★ SOSA for Indore Businesses
No, and the interesting part is that the obvious correction is also wrong - a room does not arrive at a level the moment a machine starts, and it does not lose one the moment the machine stops, so a schedule matched exactly to the visiting window is late at the front and wasteful at the back
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"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 · Indore
So should the timer match 4 PM to 8 PM exactly? No. A room does not reach a level the instant a machine starts, so a schedule that begins at 4 is still climbing when the first visitors arrive.
What about the end of the window? The room holds after the machine stops, so the run can end before the last visitor leaves. That saving is free and nobody notices the difference.
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.
No. But do not simply set it to 4 until 8 either. The room lags the machine at both ends, so the schedule needs a lead-in before the first arrival and can stop before the last one leaves.
Quick answers — read this first
Is a ten-hour run wrong for a four-hour visiting window? Yes. Six of those hours are spent on a room with nobody in it to perceive anything, and run hours are what the refill interval is actually made of.So should the timer match 4 PM to 8 PM exactly? No. A room does not reach a level the instant a machine starts, so a schedule that begins at 4 is still climbing when the first visitors arrive.
What about the end of the window? The room holds after the machine stops, so the run can end before the last visitor leaves. That saving is free and nobody notices the difference.
The short answer
Short answer: no - but do not match the window exactly either. Start the run before the first arrival, because the room lags the machine, and stop it before the window closes, because the room holds.
The pick: a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) - the 1h/4h/8h/24h timer is the point of the machine here, with the four-hour block started before the window rather than at it.
Next step: write down the time your first visitor actually arrives, not the time you open. Or ask for a scenting plan for your space.
In this guide
Two corrections, in opposite directions. Most businesses make neither, because the timer was set to the shutter.
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
Should a Vaayu run ten hours if customers mostly visit between 4 PM and 8 PM?
No - and then the more useful half of the answer, which is that the obvious correction is also wrong. Take the first part quickly, because it is not really in dispute. A ten-hour run against a four-hour visiting window spends six hours on a room with nobody in it, and those six hours are not free. Run hours are what a refill interval is actually made of - a 400ml tank rated at roughly 75-90 days is rated against an assumed daily run, and doubling the daily run roughly halves that figure. So a business in this position is paying for refills at close to twice the necessary rate in exchange for scenting an empty room, which is the clearest waste in commercial scenting and also the easiest to fix, because it is one setting on a timer. The reason it happens is worth naming: almost nobody chooses ten hours. The timer gets set to the shutter hours by whoever installed the machine, because opening and closing are the only times anybody had written down. Now the part that gets missed. Do not simply reprogramme it to 4 until 8. A room does not arrive at a level the moment a machine switches on. Output has to disperse through the volume, find its way around furniture, and reach the far seats, and in a conditioned space that takes a while - which means a schedule that starts at four o'clock is still climbing when the four o'clock visitors are standing in it, and the people who get the room at its intended level are the ones who arrive at half past five. So the run starts before the window: a lead-in of roughly forty-five minutes to an hour in a normal reception, longer in a tall or badly connected room, and the way to set it is to walk in yourself at the top of the window on two consecutive days until the room reads the same as it does mid-evening. The other end goes the other way. A room does not lose its level the instant the machine stops either, so the run can end before the last visitor leaves - typically thirty to forty-five minutes before - and nobody perceives the difference, which is a saving you get for nothing. Put both corrections together and the four-hour window is served by a run of roughly four hours that has been shifted earlier, rather than by ten hours or by an exactly matching block. That happens to fit the machine, because a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 offers 1h, 4h, 8h and 24h blocks rather than free programming, and the four-hour block started before the window is the correct use of it. The timer is one of the three reasons to buy this class of machine at all - the other two being the key-lock and the lowest intensity step. 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. Closed one-to-one rooms - consultation cabins, treatment rooms, any room where a visitor is alone with a professional - are never scented, whatever the schedule says. A named seat away from the source is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered at the desk. 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.
No, because six of those hours scent an empty room and run hours are what the refill interval is made of. But do not match 4 to 8 exactly either: start before the window, because the room lags the machine, and stop early, because it holds.
The timer is the point: SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, 1h/4h/8h/24h blocks, key-locked so the level survives the shift.
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, showroom or office 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
Two corrections, in opposite directions
The first saves money. The second is the one that decides whether the four o'clock visitor gets the room you intended.
1
Where it comes from
Nobody chose ten hours
The timer was set to the shutter by whoever installed the machine, because opening and closing were the only times written down anywhere. It is a default, not a decision.
Rule: so it is worth revisiting on purpose.
2
Cost
Run hours make the refill interval
A 400ml tank rated at roughly 75-90 days assumes a daily run. Double the run and that figure roughly halves, in exchange for scenting a room nobody is standing in.
Rule: the clearest waste, and a one-setting fix.
3
Lead-in
The room lags the machine
Output has to disperse through the volume, move around furniture and reach the far seats. A run starting at four is still climbing while the four o'clock visitors stand in it.
Test: start forty-five to sixty minutes early.
4
Coast
And holds after it stops
The level does not vanish when the machine switches off, so the run can end thirty to forty-five minutes before the window closes without anybody perceiving a change.
Rule: a saving you get for nothing.
5
The blocks
Four hours, shifted earlier
The machine offers 1h, 4h, 8h and 24h rather than free programming, so the correct setting for a four-hour window is the four-hour block started before the window opens.
Rule: verify by walking in at the top of it.
The SOSA principle
A schedule matched exactly to the visiting window is late at the front and generous at the back - which means the earliest visitors get a room still climbing, and the refill pays for time after the last one has gone.
Both errors are invisible from behind the desk, because the person setting the timer is never the person walking in at the start of the window.
Scheduling to a four-hour window, question by question
What ten hours actually costs, and why an exact match is still the wrong setting.
The SOSA Hyderabad table
Ten hours, four hours, or four shifted
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What does the ten-hour run cost?
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Close to double the refill rate, in exchange for scenting a room with nobody in it for six of those hours. It is one setting on a timer. |
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Why not simply run 4 PM to 8 PM?
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Because the room lags the machine. A run starting at four is still climbing while the first visitors are standing in it. |
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How long a lead-in?
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Roughly forty-five to sixty minutes in a normal reception, longer in a tall or poorly connected room. Verify by walking in at the top of the window. |
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Can the run end early?
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Yes. The room holds after the machine stops, so ending thirty to forty-five minutes before the window closes is free and unnoticed. |
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What setting does that become?
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The four-hour block on a Vaayu (₹11,999), started before the window rather than at it, with the level key-locked. |
The traffic-pattern version is programming to traffic rather than to business hours, the sizing version is a 500 sq ft reception in a 4,000 sq ft office, and the review version is what to measure after installing. SOSA makes no claim that fragrance removes or reduces anything in the air.
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.
Almost nobody chooses ten hours. The timer gets set to the shutter by whoever installed the machine, because opening and closing were the only times written down.
— 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
No, and the first half of that is not really in dispute. A ten-hour run against a four-hour visiting window spends six hours on a room with nobody in it, and those hours are not free: run hours are what a refill interval is made of. A 400ml tank rated at roughly 75-90 days is rated against an assumed daily run, so doubling the run roughly halves the figure. The business is buying refills at close to twice the necessary rate in exchange for scenting an empty room. It is also the easiest thing in commercial scenting to fix, because it is one setting on a timer - and the reason it happens is that almost nobody chose ten hours. The timer was set to the shutter by whoever installed the machine.
Now the part that gets missed: do not simply reprogramme it to four until eight. A room does not arrive at a level the moment a machine switches on. The output has to disperse through the volume, move around furniture and reach the far seats, and in a conditioned space that takes a while. A run starting at four is still climbing while the four o'clock visitors are standing in it, and the people who get the room at its intended level are the ones arriving at half past five. So the run starts before the window, with a lead-in of roughly forty-five to sixty minutes in a normal reception and longer in a tall or badly connected room. The other end goes the other way, because the room does not lose its level the instant the machine stops, so the run can end half an hour before the last visitor leaves and nobody perceives the difference.
Put both corrections together and a four-hour window is served by about four hours of running, shifted earlier - not by ten, and not by an exactly matching block. That happens to suit the machine, because a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 offers 1h, 4h, 8h and 24h blocks rather than free programming, and the four-hour block started before the window is the correct use of it. Verify it by walking in yourself at the top of the window on two consecutive days until the room reads the same as it does mid-evening. Fragrance does not remove or reduce anything in the air, it treats nothing and relieves nothing, and I make no claim that it does. Closed treatment rooms and consultation cabins are never scented, whatever the schedule says. A named seat is kept genuinely fragrance-free and offered at the desk. 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
Should a scent machine run for the full business day?
Not if visits are concentrated in a few hours. Run hours determine the refill interval, so the extra hours are paid for and perceived by nobody.
Should the timer exactly match the busy window?
No. A room lags the machine at the start, so a run beginning at 4 PM is still climbing while the first visitors are in it.
How much lead-in does a reception need?
Roughly forty-five to sixty minutes in a normal reception, and longer in a tall or poorly connected room. Confirm it by walking in yourself.
Can the machine stop before closing time?
Yes. The room holds its level after the machine stops, so ending thirty to forty-five minutes early is a saving nobody notices.
What timer setting does this produce on a Vaayu?
The four-hour block, started before the visiting window rather than at it, with the intensity key-locked. The machine is ₹11,999.
Move the block, do not shorten the window
SOSA — Studio Scenting before, not during
Ten hours to serve four spends six of them on an empty room, and run hours are what the refill interval is made of. But an exact match is wrong in the other direction: the room lags the machine at the start and holds after it stops, so the honest schedule is about four hours of running shifted forty-five minutes earlier, ending before the window closes. Closed one-to-one rooms carry nothing whatever the timer says. 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)
- Programmed to traffic, not hours
- 500 sq ft reception, 4,000 sq ft office
- What to measure after installing
- Whole office or only what customers see
- One zone before expanding
- Diwali and wedding-season peaks
- One fragrance, different settings
- 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.