★ SOSA for Luxury Watch Boutiques and Premium Retail
Six levers make a finished watch store feel more considered - and four of them cost nothing
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"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
★★★★★
"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
★ The sixth lever, and the only one on this list you buy
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser₹849, and the last thing on the listView ₹849SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserDry pine, sage and cedar - never sweetView ₹849SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserDo the free five first, or skip thisView ₹849
✓ Alcohol-free, phthalate-free reed on a coconut-derived base, six fibre reeds, flipped weekly ✓ The honest order of work: clutter, light, sound, spacing and the approach come before any fragrance ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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Where does fragrance sit on the list? Last, and deliberately. Scent is the final five per cent, not the differentiator, and it cannot make an ordinary store feel luxurious on its own. If the cases are crowded, the ceiling light is a cold white strip and there is a radio playing, a fragrance will not rescue any of it - it will simply be one more thing in a room that nobody edited. Do the free work first. Then the air is the last element left undecided, and choosing it finishes the job rather than starting it.
What does the whole exercise cost? Four of the six levers cost nothing but an afternoon and a decision. Warm lamps to correct the light temperature are a few thousand rupees at most. The sixth, the air, starts at ₹849 for one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed in a single-room boutique, or ₹1,899 for a SOSA Sukoon up to about 750 sq ft. No one can honestly promise you that any of this moves a business number.
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Facts verified 5 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 adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting 90+ days a fill depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, operation under 38dB at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification, which are electrical and compliance marks and not medical approvals. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft and is supplied with three 15ml fragrances; the water-based Hotel Collection (₹299 / ₹999 / ₹1,799) is an ultrasonic fragrance and is not a refill for a waterless cold-air machine. SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with 50ml lasting about 6-8 weeks and 130ml about 14-18 weeks. Cold-air refill oil for the Vaayu is not currently sold separately - the machine ships with 400ml included and further refills should be confirmed with SOSA. Warranty, annual maintenance, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed before ordering. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and infection control and is never a substitute for any of them, it is never used to mask another smell, and no claim is made that fragrance influences a patient's decision or any commercial outcome. Clinical areas including procedure, post-procedure and photography rooms are left unscented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room. 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.
Almost everyone who asks me this has already spent the money once, on marble or joinery or lighting, and is looking for the next big spend. The honest answer is that the next four improvements available to you are free, and the fifth costs less than a display tray.
Quick answers — read this first
What is the cheapest thing that makes a store feel more expensive? Removing things. Clutter and visible cabling are the single loudest signal that a room was not finished with care, and both are free to fix in an afternoon: the charger under the till, the tape holding a cable to a plinth, the courier envelope on the counter, the stack of brand catalogues nobody reads. A boutique that costs several lakh a square foot cannot afford a bare extension board. Nothing you buy afterwards outranks this, which is why it sits at number one and not number six.Where does fragrance sit on the list? Last, and deliberately. Scent is the final five per cent, not the differentiator, and it cannot make an ordinary store feel luxurious on its own. If the cases are crowded, the ceiling light is a cold white strip and there is a radio playing, a fragrance will not rescue any of it - it will simply be one more thing in a room that nobody edited. Do the free work first. Then the air is the last element left undecided, and choosing it finishes the job rather than starting it.
What does the whole exercise cost? Four of the six levers cost nothing but an afternoon and a decision. Warm lamps to correct the light temperature are a few thousand rupees at most. The sixth, the air, starts at ₹849 for one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed in a single-room boutique, or ₹1,899 for a SOSA Sukoon up to about 750 sq ft. No one can honestly promise you that any of this moves a business number.
The short answer
Short answer: six levers, and four are free - clear the clutter and the cabling, fix the light temperature, lower the sound floor, space the cases out by displaying fewer pieces, and shorten the wait before someone speaks. Only then choose the air, which starts at ₹849 for a Mountain Breeze reed and ₹1,899 for a Sukoon in a room up to about 750 sq ft.
The pick: one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed (₹849) on a lounge table or low shelf once the free five are done, stepping up to a SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) if the room is larger than one display area.
Next step: send a photograph of your showroom taken from the doorway at eye height, and we will tell you which of the six levers is costing you the most and where the reed should sit - Ask for a retail scenting plan.
In this guide
Four of the six cost nothing and the fifth costs less than a display tray. Fragrance is genuinely the last one, and doing it first is how stores end up scented and still ordinary.
The last lever on the list - tap to see the specification
For a single-room boutique, after the free work
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849
The sibling question
Why an expensive store can still feel ordinary
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
How do you make a watch store feel more luxurious when the interior is already built?
Six levers, worked in this order, and I want to be blunt that four of them cost nothing at all. First, clutter and cabling. This is the loudest and the cheapest. A visible extension board, a charger under the till, tape holding a wire to a plinth, a courier envelope on the counter, a stack of brand catalogues, a chair that does not match anything - every one of those tells a customer the room was assembled rather than composed. Walk in from the street, stand at the doorway, photograph the room at eye height and remove everything in that photograph that is not merchandise, seating, light or joinery. Second, light temperature and consistency. Most Indian watch stores have beautiful warm case lighting and a cold white ceiling strip fighting it, and the mismatch reads as ordinary even to someone who could not name what is wrong. One temperature, warm, dimmer at the perimeter than in the cases. Correcting this costs a few thousand rupees in lamps, and it is the largest single improvement most stores have left. Third, the sound floor. Not music - the floor beneath it: the till printer, a rattling AC vent, a shutter, a staff phone on speaker, a television on a brand loop that nobody watches. Quiet is the most reliable luxury signal there is, and it is free. Fourth, case spacing. Displaying fewer pieces makes each one read as more considered, and this costs nothing except the discipline to leave stock in the drawer. A crowded case is a market stall with better lighting. Fifth, the approach - how long a customer stands before anyone speaks to them, and what is said. Too fast is pressure, too slow is indifference, and the difference between the two is a staff conversation rather than a purchase. Sixth, and only sixth, the air. Once the room is edited, lit, quiet and spaced, the air is the last element in your store nobody has decided, and an undecided element is a loose thread customers register without locating. Choose it: dry, quiet, on the woody side - one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 for a single display room, or one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 up to about 750 sq ft, where a Vaayu would be the wrong buy. The honest concession is the whole point of the ranking: do the first five and skip the sixth and your store will still read as considered; do the sixth and skip the first five and it will not. Fragrance here is a presentation decision like lighting or seating, and it is never a way to cover another smell - a store with a damp, fit-out or corridor problem fixes that first. And to be plain: no one can promise you that ambient scent moves footfall, dwell or spend, and a supplier who quotes you a figure is selling. Ask for a retail scenting plan and send the doorway photograph.
Clutter, light, sound, spacing and the approach - four free, one nearly free - then the air last, at ₹849 for a reed or ₹1,899 for a Sukoon. Scent finishes the job; it cannot start it.
The sixth lever is one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed - Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, alcohol-free, 50ml lasting 6-8 weeks, six fibre reeds flipped weekly. ₹849, and 130ml at ₹1,349 buys months rather than metres. Past one room, buy the Sukoon at ₹1,899 instead.
See the SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849 Ask for a retail scenting plan
The order that actually works
Edit the room, fix the light, drop the noise - then choose the air
The sixth lever, and what it costs
Only one item on the list of six is something you buy, and even that has a cheap answer and a slightly less cheap one. The images link to the product pages so you can check the specifications first.
One display room, after the free work
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed
Alcohol-free, phthalate-free reed on a coconut-derived base, Himalayan pine with sage and cedar - dry, woody, nothing sweet. 50ml lasts 6-8 weeks at ₹849, 130ml lasts 14-18 weeks at ₹1,349. A bigger bottle buys months, not metres, because reach is set by exposed reed surface.
From ₹849
300-750 sq ft, or a room with a lounge corner
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, supplied with three 15ml fragrances. This is the honest machine for a boutique that is bigger than one display area but still a single volume of air, and at ₹1,899 it leaves the rest of your budget for lamps.
From ₹1,899
The six levers, ranked
Three cards, six levers, and the ranking is the argument. If you only read one section, read the order rather than the detail.
1
Remove before you add
Clutter and visible cabling outrank every purchase you could make
The two free levers at the top of the list are the same idea twice: a luxury room is one where nothing is present by accident. Cabling is the worst offender because it is functional and therefore invisible to the people who work there - the charger, the extension board, the wire taped to a plinth, the router blinking behind the till. Case crowding is the second: displaying fewer pieces makes each one read as more considered, and it costs nothing but the discipline to keep stock in the drawer. Photograph the room from the doorway at eye height and treat the photograph as the brief, because a photograph shows you what a customer sees and your habit does not.
Tip: Do this before you read the rest of the page. It takes an afternoon and it is free.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
2
Fix the light and the sound floor
One warm temperature, and quiet underneath it
Most stores have warm, careful lighting inside the cases and a cold white strip on the ceiling arguing with it. That argument is what reads as ordinary. Pick one temperature, keep the perimeter dimmer than the cases, and let the merchandise be the brightest thing in the room. Then listen rather than look: the till printer, the AC vent, the shutter, a phone on speaker, a brand video looping to nobody. Quiet is the most reliable luxury signal available and it is free. A store that has fixed its light and its sound floor has already moved further than any fragrance could move it, which is why both sit above the reed on this list.
Tip: Warm lamps for a few thousand rupees will beat any scenting budget you could spend instead.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
3
Choose the air last
The final element nobody decided
When the room is edited, lit, quiet and spaced, one thing in your store is still undecided, and it is the air. Choose it and the room is finished; leave it and it stays the loose thread. The register is dry and woody - pine, sage, cedar, cypress, a leather facet - never sweet, edible or powdery, because a watch boutique that smells like a fragrance counter has said something about itself that you did not intend. One Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 does a single room. Past about 750 sq ft, a Sukoon at ₹1,899; a Vaayu at ₹11,999 only once there is a lobby, a lounge or central AC to mount into.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
The SOSA principle
Four of the six things that make a finished watch store feel more luxurious cost nothing, and the one you can buy is ranked last on purpose.
A scented store that is cluttered, cold-lit and noisy is a cluttered, cold-lit, noisy store that also smells of something.
The order of work
Here is the whole thing as a running order, worth printing and working through in a single week.
The SOSA plan
Six levers for a boutique you are not going to renovate
| The lever | What to do |
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1. Clutter and cabling
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Photograph the room from the doorway and remove everything in the frame that is not merchandise, seating, light or joinery. Free. |
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2. Light temperature
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One warm temperature throughout, perimeter dimmer than the cases, no cold white ceiling strip fighting the display lighting. A few thousand rupees in lamps. |
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3. The sound floor
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Till printer, AC rattle, shutter, phones on speaker, a looping brand video. Silence them before you think about music. Free. |
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4. Case spacing
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Show fewer pieces. Crowding is the difference between a display and a stock tray, and editing costs nothing. Free. |
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5. The approach
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Agree how long a customer stands before anyone speaks, and what the first sentence is. A staff conversation, not a purchase. Free. |
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6. The air
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Last. Dry and woody at a low level - a reed for one room, a Sukoon up to about 750 sq ft, a Vaayu only once there is a lobby or lounge. |
If the reason you are reading this is that your store already cost a great deal and still does not feel the part, the diagnosis is in why an expensive watch store can still feel like an ordinary retail shop, and the itemised version of the sensory difference is in what sensory details separate a luxury boutique from a regular watch store. The family argument is gathered in what luxury actually smells like in a premium watch store. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
The last five per cent, priced honestly
SOSA Mountain Breeze ₹849 for one room - and the five levers above it on the list are free.
If you have money to spend on making the store feel better, spend it on lamps first. I would rather sell you nothing today than sell you a fragrance for a room that still has an extension board on the floor.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why the reed rather than a machine
At this stage the cheap answer is genuinely the right answer
The SOSA specification for a finished boutique
Three honest answers, and which one applies is decided by the size of the room and whether the air has anywhere to travel rather than by how much you want to spend. Cold-air refill oil is not currently sold separately, so if you do end up at a Vaayu the 400ml supplied runs 90+ days a fill and further supply should be confirmed with SOSA. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA watch-boutique specification
The sixth lever, sized honestly
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
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One display room, no schedule wanted | Dry pine, sage and cedar, alcohol-free, 50ml for 6-8 weeks or 130ml for 14-18 weeks | ₹849 View → |
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SOSA Sukoon
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300-750 sq ft as a single volume of air | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included, the honest buy at this size | ₹1,899 View → |
 SOSA Vaayu
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Only once there is a lobby, a lounge or central AC | 1000m³, waterless, adjustable intensity, app timers, key-lock, under 38dB, wall or HVAC mountable | ₹11,999 View → |
Work the free levers before the paid one, keep the register dry, and set whatever you buy quieter than feels right. Ambient scent here is a presentation decision like lighting or seating; it is never used to cover another smell, and a store with a fit-out, damp or corridor problem fixes the building first. No one can promise you that scenting a store moves footfall, dwell or spend, and a supplier who offers you a percentage is selling you something. Ask for a retail scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
The question I am actually asked is usually phrased as a budget: the interior is done, there is some money left, what should it go on. And the honest answer irritates people, because the four best things available to a finished store are free. Clear the clutter and the cabling. Fix the light temperature. Drop the sound floor. Show fewer watches in each case. None of that needs an invoice, a contractor or a shutdown day, and all of it beats anything I could sell you.
The fifth is the approach - the seconds between a customer entering and somebody speaking, and what that first sentence is. It is a staff decision and it changes how the room feels more than any material in it. Only after those five does the air become the interesting question, because by then it is genuinely the last element in the store that nobody chose. That is a real gap and it is worth closing, and it is also small. It finishes a room. It does not rescue one.
So: ₹849 for a Mountain Breeze reed in a single display room, ₹1,899 for a Sukoon up to about 750 sq ft, and a Vaayu only once you have a lobby or a lounge that a reed cannot reach. It is never a cover for another smell, anyone on the floor must be able to stop it in seconds, and I will not tell you what it earns you, because I do not know and neither does anybody quoting you a figure. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
How do I make a watch store feel more luxurious without renovating it?
Work six levers in order. Clear the clutter and visible cabling, fix the light temperature so one warm tone runs through the room, drop the sound floor, space the cases out by displaying fewer pieces, and agree how long a customer stands before anyone speaks. Four of those cost nothing and the lighting fix costs a few thousand rupees in lamps. Only then choose the air, which starts at Rs 849 for a Mountain Breeze reed.
Why is fragrance last on the list rather than first?
Because it is the final five per cent rather than the differentiator. Scent cannot make an ordinary store feel luxurious on its own, and a boutique that is cluttered, cold-lit and noisy will simply become a cluttered, cold-lit, noisy boutique that also smells of something. Once the room has been edited, lit and quietened, the air is the last element nobody decided, and choosing it finishes the job properly.
What does the scenting part cost for a small boutique?
One SOSA Mountain Breeze reed is Rs 849 for 50ml, which lasts six to eight weeks, or Rs 1,349 for 130ml lasting fourteen to eighteen weeks. For a room of 300 to 750 sq ft a SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899 is the honest buy. A Vaayu at Rs 11,999 would be the wrong purchase at that size and only earns its place once there is an entrance lobby, a private lounge or central AC to mount into.
Will any of this increase footfall or sales?
No one can promise that and I will not. SOSA has run no research that would support a figure, and there is no honest way to separate ambient scent from the twenty other things a customer experiences in a boutique. The question worth answering is whether the store is coherent, which you can judge yourself by standing in the doorway, rather than what the air is supposed to earn.
Can a fragrance help with a store that smells stale or of new joinery?
No, and it should not be asked to. A stale morning smell is a ventilation and cleaning question, and new joinery, adhesive and paint have to be aired out over weeks rather than scented over. Fragrance is a presentation decision, never a cover for another smell. Fix the building first and add the air afterwards, or you will simply have two smells instead of one.
Four free levers, one lamp bill, and then the air
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for luxury watch boutiques and premium retail
The SOSA Mountain Breeze reed (₹849) is the sixth thing on a six-item list, and the five above it cost almost nothing. Past one room, a Sukoon at ₹1,899; past a lobby and a lounge, a Vaayu at ₹11,999. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Send a doorway photograph and we will tell you which lever is costing you most.
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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 5 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 adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting 90+ days a fill depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, operation under 38dB at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification, which are electrical and compliance marks and not medical approvals. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft and is supplied with three 15ml fragrances; the water-based Hotel Collection (₹299 / ₹999 / ₹1,799) is an ultrasonic fragrance and is not a refill for a waterless cold-air machine. SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with 50ml lasting about 6-8 weeks and 130ml about 14-18 weeks. Cold-air refill oil for the Vaayu is not currently sold separately - the machine ships with 400ml included and further refills should be confirmed with SOSA. Warranty, annual maintenance, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed before ordering. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and infection control and is never a substitute for any of them, it is never used to mask another smell, and no claim is made that fragrance influences a patient's decision or any commercial outcome. Clinical areas including procedure, post-procedure and photography rooms are left unscented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room. 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.