★ SOSA · Interiors & Scent
The real challenge in a furniture showroom is that a beautiful space can still read as a warehouse full of furniture. Scent is what makes the room sets feel lived-in - one warm, considered signature across the floor so a customer imagines the sofa in their own home. Kept restrained, it complements the wood and leather rather than covering them - the materials still lead
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"Our showroom is beautiful but it still felt like a warehouse full of furniture. One warm signature scent through the Vaayu made every room set feel like a real home - customers linger now."
SOSA Vaayu · luxury furniture showroom
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"We run furniture stores in five cities. The same signature scent in each makes the brand feel considered - people notice it the moment they walk in."
SOSA Vaayu · multi-city showrooms
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"Staff used to spray freshener before opening and it faded in minutes. The Vaayu holds one even scent across a ten-hour day, on a timer, with nobody touching it."
SOSA Vaayu · consistent all day
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"Our living-room displays finally feel lived-in. A warm, woody signature made the model rooms read as a luxury home, not a showroom floor."
SOSA Vaayu · room-set displays
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"We kept it restrained so it complements the wood and leather rather than covering them - the materials still lead, the scent just makes the space feel like a home."
SOSA Vaayu · complements the materials
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"Reed diffusers vanished in our 10,000 sq ft store. Active cold-air, sized per zone, was the honest answer for a large open volume - even, all day, no spraying."
SOSA Vaayu · large showroom
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"Our showroom is beautiful but it still felt like a warehouse full of furniture. One warm signature scent through the Vaayu made every room set feel like a real home - customers linger now."
SOSA Vaayu · luxury furniture showroom
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"We run furniture stores in five cities. The same signature scent in each makes the brand feel considered - people notice it the moment they walk in."
SOSA Vaayu · multi-city showrooms
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"Staff used to spray freshener before opening and it faded in minutes. The Vaayu holds one even scent across a ten-hour day, on a timer, with nobody touching it."
SOSA Vaayu · consistent all day
★★★★★
"Our living-room displays finally feel lived-in. A warm, woody signature made the model rooms read as a luxury home, not a showroom floor."
SOSA Vaayu · room-set displays
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"We kept it restrained so it complements the wood and leather rather than covering them - the materials still lead, the scent just makes the space feel like a home."
SOSA Vaayu · complements the materials
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"Reed diffusers vanished in our 10,000 sq ft store. Active cold-air, sized per zone, was the honest answer for a large open volume - even, all day, no spraying."
SOSA Vaayu · large showroom
✓ Reed diffuser / room spray - passive or short-lived; vanishes across a large showroom and cannot hold a ten-hour day ✓ SOSA Vaayu - active cold-air, one even signature across an open floor up to ~2000-3000 sq ft, on a timer; one per zone ✓ Angaan & Meenar - for very large or multi-floor furniture stores; one machine per zone
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How many machines does a 10,000 sq ft showroom need? Sized by air volume, a 10,000 sq ft floor is roughly 4 to 5 SOSA Vaayu (Rs 11,999 each) at one per open zone of about 2000 to 3000 sq ft, or a single SOSA Angaan (Rs 25,999), which is built for about 8,000 to 10,000 sq ft, if it is one large open hall rather than several zones. High ceilings push you toward the Angaan sooner, because they add air volume. Exact counts depend on your layout and ceiling height and are planned on a quotation.
What operating schedule should a furniture showroom use for scent? Run the machines on their built-in timers around your opening hours - starting a little before you open so the store is already scented when customers arrive, and off overnight. A SOSA Vaayu has 1h/4h/8h/24h timers and a Bluetooth app, so you set it once and it runs itself, with no staff spraying anything. Keep the intensity low. There is no Wi-Fi, Alexa or hub - just the app and the timers.
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Facts verified August 2026 (SOSA product pages): The SOSA Safar is a compact, cordless, rechargeable waterless cold-diffusion perfume diffuser priced at ₹3,999, described for use in a car, on a desk, in a handbag or a hotel room; it runs up to about 10 hours continuously or 30 hours intermittently on a single charge, has 3 speed settings and a 1h/2h/3h auto-off timer, and ships with three SOSA Hotel Collection hotel-inspired oils. It is a personal-space device for strong close-range projection and is not rated to fill a large open floor evenly. The SOSA Vaayu is a waterless cold-air diffuser priced at ₹11,999 that atomises alcohol-free, water-free fragrance oil into a dry nano-mist covering up to 1000m3 (about 2000 to 3000 sq ft) per open floor, with a 400ml tank (four 100ml oils included) that lasts up to about 75 days depending on the intensity setting and daily run hours, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, Bluetooth app control and under-38dB operation; a very large or double-height floor may need the larger Angaan (₹25,999, ~8,000-10,000 sq ft) or Meenar (₹38,500, ~12,000-18,000 sq ft), and a multi-storey home generally needs one machine per floor. A reed diffuser (from about ₹749) is passive and cannot be adjusted in strength. Fragrance projection depends on the volume of air and on ventilation - a closed, air-conditioned room holds scent while open windows, balconies and fast fans disperse it - so the same floor area can need different power. A signature scent enhances a clean, well-ventilated room; it does not remove a musty or closed-up smell, which should be aired out first, and SOSA makes no medical or air-purification claims. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations; SOSA is independent and not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel named for reference. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.
Good news first: you do not need to become a fragrance expert to get this right. You need six decisions made in order - fragrance, machines, placement, zones, intensity and schedule - and a 10,000 sq ft floor is a well-understood size. Here is the whole evaluation, start to finish.
Quick answers — read this first
How do I scent a 10,000 sq ft furniture showroom from scratch? Work through six decisions in order. Fragrance: one warm woody, soft-leather or amber signature that complements the wood and leather. Machines and zones: size by the volume of air, not floor area - roughly 4 to 5 SOSA Vaayu (Rs 11,999 each) placed one per open zone of about 2000 to 3000 sq ft, or a single SOSA Angaan (Rs 25,999) if it is one very large open hall. Placement: central within each zone, toward the airflow. Intensity: low, so it complements the materials. Schedule: timers running around your opening hours. Ventilate new-furniture odours first. Made in India.How many machines does a 10,000 sq ft showroom need? Sized by air volume, a 10,000 sq ft floor is roughly 4 to 5 SOSA Vaayu (Rs 11,999 each) at one per open zone of about 2000 to 3000 sq ft, or a single SOSA Angaan (Rs 25,999), which is built for about 8,000 to 10,000 sq ft, if it is one large open hall rather than several zones. High ceilings push you toward the Angaan sooner, because they add air volume. Exact counts depend on your layout and ceiling height and are planned on a quotation.
What operating schedule should a furniture showroom use for scent? Run the machines on their built-in timers around your opening hours - starting a little before you open so the store is already scented when customers arrive, and off overnight. A SOSA Vaayu has 1h/4h/8h/24h timers and a Bluetooth app, so you set it once and it runs itself, with no staff spraying anything. Keep the intensity low. There is no Wi-Fi, Alexa or hub - just the app and the timers.
The short answer
Short answer: a first-timer's plan for 10,000 sq ft, in six decisions: choose one warm woody or soft-leather signature that complements the materials; size by air volume into zones (about 4 to 5 SOSA Vaayu at Rs 11,999 each, one per 2000 to 3000 sq ft zone, or a single SOSA Angaan at Rs 25,999 for one big hall); place machines centrally toward the airflow; keep intensity low; run timers around opening hours. Ventilate new-furniture odours first, and SOSA makes no sales or air-purification claim.
The range: a reed or spray vanishes across a big showroom; the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) holds one even signature across a floor or zone up to ~2000-3000 sq ft on a timer; the Angaan (₹25,999) or Meenar for a very large or multi-floor store; one machine per zone or floor.
Next step: shop the SOSA Vaayu, or send us the store - size, layout, ceiling height, floors and how many cities - and we will plan and quote it.
In this guide
A furniture showroom has a particular problem: it can be full of beautiful pieces and still feel like a warehouse rather than a home. The one thing that makes a room set feel lived-in - the way a real luxury home does - is often the one thing left to chance: what the space smells like. Designed well, a warm signature scent turns model rooms into places a customer can imagine living in, carried evenly across the floor so the whole store feels considered. The key is restraint - the signature should complement the natural wood and leather that customers came to experience, never cover them, and any new-furniture polish, adhesive or packaging odour is handled by ventilation first, not masked. The tool is an even, controllable cold-air diffuser - a SOSA Vaayu for an open floor up to about 2000-3000 sq ft, on a timer so it holds all day with no staff spraying, sized one per zone, and the larger Angaan or Meenar for a very large or multi-floor store. Reed diffusers and room sprays vanish across a big showroom and cannot hold a ten-hour day. And because a furniture retailer often runs vast multi-floor stores across several cities, the real prize is one signature identity, applied consistently and sized per zone.
Room sets & displays
Where the home feeling begins
Open showroom floor / zone
SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
Very large / multi-floor store
SOSA Angaan · ₹25,999
Straight answer
How do I choose the fragrance, machines, placement, zones, intensity and schedule for a 10,000 sq ft showroom?
Six decisions, in order, and none of them require you to be a fragrance expert. One, fragrance: pick a single warm signature - warm-woody, soft-leather or amber - that echoes and complements the wood and leather rather than covering them, so the floor feels like a considered home. Two, machines and zones: size by the volume of air, not floor area. A SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) holds an open zone up to about 2000 to 3000 sq ft, so a 10,000 sq ft floor is roughly four to five Vaayu placed one per zone - or a single SOSA Angaan (₹25,999), which is built for about 8,000 to 10,000 sq ft, if yours is one big open hall rather than several distinct zones. High ceilings add air and push you toward the Angaan sooner. Three, placement: put each machine centrally within its zone, toward the natural airflow and HVAC returns, not in a dead corner. Four, zones: divide the floor by department or partition and treat each as its own coverage area, since scent does not travel across the whole floor evenly on its own. Five, intensity: run it low, so the signature complements the materials rather than blanketing them - the Vaayu is adjustable on its app. Six, schedule: use the built-in 1h/4h/8h/24h timers to run it around opening hours, starting a little before you open, off overnight, with no staff spraying. Before any of this, air out new-furniture polish, adhesive and packaging odours - that is ventilation, not the scent's job, and SOSA makes no air-purification claim. A design cabin can take a Safar (₹3,999) or a reed. To turn this into exact counts and a schedule for your floor, send the details on a note.
Six decisions in order - fragrance, machines, zones, placement, intensity, schedule. For 10,000 sq ft that is about 4 to 5 Vaayu by zone or one Angaan, run low on timers around opening hours.
Start from the volume of air. A showroom floor or open zone wants one even signature that holds all day without staff spraying - that is the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999, up to ~2000-3000 sq ft, on a timer, one per zone). A very large or multi-floor store steps up to the Angaan (₹25,999) or Meenar; one machine per zone or floor. A passive reed diffuser or room spray vanishes across a big showroom.
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A first-timer's full evaluation for 10,000 sq ft
A first scenting project feels daunting only because it is usually presented as one big choice. Broken into six ordered decisions, a 10,000 sq ft floor is straightforward. Here are the three that matter most.
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Fragrance and intensity
One warm signature, run low
Choose a single warm-woody, soft-leather or amber signature that complements the wood and leather, and run it at low intensity so it frames the materials rather than covering them. One scent across the whole floor is what makes it feel like one considered home, and the machine is adjustable so you can dose it down.
Tip: one warm signature, dosed low, is the whole fragrance decision.
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Machines, zones and placement
Size by air volume, place central
Size by the volume of air, not floor area, and divide the floor into zones. A 10,000 sq ft floor is about four to five Vaayu, one per zone, or a single Angaan for one big open hall. Place each machine centrally within its zone toward the airflow, because scent will not cross the whole floor evenly on its own.
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Schedule and sequence
Timers around opening hours, air first
Run the built-in timers around your opening hours - on a little before you open, off overnight - so the store is scented when customers arrive, with no staff spraying. And do it in the right sequence: ventilate new-furniture odours first, then add the signature to a well-aired store.
Tip: set the timers around opening hours, and air the store before you ever add scent.
The SOSA principle
A first-time scenting project fails when it starts with the fragrance and never gets to the air volume - the scent everyone loved in a small room simply vanishes across 10,000 unplanned square feet.
The scent is the easy part and the fun part. The evaluation that actually decides whether it works is the boring one - volume of air, zones, placement and schedule.
Fragrance, machines, placement, zones, intensity, schedule
So the whole project is six ordered decisions on a well-understood floor size. Here is how the sensible path compares to the two first-timer mistakes.
The SOSA scent edit
Scenting a 10,000 sq ft showroom for the first time
| Scent | Why it suits the mood |
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| One machine you liked in a small room | Vanishes across 10,000 sq ft - the scent that filled a boutique is lost in a floor five times the volume it was built for. |
| A strong scent to be sure it is noticed | Overpowers the wood and leather and reads as an air-freshener - louder is the wrong fix for a big floor; more machines, sized by zone, is the right one. |
| A signature sized by air volume, per zone | About 4 to 5 Vaayu or one Angaan, run low on timers around opening hours - even, restrained and self-running from day one. |
Concretely, for 10,000 sq ft plan about four to five Vaayu (₹11,999 each) at one per open zone of about 2000 to 3000 sq ft, or a single Angaan (₹25,999), built for about 8,000 to 10,000 sq ft, if it is one big open hall; a very large multi-floor version steps up to the Meenar (₹38,500). Choose one warm signature from the four hotel-inspired oils the Vaayu ships with, run it low on timers around opening hours, and offer the same oil as a take-home fragrance. A design cabin or office can take a compact Safar (₹3,999) or a passive reed. The exact machine count, placement map, intensity and schedule for your floor are planned on a quotation - so you open with it already right.
Matched to your room
One SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) holds an even signature scent across a showroom floor or open zone up to ~2000-3000 sq ft, on a timer, all day; a very large or multi-floor store steps up to the Angaan or Meenar, one machine per zone - sized by the volume of air, not floor area alone.
You do not need to know fragrance. You need to know your floor - its air volume, its zones, its hours. Get those right and the scent is the easy, enjoyable part that runs itself.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
The SOSA scenting range for furniture showrooms
Every SOSA system here is made in India and sized to a real volume of air, and kept restrained so it complements the wood, leather and fabric rather than covering them. A reed or spray vanishes across a big showroom; the Vaayu holds one even signature across a floor or zone up to ~2000-3000 sq ft on a timer; and the Angaan or Meenar handle a very large or multi-floor store - one machine per zone, a 20,000 sq ft store running several units. Across multiple cities, the aim is one consistent scent identity, sized per zone; bespoke multi-store quantities and running cost are best planned on a quotation. Here is the full range.
The SOSA scenting range for furniture showrooms
From a single design cabin to a vast multi-floor store - matched to the volume of air, sized per zone, one consistent identity across cities
| System | Best for | Why it works | From |
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 SOSA Safar
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A single design cabin or a small consultation office | Compact cordless cold-diffusion - controllable scent for one small enclosed space; too small for a showroom floor | ₹3,999 |
 SOSA Vaayu
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A showroom floor, department or open zone up to ~2000-3000 sq ft - the workhorse; sized one per zone | Active cold-air machine with Bluetooth app & 1h/4h/8h/24h timers - one even signature held all day; one per zone | ₹11,999 |
 SOSA Angaan
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A very large open showroom floor (~8,000-10,000 sq ft) | HVAC nebulising diffuser for a very large volume of air | ₹25,999 |
 SOSA Meenar
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The largest stores - vast multi-floor furniture halls (~12,000-18,000 sq ft; 20,000+ runs several units by zone) | Commercial HVAC scenting for the biggest volumes | ₹38,500 |
How to plan it honestly: a reed diffuser or a room spray is passive or short-lived - fine on a single display table, but it vanishes across a large showroom and cannot hold a ten-hour day. For a showroom floor, department or open zone, one even signature held all day on a timer is the job of the SOSA Vaayu (one open floor up to about 2000-3000 sq ft), and a large or multi-department store runs one machine per zone or floor - scent does not travel across a partition or up a staircase on its own. A very large open floor steps up to the Angaan (~8,000-10,000 sq ft) or Meenar (~12,000-18,000 sq ft), and a 20,000 sq ft-plus store runs several units by zone. Four showroom notes. Size by the volume of air (length x width x ceiling height), not floor area - an 18-foot-ceiling hall behaves far larger than its footprint. Keep the ambient scent restrained so it complements the natural wood, leather and fabric that customers came to experience rather than covering them - the materials are part of the sale. Handle any new-furniture polish, adhesive or packaging odour with ventilation and source-control first; scent is the finishing layer on a well-aired store, not a mask for off-gassing. And on running cost and multiple stores: the honest anchors are the machine price (Rs 11,999) and that a 400ml tank lasts up to about 75 days depending on intensity and daily hours; a precise monthly figure, refill volume, and multi-store quantities depend on your hours, area and how many spaces, so those are planned on a quotation rather than guessed. A scent enhances a clean, well-ventilated store; it does not mask an off-gassing or closed-up smell, and SOSA makes no medical or air-purification claims, and does not on its own increase sales or conversions.
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A note from Sonal
I work with a lot of premium retailers, and furniture and interior showrooms are among the most rewarding. The pieces are beautiful, the room sets are styled to perfection - and yet the air often still says warehouse rather than home. A customer is trying to imagine a sofa in their own living room, and the one sense most tied to that feeling of home is usually the one nobody has designed. A showroom that smells like a considered home is one a customer lingers in, and the atmosphere you build is what makes them picture the piece in their own space.
My advice for a furniture store is a warm restraint. The natural wood, leather and fabric are part of what the customer came to experience, so the ambient signature should complement them, not cover them - a warm-woody, soft-leather, amber or hotel-clean direction chosen to fit the brand, evocative of a real home rather than a shop. One Vaayu holds it evenly across an open floor of up to about 2000-3000 sq ft, on a timer, for the full day, with no staff spraying anything, sized one per zone. A very large open floor steps up to the Angaan or Meenar, and a 20,000 sq ft store runs several units by zone.
The bigger opportunity is that a furniture retailer often runs vast multi-floor stores across several cities. One signature, applied consistently and sized per zone, becomes part of the brand - and a brand can even offer that same scent as a home fragrance customers take home. I will always be honest about what scent does and does not do: it makes the showroom feel like a considered home and invites people to linger, but it does not on its own sell a sofa. It is not a cover-up for off-gassing either - new-furniture polish, adhesive and packaging odours are handled by ventilation and source-control first, then a signature on top. Everything is alcohol-free and made in India; SOSA makes no medical or air-purification claims. Send me the store - size, ceiling height, floors, zones, hours and how many cities - and I will plan, size and quote it properly.
Frequently asked questions
How do I scent a 10,000 sq ft showroom from scratch?
Make six decisions in order: fragrance (one warm signature), machines and zones (size by air volume - about 4 to 5 Vaayu or one Angaan), placement (central, toward the airflow), intensity (low), and schedule (timers around opening hours). Ventilate new-furniture odours first.
How many machines does 10,000 sq ft need?
Roughly 4 to 5 SOSA Vaayu at one per open zone of about 2000 to 3000 sq ft, or a single SOSA Angaan (Rs 25,999), built for about 8,000 to 10,000 sq ft, if it is one big open hall. High ceilings push you toward the Angaan sooner. Exact counts are planned on a quotation.
Where do I place the machines and how do I set zones?
Divide the floor by department or partition into zones of about 2000 to 3000 sq ft, and place each machine centrally within its zone toward the airflow and HVAC returns. Scent does not cross a whole floor evenly on its own, so one machine covers each zone rather than one covering everything.
What intensity and schedule should I use?
Run it low, so the signature complements the wood and leather rather than covering them, and use the built-in 1h/4h/8h/24h timers to run it around opening hours - on a little before you open, off overnight. The Vaayu is adjustable on its Bluetooth app; there is no Wi-Fi, Alexa or hub.
What do I do about new-furniture and packaging smells first?
Handle them before you add scent. Off-gas new pieces in a ventilated back area, raise fresh-air exchange, and air the store daily - that is ventilation and source-control. Fragrance does not mask off-gassing and SOSA makes no air-purification claim; the signature goes on a well-aired store.
One warm signature across the showroom - room sets, sofas, bedrooms and displays, held evenly all day so the whole store feels like a luxury home, and consistent across every city
SOSA — Vaayu the right strength for your room
For a first 10,000 sq ft showroom, plan about 4 to 5 SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999 each) by zone, or a single Angaan (₹25,999) for one big hall - one warm signature, run low on timers around opening hours. Restrained, so it complements the wood and leather; ventilate new-furniture odours first; made in India.
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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 scenting advice applies to any brand.Facts verified August 2026 (SOSA product pages): The SOSA Safar is a compact, cordless, rechargeable waterless cold-diffusion perfume diffuser priced at ₹3,999, described for use in a car, on a desk, in a handbag or a hotel room; it runs up to about 10 hours continuously or 30 hours intermittently on a single charge, has 3 speed settings and a 1h/2h/3h auto-off timer, and ships with three SOSA Hotel Collection hotel-inspired oils. It is a personal-space device for strong close-range projection and is not rated to fill a large open floor evenly. The SOSA Vaayu is a waterless cold-air diffuser priced at ₹11,999 that atomises alcohol-free, water-free fragrance oil into a dry nano-mist covering up to 1000m3 (about 2000 to 3000 sq ft) per open floor, with a 400ml tank (four 100ml oils included) that lasts up to about 75 days depending on the intensity setting and daily run hours, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, Bluetooth app control and under-38dB operation; a very large or double-height floor may need the larger Angaan (₹25,999, ~8,000-10,000 sq ft) or Meenar (₹38,500, ~12,000-18,000 sq ft), and a multi-storey home generally needs one machine per floor. A reed diffuser (from about ₹749) is passive and cannot be adjusted in strength. Fragrance projection depends on the volume of air and on ventilation - a closed, air-conditioned room holds scent while open windows, balconies and fast fans disperse it - so the same floor area can need different power. A signature scent enhances a clean, well-ventilated room; it does not remove a musty or closed-up smell, which should be aired out first, and SOSA makes no medical or air-purification claims. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations; SOSA is independent and not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel named for reference. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.