★ SOSA for Hair Transplant and Hair Restoration Clinics
At 300-400 sq ft the honest bill is ₹1,899, and a Vaayu at six times the price would be the most expensive mistake on the list
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"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
★★★★★
"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
★ The machine for a small clinic reception - and the only one you need
SOSA Sukoon270-320 sq ft, which is your whole front of houseView ₹1,899SOSA SukoonThree 15ml fragrances included in the boxView ₹1,899SOSA SukoonSits on the desk, switched off in a secondView ₹1,899
✓ One machine at ₹1,899 covers a 300-400 sq ft clinic's patient-facing zone with capacity to spare ✓ A Vaayu here would be running at a tenth of what it is rated for, which is why I talk founders out of it ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Hair Clinics
Why not a Vaayu, if I want it done properly? Because doing it properly at this size is the Sukoon. A Vaayu is rated to 1000m³, and a 350 sq ft clinic with a ten-foot ceiling is about 3,500 cubic feet, which is roughly 99m³ - about a tenth of what the machine is built for. You would be paying ₹11,999 for a unit whose distribution features, corridor mounting and closed-cabin reach have nothing to do in a space with no corridor and no closed cabins. It is not a better version of the right answer, it is the wrong answer.
What does the whole thing cost? ₹1,899, once. One SOSA Sukoon, which arrives with three 15ml hotel-inspired fragrances, so there is no second order on day one. If you go the reed route instead it is ₹849 for a 50ml Mountain Breeze that lasts six to eight weeks, or ₹1,349 for the 130ml which lasts fourteen to eighteen. Free shipping above ₹499. There is no installation, no subscription and nothing to mount.
See the SOSA Sukoon Book a scenting plan
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.
This is the size where founders most often overbuy, and it is the size where I most often say no. A 350 sq ft clinic is not a small version of a large one - it is a room, and a room needs one small machine.
Quick answers — read this first
What do I actually need for a 300-400 sq ft hair clinic? One SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899, placed in the reception, on a low setting during clinic hours. It covers roughly 270-320 sq ft, which at this size is your entire patient-facing zone, because the procedure room and the store are not being scented at all. That is the whole purchase - one machine, three 15ml fragrances in the box, nothing else to buy. If your reception is genuinely one desk and three chairs, a single Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 is enough and you can stop there.Why not a Vaayu, if I want it done properly? Because doing it properly at this size is the Sukoon. A Vaayu is rated to 1000m³, and a 350 sq ft clinic with a ten-foot ceiling is about 3,500 cubic feet, which is roughly 99m³ - about a tenth of what the machine is built for. You would be paying ₹11,999 for a unit whose distribution features, corridor mounting and closed-cabin reach have nothing to do in a space with no corridor and no closed cabins. It is not a better version of the right answer, it is the wrong answer.
What does the whole thing cost? ₹1,899, once. One SOSA Sukoon, which arrives with three 15ml hotel-inspired fragrances, so there is no second order on day one. If you go the reed route instead it is ₹849 for a 50ml Mountain Breeze that lasts six to eight weeks, or ₹1,349 for the 130ml which lasts fourteen to eighteen. Free shipping above ₹499. There is no installation, no subscription and nothing to mount.
The short answer
Short answer: one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 in the reception, run low during clinic hours. At 300-400 sq ft that machine's 270-320 sq ft rating already covers the whole patient-facing zone, and a Vaayu at ₹11,999 would be six times the price to fill about a tenth of what it is rated for. Procedure and recovery rooms stay unscented.
The pick: one SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) on the reception counter - or, if your front of house is one desk and three chairs, a single Mountain Breeze reed (₹849) and nothing more.
Next step: send the floor plan with the reception and the procedure room marked and we will tell you whether you need the ₹1,899 machine or the ₹849 bottle - Ask for a clinic scenting plan.
In this guide
This is the one size in the whole range where the answer costs under two thousand rupees, and I would rather you knew that before you compared machines.
The small-clinic machine - tap to see the specification
For a clinic of 300-400 sq ft
SOSA Sukoon ₹1,899
The next size up
Best setup for a 500 sq ft clinic
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
What does a 300-400 sq ft hair transplant clinic actually need?
One SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899, standing on or beside the reception desk, on a low setting during clinic hours. That is the entire specification and the entire bill. Total hardware spend: ₹1,899, one machine, nothing else to buy - it ships with three 15ml hotel-inspired fragrances, so there is no second order on day one either. And if your front of house is genuinely one desk and three chairs rather than a proper waiting area, then a single Mountain Breeze reed diffuser at ₹849 is enough, and I would rather you spent the other thousand rupees on the seating. Now the part founders find harder to hear. At this size a Vaayu at ₹11,999 is the wrong buy, and it is the single most common mistake I see at 300-400 sq ft. Here is the arithmetic, out loud, because it settles the argument faster than any adjective. You scent volume, not floor area. A 350 sq ft clinic with a standard ten-foot ceiling is about 3,500 cubic feet, which is roughly 99m³. The Vaayu is rated to 1000m³. You would be buying six times the price of the Sukoon to fill about a tenth of what the machine is built for - and the features you are actually paying for on a Vaayu, the wall and HVAC mounting that carries scent down a corridor and past closed cabins, have nothing to do in a clinic that has neither. It is not a better version of the right answer. It is a different answer to a question you have not got. Two things worth doing at this size that cost nothing at all. Stand the machine a metre or two away from the desk rather than on it, because the people sitting nearest it for eight hours should not be the ones who notice it most. And set the level by walking in from outside after a break rather than by your own nose at four in the afternoon - if a patient can identify the fragrance, it is too strong, and if a patient objects the answer is to turn it down or off, never to defend it. Subtract further before you buy anything, because at 300-400 sq ft the zone you are scenting is smaller than the number on the lease. The procedure room, any post-procedure or recovery seat, and the photography corner stay completely unscented - not lightly scented, actually unscented - and the store and staff area get nothing because nobody is arriving there. What is left is a reception and a few chairs, which is comfortably inside the Sukoon's 270-320 sq ft. Two limits I will state plainly rather than bury: this is an ambience decision with no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim of any kind, and it sits alongside your cleaning and ventilation, never instead of them and never as a way to mask another smell. Your own judgement as the treating clinician overrides any of this in your own rooms. Ask for a clinic scenting plan and send the floor plan - at this size it takes us ten minutes and usually ends in ₹1,899.
One SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 in the reception, or one reed at ₹849 if it is a desk and three chairs. A Vaayu at ₹11,999 would cover about a tenth of its rating here and is the wrong buy. Procedure and recovery rooms unscented.
For a 300-400 sq ft clinic the machine is one SOSA Sukoon - ultrasonic cool mist, 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances in the box, small enough to sit on a reception counter and be switched off in a second. ₹1,899, total. If your reception is one desk and three chairs, buy the ₹849 Mountain Breeze reed instead and stop there.
See the SOSA Sukoon ₹1,899 Ask for a clinic scenting plan
The whole purchase, at this size
One machine, one room, one number - ₹1,899
The machine at this size
There is one honest answer here and one cheaper answer underneath it. The expensive machine is shown for comparison only, so you can see exactly what you would be paying for and why it has nothing to do in a 350 sq ft clinic.
The answer for 300-400 sq ft
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, supplied with three 15ml hotel-inspired fragrances. At this clinic size that rating already covers the reception and the waiting chairs with room to spare, which is why it is the honest buy and why nothing above it is an upgrade.
From ₹1,899
Shown so you can see why it is wrong here
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with corridor and HVAC mounting, app timers and a key-lock. All excellent, all irrelevant at 350 sq ft: a ten-foot-ceiling clinic of that size is roughly 99m³, so you would pay ₹11,999 to use a tenth of the machine.
From ₹11,999
The three things that decide it
Three things decide this, and none of them is ambition. Work through them in order and you will arrive at the same ₹1,899 I would.
1
Measure the volume, not the lease
350 sq ft is about 99m³, and the Vaayu is built for 1000m³
Every scent machine in the world is rated by air volume, and every clinic is described by floor area, which is where the confusion starts. Multiply your floor area by your ceiling height before you look at a single product page. A 350 sq ft clinic with a ten-foot ceiling is 3,500 cubic feet - about 99m³. Even a generous 400 sq ft with a twelve-foot ceiling is 4,800 cubic feet, roughly 136m³. Set either of those against the Vaayu's rated 1000m³ and the decision makes itself. This is also why ceiling height matters more than founders expect: a double-height reception eats capacity fast, and it is the one thing at this size that would move the conversation at all.
Tip: Do the multiplication before you shortlist machines. It takes thirty seconds and it has saved founders ten thousand rupees.
2
Subtract the rooms that get nothing
The zone you are scenting is smaller than the clinic
At 300-400 sq ft it is tempting to treat the whole footprint as one scented space, and you should not. The procedure room stays unscented. Any chair a patient sits in after the procedure stays unscented. The photography and documentation corner stays unscented, because it is a clinical record area and nothing is gained by scenting it. The store, the staff room and the washroom are not arrival spaces and get nothing. What actually remains is a reception desk, a few chairs and perhaps two metres of passage - and that, not 400 sq ft, is what your machine has to cover. A faint drift from the reception through an open door is acceptable and unavoidable. A scented clinical room is not.
Tip: If the procedure room shares a wall and a door with reception, keep the door closed during a procedure and drop the setting one notch.
3
Choose the cheaper option honestly
Sometimes the right answer here is ₹849, not ₹1,899
There is a version of this clinic where even the Sukoon is more than you need. If your front of house is one desk, three chairs and a door - no waiting area to speak of, patients seated for four or five minutes - then a single Mountain Breeze reed diffuser at ₹849 is genuinely enough. Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, alcohol-free, six fibre reeds, flipped once a week; the 50ml runs six to eight weeks and the 130ml at ₹1,349 runs fourteen to eighteen. Put it on the desk, not on the floor and not behind the monitor. The one thing it will not do is reach - a reed is a volume control, never a range control - so if you have a second seating area down the room, buy the Sukoon.
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
At 300-400 sq ft the machine is not the decision. The room is already smaller than the smallest serious machine we sell, and everything above ₹1,899 is capacity you will never switch on.
The most expensive mistake available at this clinic size is buying the right machine for a clinic three times bigger.
The plan, room by room
Here is the whole thing as a plan for a 300-400 sq ft clinic, which usually means four rooms and a passage.
The SOSA plan
A 300-400 sq ft hair clinic, room by room
| The room | What to do |
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Reception desk and door
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One SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 on or beside the desk, lowest setting that still registers on arrival. This is the only machine in the building. |
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Waiting chairs
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Nothing of their own. They are within the same machine's reach at this size, and a second unit would only make the room uneven. |
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A reception that is one desk and three chairs
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Skip the machine entirely - one Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 on the desk is enough, and I would rather tell you that now. |
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Procedure room
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Unscented. Not lightly scented, actually unscented, and the door kept closed while work is in progress. |
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Post-procedure seat or recovery corner
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Unscented. The patient has an open scalp and is sitting still, and this area is treated as clinical space. |
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Photography, store, staff room
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Unscented. Nobody arrives there, and the photography corner is a clinical record area. |
If your clinic is a little bigger than this, the machine does not change but the placement does - that argument is set out in the best fragrance setup for a 500 sq ft hair restoration clinic, which also ends at ₹1,899. And if you already own reeds and are wondering why they seem to work at the desk and vanish four metres away, that is physics rather than a faulty product, explained in why a reed diffuser smells strong beside reception but disappears across the clinic. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
One machine, one room, one number
SOSA Sukoon ₹1,899 covers 270-320 sq ft - which at this clinic size is your entire patient-facing zone, with capacity to spare.
I have talked more founders out of a Vaayu at this size than I have sold at any other, and not one of them has come back to tell me the small machine was not enough.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why the small machine is the correct machine
It is not a compromise, it is the right size of thing
The SOSA specification for a small clinic
Two products cover every 300-400 sq ft hair clinic I have ever been sent a plan for, and both of them are under two thousand rupees. Nothing above them is an upgrade at this size - it is simply a larger machine doing less of its job. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA hair-clinic specification
A 300-400 sq ft hair clinic - the honest specification
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Sukoon
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A 300-400 sq ft clinic with a reception and waiting chairs | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included, one machine and no second order | ₹1,899 View → |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
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A front of house that is genuinely one desk and three chairs | Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, alcohol-free, six reeds flipped weekly - 50ml lasts 6-8 weeks, 130ml 14-18 | ₹849 View → |
Work out the volume rather than the floor area, subtract every room that gets nothing, and buy the smaller thing. Keep the procedure room, any post-procedure or recovery seat and the photography corner completely unscented; treat this as an ambience decision with no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim of any kind; and remember it sits alongside cleaning and ventilation, never instead of them and never as a mask for another smell. Your own judgement as the treating clinician overrides any plan in your own rooms. Ask for a clinic scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
The question I get at this size is almost never "what should I buy". It is "is the small one enough, or should I just take the proper machine". And the honest reframe is that the small one is the proper machine here. A 350 sq ft clinic is a room. Rooms are what the Sukoon is built for. The Vaayu is built for a floor plate with a corridor in it, and you do not have one.
I would rather lose the larger sale than have a founder plug in a ₹11,999 unit, set it to its lowest setting because anything higher is overwhelming in a small reception, and quietly wonder what the money went on. That is what actually happens at this size. The machine is not too weak or too strong - it is simply pointed at a problem you do not have, and the features that justify its price, the corridor reach and the HVAC mounting, have nowhere to go.
So: one Sukoon at ₹1,899, three fragrances in the box, on the reception desk. Or one Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 if the front of house is a desk and three chairs. The rooms where you actually work get nothing at all, whichever you choose, and no part of this makes any clinical or wellbeing claim. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
How do I scent a 300-400 sq ft hair transplant clinic?
One SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899 in the reception, on the lowest setting that still registers when someone walks in from outside. It covers roughly 270-320 sq ft, which at this clinic size is the whole patient-facing zone once you have excluded the rooms that get nothing. It arrives with three 15ml fragrances, so the total hardware spend is Rs 1,899 and there is nothing else to order.
Would a SOSA Vaayu be better if I can afford it?
No, and this is the most common mistake at this size. The Vaayu is rated to 1000 cubic metres. A 350 sq ft clinic with a ten-foot ceiling is about 99 cubic metres, roughly a tenth of that, and the features you are paying Rs 11,999 for - corridor reach, wall and HVAC mounting, distribution past closed cabins - have nothing to do in a clinic with no corridor and no cabins. Buy the Sukoon.
Can I just use a reed diffuser instead?
Yes, if your front of house is genuinely one desk and three chairs. A 50ml Mountain Breeze reed at Rs 849 on the reception desk is enough for that, and the 130ml at Rs 1,349 simply lasts longer rather than reaching further. Reeds are a volume control, never a range control. The moment you have a second seating area a few metres away, move up to the Sukoon.
Which rooms in a small clinic should stay unscented?
The procedure room, any post-procedure or recovery seat, and the photography or documentation corner - completely unscented, not lightly scented. The store, staff room and washroom get nothing because nobody arrives there. A faint drift from reception through an open door is acceptable and unavoidable; a scented clinical room is not, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any plan in their own room.
Does ambient scent do anything for a small clinic beyond how it smells?
It stops the room contradicting the rest of your interior, and that is all anyone can honestly claim. It makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim of any kind, it is never a substitute for cleaning or ventilation and never a mask for another smell, and nobody can promise that fragrance moves any business number. Treat it as the last small layer of an environment you have already got right.
One machine, one room, ₹1,899
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for small hair transplant clinics
The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) covers 270-320 sq ft and arrives with three 15ml fragrances, which is the entire hardware list for a 300-400 sq ft clinic. If your front of house is one desk and three chairs, a Mountain Breeze reed at ₹849 is enough instead. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Send your floor plan and we will confirm which of the two you need.
Ask for a clinic scenting plan → SOSA Sukoon · ₹1,899
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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.