ft of connected floor | 1000m³, waterless, wall or HVAC mountable, key-lock, adjustable intensity, under 38dB | ₹11,999 View → |
A mezzanine on its own air conditioning is a second volume and may justify a second unit; a second corner of the same room never is, because two units in one connected space make competing gradients rather than better coverage. Fragrance here is a brand and interior decision, and we make no claim that it affects sales, conversion, footfall, browsing time or what anybody buys. It works alongside ventilation and cleaning, never instead of them, and is never used to mask a smell that has a source. Ask for a store scenting plan.
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A note from Sonal
The streetwear rooms I visit are almost always better designed than the fragrance advice they have been given. Somebody has thought carefully about concrete and steel and light, and then a supplier has arrived with a warm amber because that is what premium is supposed to smell like. The two do not belong to the same idea, and you can feel the mismatch within about three seconds of walking in.
My specification for these rooms is dull and it works. One cool register - Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus - in whichever form the floor needs. A Sukoon at ₹1,899 in an entrance zone, or a Morning Freshness reed at ₹749 in a small room or near a box wall. Then a routine for unboxing and unbagging that keeps the loudest hour of new stock off the shop floor.
The honest limits. This is an ambience and interior decision with no therapeutic, medical or wellbeing claim of any kind, and we make no claim that it affects sales, footfall, browsing time or what anyone buys. It never masks a smell that has a source - the boxes, the polybags and the stockroom door come first. Your staff breathe it all day and their judgement outranks mine. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
What fragrance suits a modern streetwear and sneaker store?
A cool, dry, technical register - Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus. It belongs with the concrete, steel, ply and printed-cotton palette these rooms are built from, and it contrasts with the rubber, foam and cardboard in the stock rather than blurring into them. Warm amber and oud registers belong to a different retail category and read as borrowed here.
Does fresh printed apparel affect how a streetwear store smells?
Yes, more than most owners expect. Screen-print and heat-transfer inks, fresh cotton and fleece and a lot of polybag all have a smell, strongest in the first day or two out of the carton and while still bagged. The answer is a routine: unbag and air new stock in a ventilated back area, get polybags and cardboard out daily, and keep fresh print off a full rail for a day.
Where should the diffuser go in a streetwear store?
The entrance and front third, and usually nowhere else. That is where a customer forms an impression of the air, and a hard concrete floor carries scent further and more evenly than a carpeted room, so one well-placed unit reaches more than you would expect. Adding a second unit in the same connected room produces competing gradients rather than better coverage.
Is the Sukoon suitable for a streetwear store?
For one entrance zone of roughly 270 to 320 sq ft, yes, at Rs 1,899, and the three 15ml fragrances it ships with make it a reasonable way to trial a register. It is ultrasonic and water-based, so it adds a little humidity - keep it in open air near the door and away from stacked cardboard. Near a box wall, use a passive reed instead.
Should a streetwear store scent be strong enough to notice?
Noticed on the way in and forgotten within a minute is the target, and this is the format where I would deliberately err quiet. Serious streetwear retail is confident enough to be plain, and a fragrance that announces itself contradicts that posture. Judge the level on a full weekend floor, and if staff say it is too much, it is too much.
A register that belongs to the room
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for streetwear stores, sneaker rooms and concept retail
One Sukoon at ₹1,899 for an entrance zone of 270-320 sq ft, or a Morning Freshness reed from ₹749 for a small room or a stock wall. The SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 only from about 1,500 sq ft of connected floor. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Tell us the apparel-to-footwear split and where deliveries land, and we will zone it for you.
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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 7 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, running 16-18 hours on its low setting and supplied with three 15ml water-based Hotel Collection fragrances; being ultrasonic it adds a little humidity to the room. the SOSA Morning Freshness reed diffuser (Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus) is ₹749 in 50ml and ₹1,249 in 130ml. the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, 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. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. Ambient fragrance is an interior and brand decision only. SOSA makes no claim that scent influences a purchase decision, sales, conversion, footfall, browsing time or basket size, and no claim that any product removes, neutralises, eliminates or absorbs an odour, or that it cleans, purifies or disinfects air. Scent works alongside proper ventilation, stock rotation and cleaning and is never a substitute for any of them, and is never used to mask a smell that has a source. Customer and staff fragrance sensitivity is real and should never be minimised; no SOSA product is described as hypoallergenic or as safe for sensitive individuals, and staff must be able to switch the system off in seconds. 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 or footwear brand 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.