★ SOSA for Hyderabad Businesses
Start with the place a patient stands while waiting to be acknowledged, because it is the only spot in the building where a person is stationary, empty-handed and paying full attention to the room - and in a finished clinic it was chosen by the door swing rather than by anybody
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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
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★ Sized to the visitor-facing zone, in the register the business runs
SOSA VaayuA connected reception, lounge and corridorView ₹11,999
Mountain BreezeThe dry pine, sage and cedar registerView ₹849
Morning FreshnessThe cool register for a white, daylit officeView ₹749
✓ One register in the visitor-facing zone only - entrance, reception and the waiting area - set from the furthest seat at the end of the longest wait and then key-locked ✓ Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented, a named seat is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered rather than requested, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Hyderabad
Why does that spot matter more than the rest? Because everything else is experienced in motion or while occupied. Those twenty to forty seconds are the only stretch where the room is the whole of what a person is doing.
What gets specified from it? The sightline, the AC throw, the distance from the treatment doors, the position of the source, and the seat that is kept fragrance-free - all judged standing there rather than from the plan.
See the SOSA Vaayu Book a scenting plan
Facts verified 9 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with a 400ml refillable tank lasting roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification - electrical and compliance marks only. Being waterless it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on paper, screens or documents; refill supply should be confirmed with SOSA. The SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) is an HVAC nebulising diffuser rated to 3,000m³, roughly 8,000-10,000 sq ft, with an 800ml reservoir, metal body, programmable schedules and operation under 42dB. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml water-based ultrasonic diffuser for a single room of roughly 270-320 sq ft, and the SOSA Boond (₹899) is its compact equivalent; both use the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (15ml from ₹299, 100ml ₹999, 300ml ₹1,799), which is made for ultrasonic diffusers and is not reed diffuser oil. SOSA reed diffusers - Morning Freshness (₹749 / ₹1,249) and Mountain Breeze (₹849 / ₹1,349), or the two together as the Fresh & Grounded duo (₹1,548 / ₹2,548) - are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with a 50ml bottle lasting 6-8 weeks and a 130ml bottle 14-18 weeks. Ambient fragrance in a commercial space is an interior and hospitality decision only. SOSA makes no claim that it treats, relieves, prevents or improves any medical, dental or psychological condition, that it makes anyone feel calmer, more comfortable or more confident, that it affects recovery, patient comfort or any clinical outcome, or that it affects footfall, walk-ins, enquiries, bookings, conversions, sales, average spend, dwell time, customer retention or revenue. It does not remove or reduce any odour in the air, and it is never a substitute for ventilation, cleaning, housekeeping or fresh-air exchange - an office with a persistent smell has a source to find and fix first. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented, because the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free in the reception or waiting area and offered rather than waiting to be requested. The visitor's preference overrides any plan on this page, and where a customer, patient or member of staff is sensitive to fragrance the correct response is to reduce or switch off. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations; SOSA is an independent brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel named for reference. Coverage, fragrance usage and running cost depend on the space, settings and hours of use, and are confirmed on a consultation. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.
Begin with one square metre: where a patient stands between walking in and being acknowledged. It is the only place they are stationary, empty-handed and paying attention - and in a finished clinic nobody chose it.
Quick answers — read this first
What should be designed first in a new clinic? The spot where a patient stands between entering and being acknowledged. It is the only place in the building where somebody is stationary, unoccupied and looking at the room.Why does that spot matter more than the rest? Because everything else is experienced in motion or while occupied. Those twenty to forty seconds are the only stretch where the room is the whole of what a person is doing.
What gets specified from it? The sightline, the AC throw, the distance from the treatment doors, the position of the source, and the seat that is kept fragrance-free - all judged standing there rather than from the plan.
The short answer
Short answer: design the square metre where a patient stands waiting to be acknowledged, because it is the only place they are stationary and attending to the room - and in a finished clinic the door swing chose it.
The pick: nothing on day one. Mark the metre, then a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) across a connected visitor floor or a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849) where reception is one seating group.
Next step: mark the metre on the plan and stand in it before the desk is built. Or ask for a scenting plan for your space.
In this guide
In a finished clinic that spot was chosen by the door swing and the edge of the desk. From zero, you get to choose it.
Sized to the visitor zone - tap to see each
One machine, the visitor floor
SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
The areas that carry nothing
Which areas stay fragrance-free
Send the floor plan
Free scenting plan for your space
Straight answer
How should a new premium clinic in Uppal design the customer experience from the beginning?
Start with one square metre, and it is not a square metre anybody draws. It is the place a patient stands between walking through your door and being acknowledged by a human being. Every clinic has one. Almost none of them chose it. In a finished building it was decided by accident - by which way the door swings, by where the edge of the desk stops, by where the queue backs up on a Saturday, by the one place a person can stand without being in somebody's way. Designing from zero is the only chance you will ever have to decide it deliberately, and it is worth more than the finishes it will be spent on instead. Here is why that metre carries so much. Every other part of a clinic visit is experienced either in motion or while occupied. Walking down a corridor, filling a form, listening to a receptionist, sitting with a phone out - in all of those the room is background. The twenty to forty seconds between entering and being spoken to is the only stretch in the whole visit where a person is stationary, empty-handed, not yet in a conversation, and has nothing to do except look at the room. That is the moment the building is actually read, and it happens in one spot. So the design brief is not "what should reception look like", it is "what is true in that metre". What can they see from there - the waiting area and a considered wall, or the back of a monitor, a cable tray and a fire extinguisher? What can they hear - a receptionist's phone call about somebody else's account, or nothing in particular? How far is the nearest treatment or consultation door, and does it open toward them? Is the AC supply firing straight down onto that spot, which makes it the coldest and draughtiest place in the room? And only then: what does the air smell of, standing there, at the level a person stands rather than at desk height? Two decisions follow directly, and both are cheap before the furniture arrives and expensive after. The first is that the source never faces the metre. Whatever carries the register - a machine on a wall, a reed bottle on the desk - goes on the far side of the visitor zone from the treatment-room doors and behind or beside the standing spot, never pointed at it, because a person arriving into a direct output is the commonest way a modest level reads as a strong one. The machine's position is a drawing-stage decision, and so is the power point that serves it. The second is that the fragrance-free seat is drawn, not improvised. Mark one named seat on the plan, furthest from the source and out of any air path from it, and brief the desk to offer it rather than wait to be asked. A seat invented on the day is a seat nobody offers. And the discipline that makes all of this hold: acknowledge people inside five seconds even when you cannot serve them. A designed metre with nobody looking up from the desk is still a bad arrival. The sensory work is the easy half. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and SOSA makes no claim that it does. A SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 where reception, waiting and corridor are one connected volume, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser at ₹849 where reception is a single seating group. Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered at the desk rather than waiting to be asked. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Design the spot where a patient stands waiting to be acknowledged. It is the only moment in the visit where somebody is stationary and attending to the room, and in a finished clinic the door swing chose it rather than you.
Once the metre is drawn: SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze at ₹849.
See the SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 Ask for a scenting plan for your space
The honest ladder
One source for the visitor zone, sized to the floor
What to buy, and for which space
The honest options for the visitor-facing zone, sized to the floor rather than to the ambition. The images link to the product pages so every figure here can be checked.
A connected reception, waiting area and corridor of ~1,500-3,000 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³ - about 2,000-3,000 sq ft - on one unit. In a clinic, salon or showroom its value is control rather than reach: the key-lock holds the level the furthest waiting chair was judged to, so it survives every shift and every new receptionist, and the 1h/4h/8h/24h timer keeps it on opening hours rather than saturating an empty room overnight. Waterless, so it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on stock, mirrors, screens or displays. 400ml tank, roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, under 38dB, wall or HVAC mount.
From ₹11,999
The register - or the whole answer where reception is one seating zone
SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
Himalayan pine, sage and Indian cedar - the driest register SOSA makes and the house default, because it reads as a considered room rather than as a hotel lobby. Where reception is a single seating group, this bottle at the staff end of the desk at ₹849 for 50ml carries the register on its own, three or four reeds in, flipped weekly; 130ml at ₹1,349 lasts 14-18 weeks. Alcohol-free, phthalate-free, six fibre reeds, and carried out of the room in seconds if a client asks.
From ₹849
The metre, and the five things true inside it
Stand where a patient will stand before the desk is built. Everything sensory is specified from there, not from the plan.
1
The spot
Find it before the furniture
It is where a person stops between the door and being spoken to. In a finished clinic it was set by the door swing, the desk edge and the Saturday queue rather than by anybody's decision.
Rule: mark it on the plan in pencil, first.
2
Why it wins
The only undistracted moment
Everywhere else a patient is moving, filling a form or in conversation. For twenty to forty seconds they are stationary, empty-handed and have nothing to do except read the room.
Rule: that is when the building is actually seen.
3
Sightline
What is visible from there
Stand in it. If what you see is the back of a monitor, a cable tray and a fire extinguisher, no finish elsewhere in the room recovers it.
Test: one thing worth looking at, from that angle.
4
Air
Not under the supply grille
A standing spot directly beneath an AC supply is the coldest, draughtiest place in the room, and it is also where a direct output makes a modest level read as a strong one.
Test: source behind or beside it, never facing it.
5
The seat
Draw the fragrance-free chair
One named seat, furthest from the source and out of its air path, marked on the plan and offered at the desk. A seat invented on the day is a seat nobody offers.
Rule: it belongs on the drawing, not in a briefing.
The SOSA principle
There is one square metre in every clinic where a person stands with nothing to do but look at your room - and in almost every clinic, the door swing chose where it is.
Designing from zero is the only moment you can place that metre on purpose, and it costs nothing at drawing stage.
Designing from zero, question by question
Where the arrival is actually decided, and what gets specified from it.
The SOSA Hyderabad table
A new clinic, designed from the beginning
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What is the first thing to design?
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The spot where a patient stands between entering and being acknowledged, because it is the only place they are stationary and attending to the room. |
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Why not start with reception's look?
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Because reception is mostly experienced in motion or while occupied. The standing metre is the one stretch where the room is the whole of what somebody is doing. |
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Where does the source go?
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On the far side of the visitor zone from the treatment doors, behind or beside the standing spot and never pointed at it. |
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When is the fragrance-free seat decided?
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At drawing stage. One named seat, furthest from the source, marked on the plan and offered at the desk rather than waiting to be asked. |
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What should be bought, and when?
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Nothing on day one. Later, a Vaayu (₹11,999) for a connected visitor floor or a Mountain Breeze reed (₹849) for one seating group. |
The pre-handover version is what to decide before the interior closes, the zoning version is which areas actually need scenting, and the sizing version is one machine or zones at 1,500 sq ft. SOSA makes no claim that fragrance affects any clinical outcome.
One register, the visitor-facing zone only, set from the furthest seat
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 waterless, key-locked and timed to opening hours; Mountain Breeze ₹849 or Morning Freshness ₹749 as the register. Send the floor plan with the closed rooms and the entrance marked and we will return it with the placement and the fragrance-free seat.
Everything else in a clinic is read in motion. One square metre is read standing still - and it is the metre that nobody puts on a drawing.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Sized to the floor
The visitor zone gets one source; closed treatment and consultation rooms get none
The SOSA Hyderabad specification
One register, delivered at whatever size the visitor-facing zone is, with the rule that travels alongside each product. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA Hyderabad specification
What goes where in a clinic, salon, showroom or office
| Product | The space it fits | The rule that travels with it | Price |
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SOSA Vaayu
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A connected reception, waiting area and corridor of ~1,500-3,000 sq ft | Wall or HVAC mounted on the far side of the client zone from the meeting-room doors; level set from the furthest chair at the end of the longest wait, then key-locked; timer on opening hours | ₹11,999 View → |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser
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The register for the whole client zone; alone where reception is one seating group | Pine, sage and cedar - dry, and reads as a considered room rather than a hotel lobby; three or four reeds in at the staff end of the desk | ₹849 / ₹1,349 View → |
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SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
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The same job in a white, glazed, daylit interior | Malabar lemon, mint and eucalyptus - cool with no warmth; one register for the whole business, never one per branch | ₹749 / ₹1,249 View → |
 SOSA Sukoon
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A reception or waiting area that is a closed room of 270-320 sq ft | High shelf on the wall the seating faces, on low, during opening hours, rinsed between refills; water-based, so not the choice in a damp building | ₹1,899 View → |
 SOSA Boond
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A director's cabin, a small reception or a single desk | One small enclosed space only, on low; never in a closed treatment room or consultation cabin | ₹899 View → |
A SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is the water-based rung for a single enclosed reception or client lounge of roughly 270-320 sq ft in a dry room, and a Boond (₹899) for a single cabin; both run on the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (from ₹299), which is not reed diffuser oil and is not interchangeable with it. Above about 3,000 sq ft of one connected volume the step is one SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) on the duct, not a second Vaayu. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented - the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there - and that is achieved by placement and doors rather than by a lower setting. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered at the desk rather than waiting to be asked. Fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating: it does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, it makes no contribution to what a visitor buys, books or decides, and it works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them. The visitor's preference overrides any plan. Ask for a scenting plan for your space and send the floor plan with the closed rooms and the entrance marked.
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ISIPCA
Versailles
Versailles
A note from Sonal
Start with one square metre, and it is not a square metre anybody draws. It is the place a patient stands between walking through your door and being acknowledged by a human being. Every clinic has one; almost none of them chose it. In a finished building it was decided by accident - by which way the door swings, by where the edge of the desk stops, by where the queue backs up on a Saturday, by the one place a person can stand without being in somebody's way. Designing from zero is the only chance you will ever have to decide it deliberately, and it is worth more than the finishes it would otherwise be spent on.
Here is why that metre carries so much. Every other part of a clinic visit happens either in motion or while occupied. Walking a corridor, filling a form, listening to a receptionist, sitting with a phone out - in all of those the room is background. The twenty to forty seconds between entering and being spoken to is the only stretch in the whole visit where a person is stationary, empty-handed, not yet in a conversation, with nothing to do except look at the room. So the brief is not what reception should look like, it is what is true in that metre: what is visible from there, what is audible, how far the nearest closed door is, whether the AC supply fires straight onto it, and only then what the air is like at standing height rather than at desk height.
Two decisions follow, and both are cheap before the furniture arrives. The first is that the source never faces the metre - whatever carries the register goes on the far side of the visitor zone from the treatment-room doors and behind or beside the standing spot, because arriving into a direct output is the commonest way a modest level reads as a strong one. The second is that the fragrance-free seat is drawn rather than improvised: one named seat, furthest from the source, marked on the plan and offered at the desk. And the discipline that holds it all together is human - acknowledge people inside five seconds even when you cannot serve them. Fragrance does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and I make no claim that it does. A SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 across a connected visitor floor, or a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser at ₹849 for one seating group. Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented. A named seat is kept genuinely fragrance-free. It works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them, and the visitor's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
What should a new clinic design first?
The square metre where a patient stands between entering and being acknowledged. It is the only place in the building where somebody is stationary and reading the room.
Why is that spot usually chosen by accident?
Because in a finished building it is set by the door swing, the edge of the reception desk and where a queue backs up, rather than by a design decision.
Where should a scent source be placed relative to it?
Behind or beside it on the far side of the visitor zone from the treatment doors, never pointed at it, and never directly under an AC supply grille.
How should the fragrance-free seat be handled in a new clinic?
Mark one named seat on the plan, furthest from the source and out of its air path, and brief the desk to offer it rather than waiting to be asked.
Should fragrance be bought before the clinic opens?
No. Mark the power point and the metre at drawing stage, then choose the register once the room has furniture, people and normal door traffic.
Stand in the metre before the desk is built
SOSA — Studio Scenting one square metre
Every clinic has a spot where a patient stands between the door and being acknowledged, and in almost every clinic the door swing chose it. It is the only stretch of a visit where somebody is stationary, empty-handed and reading the room, so the sightline, the AC throw, the distance to the nearest closed door, the source position and the named fragrance-free seat are all specified from there. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Ask for a scenting plan for your space → SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
One more look at the range
Continue the read
More from SOSA
- SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999)
- SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849)
- 1,500 sq ft: one machine or zones
- Kokapet: plan scenting before the interior closes
- 1,200 sq ft Kondapur derm: which areas
- Where the machine goes, at drawing stage
- Before buying your first machine
- Repeat patients: is it still worth it?
- Luxury without excessive decoration
- Ask us: Ask for a scenting plan for your space
- Brand: Founder story — why SOSA exists
Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: Written by Sonal Sahani, ISIPCA Versailles-trained founder and perfumer at SOSA Home & Body. Product recommendations reflect the SOSA range; the planning advice applies to any brand.Facts verified 9 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with a 400ml refillable tank lasting roughly 75-90 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, adjustable intensity, operation under 38dB, DC 12V/1A at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification - electrical and compliance marks only. Being waterless it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on paper, screens or documents; refill supply should be confirmed with SOSA. The SOSA Angaan (₹25,999) is an HVAC nebulising diffuser rated to 3,000m³, roughly 8,000-10,000 sq ft, with an 800ml reservoir, metal body, programmable schedules and operation under 42dB. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml water-based ultrasonic diffuser for a single room of roughly 270-320 sq ft, and the SOSA Boond (₹899) is its compact equivalent; both use the water-based Hotel Collection fragrance (15ml from ₹299, 100ml ₹999, 300ml ₹1,799), which is made for ultrasonic diffusers and is not reed diffuser oil. SOSA reed diffusers - Morning Freshness (₹749 / ₹1,249) and Mountain Breeze (₹849 / ₹1,349), or the two together as the Fresh & Grounded duo (₹1,548 / ₹2,548) - are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with a 50ml bottle lasting 6-8 weeks and a 130ml bottle 14-18 weeks. Ambient fragrance in a commercial space is an interior and hospitality decision only. SOSA makes no claim that it treats, relieves, prevents or improves any medical, dental or psychological condition, that it makes anyone feel calmer, more comfortable or more confident, that it affects recovery, patient comfort or any clinical outcome, or that it affects footfall, walk-ins, enquiries, bookings, conversions, sales, average spend, dwell time, customer retention or revenue. It does not remove or reduce any odour in the air, and it is never a substitute for ventilation, cleaning, housekeeping or fresh-air exchange - an office with a persistent smell has a source to find and fix first. Closed treatment rooms, consultation cabins and any closed one-to-one room are never scented, because the person inside cannot leave and did not choose to be there. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free in the reception or waiting area and offered rather than waiting to be requested. The visitor's preference overrides any plan on this page, and where a customer, patient or member of staff is sensitive to fragrance the correct response is to reduce or switch off. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations; SOSA is an independent brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel named for reference. Coverage, fragrance usage and running cost depend on the space, settings and hours of use, and are confirmed on a consultation. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.