★ SOSA for Premium Footwear and Sneaker Retail
Concrete and steel hold nothing at all. That makes a hard room easy to over-scent and impossible to correct quietly
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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
★ For hard rooms, by the volume they actually enclose
SOSA VaayuLarge connected industrial volumesView ₹11,999
SOSA SukoonOne zone in a smaller hard roomView ₹1,899
SOSA Morning Freshness Reed DiffuserA small hard room, done passivelyView ₹749
✓ Hard surfaces absorb nothing, so fragrance moves further and settles less evenly - the correct response is a lower level, never a higher one ✓ Wall or HVAC mounting matters in a deep industrial shell, where a free-standing unit leaves the far end of the room short ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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Do hard industrial interiors need more fragrance than soft ones? Usually less, which surprises people. Carpet, curtain and upholstery absorb fragrance and dampen it, so a soft room swallows a good deal of what you put into it. Concrete, steel, glass and resin absorb nothing, so more of what you release stays in the air and moves further across a smooth floor. What hard rooms do badly is evenness - fast air paths and open volumes create gradients, so you can have a strong entrance and a flat far corner at the same time. The fix is placement and, on a big floor, wall or HVAC mounting - not a higher setting.
Does a double-height industrial store need a bigger machine? It needs to be specified by volume rather than by floor area, which is the point people miss. A 1,200 sq ft shop with a six-metre ceiling encloses far more air than a 1,200 sq ft shop with a standard one, and coverage figures quoted in cubic metres are the honest way to compare. The SOSA Vaayu is rated to 1000m³, roughly 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft at ordinary ceiling heights, and rather less floor area than that in a double-height shell. Measure the volume before anyone quotes you a machine.
See the SOSA Vaayu Book a scenting plan
Facts verified 7 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 up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, 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. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. the SOSA Morning Freshness reed diffuser (Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus) is ₹749 in 50ml and ₹1,249 in 130ml. the SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, running 16-18 hours on its low setting and supplied with three 15ml water-based Hotel Collection fragrances; being ultrasonic it adds a little humidity to the room. Ambient fragrance is an interior and brand decision only. SOSA makes no claim that scent influences a purchase decision, sales, conversion, footfall, browsing time or basket size, and no claim that any product removes, neutralises, eliminates or absorbs an odour, or that it cleans, purifies or disinfects air. Scent works alongside proper ventilation, stock rotation and cleaning and is never a substitute for any of them, and is never used to mask a smell that has a source. Customer and staff fragrance sensitivity is real and should never be minimised; no SOSA product is described as hypoallergenic or as safe for sensitive individuals, and staff must be able to switch the system off in seconds. 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 or footwear brand 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.
Industrial fit-outs are the most flattering rooms in sneaker retail and the least forgiving ones to scent. Nothing in them absorbs anything. Sound bounces, air moves fast across smooth floors, and a level that would be gentle in a carpeted boutique becomes conspicuous here.
Quick answers — read this first
What fragrance works with a concrete, metal and LED sneaker-store interior? A cool, dry, technical register - Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus - for two reasons. Materially, it belongs with concrete, steel and glass in the way a warm amber belongs with carpet, timber and upholstery; putting an opulent register into a hard industrial shell produces an incoherence customers feel without naming. Practically, hard rooms carry scent further because nothing absorbs it, so a light, fast register at a low level covers a lot of ground. The mistake to avoid is treating a big empty-sounding room as needing more fragrance. It almost always needs less.Do hard industrial interiors need more fragrance than soft ones? Usually less, which surprises people. Carpet, curtain and upholstery absorb fragrance and dampen it, so a soft room swallows a good deal of what you put into it. Concrete, steel, glass and resin absorb nothing, so more of what you release stays in the air and moves further across a smooth floor. What hard rooms do badly is evenness - fast air paths and open volumes create gradients, so you can have a strong entrance and a flat far corner at the same time. The fix is placement and, on a big floor, wall or HVAC mounting - not a higher setting.
Does a double-height industrial store need a bigger machine? It needs to be specified by volume rather than by floor area, which is the point people miss. A 1,200 sq ft shop with a six-metre ceiling encloses far more air than a 1,200 sq ft shop with a standard one, and coverage figures quoted in cubic metres are the honest way to compare. The SOSA Vaayu is rated to 1000m³, roughly 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft at ordinary ceiling heights, and rather less floor area than that in a double-height shell. Measure the volume before anyone quotes you a machine.
The short answer
Short answer: Cool and dry - lemon, peppermint, eucalyptus - because it belongs with concrete, steel and glass in the way warm amber belongs with carpet and timber. And set it lower than you would in a soft room: hard surfaces absorb nothing, so fragrance travels further while spreading less evenly. Fix placement and mounting rather than raising the level.
The pick: For a genuinely large connected industrial volume, one SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999), wall or HVAC mounted so a deep shell gets an even level. Below about 1,500 sq ft, a Morning Freshness reed (₹749) or one Sukoon (₹1,899) zone.
Next step: Send us the floor area and the ceiling height - volume, not square feet, decides this one - ask for a store scenting plan.
In this guide
An industrial shell is the easiest room in retail to over-scent. Nothing absorbs, air moves fast, and the correction is placement rather than intensity.
Hard rooms, by enclosed volume
For a large industrial volume
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Straight answer
How should a concrete, metal and LED sneaker store be scented, and what makes it different?
Two answers, and the second one matters more than the first. The register: cool, dry and technical - Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus. A material palette of polished concrete, steel rail, glass, exposed services and hard directional light belongs to the same design idea as a bright, transparent register, in the way that carpet, timber and upholstery belong with something warm and resinous. Putting an opulent amber into an industrial shell is a mismatch customers register instantly without being able to name it, and there is a second, material reason as well: the room is full of rubber and EVA foam, and a cool register contrasts with them rather than blurring. The physics: this is where hard rooms genuinely differ, and it is worth understanding before anyone quotes you equipment. Soft rooms are absorbent - carpet, curtain and upholstery take up fragrance and damp it down, which is forgiving, because a room like that swallows your errors. Concrete, steel, glass and resin absorb nothing. Everything you release stays in the air, and it moves quickly along smooth floors and open sightlines. So the first correction is downward: a level that is gentle in a carpeted boutique of the same footprint will be conspicuous in a hard shell, and if a supplier's response to a big echoing room is to specify more intensity, they have the problem backwards. The second correction is about evenness. Hard rooms do not fail by being weak; they fail by being uneven - a strong entrance, a flat far corner, and a gradient that shifts with the door and the air conditioning. That is a placement problem, and on a large floor a wall or HVAC mount reaches a deep shell that a free-standing unit will not. The third thing to get right is sizing, and here industrial rooms mislead everybody, because they are usually specified by floor area when they should be specified by volume. A 1,200 sq ft unit with a six-metre ceiling encloses far more air than the same footprint at standard height. The Vaayu is rated to 1000m³, which is roughly 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft at ordinary ceiling heights and meaningfully less floor area in a double-height shell. Measure the height before you buy anything. Below about 1,500 sq ft of connected floor at normal height, a reed or one Sukoon zone is the honest answer and a machine is over-buying. Everything above assumes the loud sources are handled first - stockroom, unboxing, cardboard - and we make no claim that any SOSA product removes, neutralises or absorbs an odour. Fragrance here is a brand and interior decision, and we make no claim that it affects sales, footfall, browsing time or what anybody buys. Ask for a store scenting plan with the ceiling height included.
Cool and dry to match the materials, set lower than in a soft room, and specified by enclosed volume rather than by floor area.
For a genuinely large industrial volume, the SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 is rated to 1000m³, mounts to a wall or into HVAC so a deep shell gets an even level, runs under 38dB in a room that already bounces sound, and locks so the setting cannot drift.
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What hard rooms do
Carry further, spread less evenly, and forgive nothing
What to specify, by volume rather than floor area
Specify by volume, not floor area - a double-height shell encloses far more air than its square footage suggests, and that is the single most common sizing error in this format. Under 300 sq ft, one reed. Between 300 and 750, reeds by zone or one Sukoon. From roughly 1,500 sq ft of connected floor at ordinary ceiling heights, or a genuinely large double-height volume, one Vaayu correctly placed.
Large connected industrial volumes
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³ - about 2,000-3,000 sq ft at normal ceiling heights, less floor area in a double-height shell. Wall or HVAC mountable, which is what gets an even level down a deep hard room. Adjustable intensity, trading-hour timers, key-lock, under 38dB, 5W. ₹11,999.
From ₹11,999
One zone in a smaller hard room
SOSA Sukoon
Roughly 270-320 sq ft, 16 to 18 hours on low, three 15ml fragrances included. Ultrasonic and water-based, so it adds a little humidity - which in a hard room with a smooth floor is worth thinking about near display glass and stacked cardboard. Keep it in open air. ₹1,899.
From ₹1,899
A small hard room, done passively
SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus. In a compact concrete-and-steel room, a passive reed is often all that is needed, because a hard shell carries a light register further than a soft room would. No power, no noise in a space that already bounces sound. From ₹749.
From ₹749
Three things hard rooms do differently
Three ways a hard, industrial room behaves differently from the soft boutique most advice assumes.
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First, nothing absorbs
The room swallows none of your errors
Textiles are forgiving. Carpet, curtain, upholstery and soft furnishing take up a proportion of any fragrance in the room and damp it, which is why a slightly heavy setting in a carpeted boutique reads as merely warm. Concrete, resin, steel, glass and painted plaster take up nothing at all. Everything you release remains available to be smelled, and it stays that way until air movement carries it out. The practical consequence is simple and it is the opposite of what most people assume: an industrial room needs a lower setting than a soft room of the same size, not a higher one. If a room feels big and empty and echoing, the temptation is to compensate with intensity. Resist it. Start low, live with it for a fortnight, and only then adjust - preferably downward again.
Tip: if the room has an echo, treat that as a warning about scent as well as sound.
In a compact hard room, one Morning Freshness reed at ₹749 goes further than the same reed in a carpeted one.
See SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser →
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Second, evenness rather than strength
Hard rooms fail by gradient, not by weakness
The complaint I hear about industrial spaces is almost never that the fragrance is too faint overall. It is that the entrance is strong and the back is flat, or that it changes completely when the air conditioning cycles. Smooth floors, open sightlines and high ceilings create fast, unpredictable air paths, and a free-standing unit in one corner produces a gradient rather than a level. The answers are placement and mounting: put the unit where the room's air actually starts its journey, usually near the entrance or in the supply path of the air conditioning, and on a large floor use a wall or HVAC mount so the fragrance enters where the air is already moving. That is what evens out a deep shell. Turning the level up simply makes the strong end stronger and leaves the far corner exactly as it was.
Tip: walk the far corner at four on a Saturday before you change any setting - that is where the real reading is.
The Vaayu is wall and HVAC mountable, which is the point of it on a deep industrial floor. ₹11,999.
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Third, specify by volume
Ceiling height is the number everyone forgets
Industrial fit-outs are often chosen precisely because they have height - exposed structure, high ceilings, a mezzanine, a full double-height shell. All of that is air you have to account for. A machine's coverage figure in cubic metres is the honest comparison, and floor area alone will mislead you badly here: a 1,200 sq ft unit with a six-metre ceiling holds roughly twice the air of the same footprint at three metres. The Vaayu is rated to 1000m³, so read that as about 2,000-3,000 sq ft at ordinary heights and correspondingly less floor area in a tall room. And note the rule about second units: a second machine belongs to a second volume of air, never a second corner of the same room, because two units in one connected space produce competing gradients rather than combined coverage. A mezzanine on its own air conditioning may be a second volume; an open mezzanine over the same floor is not.
For one zone in a smaller hard room, the Sukoon at ₹1,899 - kept in open air, away from display glass and cardboard.
See SOSA Sukoon →
The SOSA principle
Everyone asks how much more fragrance a big concrete room needs. The honest answer is less, and better placed.
Hard shells carry further and spread unevenly. Placement and mounting fix that. Intensity only makes the strong end stronger.
Placement in an industrial shell
Where the unit goes in an industrial room, and where it should never go.
The SOSA plan
Placement in a hard room
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In the air-conditioning supply path
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Best on a large floor. The fragrance enters where the air is already moving, which is what evens out a deep shell rather than creating a hot spot. |
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Wall mounted near the entrance
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Good. It catches the room's main air path and treats the zone where a customer forms their only real impression of the air. |
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Free-standing in a far corner
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Poor. It makes a gradient with a strong corner and a flat middle, and the boundary moves every time the door opens or the air conditioning cycles. |
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Two units in one open room
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Wrong. A second unit belongs to a second volume of air - a closed mezzanine, a wing behind a door - never a second corner of the same space. |
The register argument for this format is set out in streetwear and sneaker stores, and the coverage question in general is worked through in whether one machine can cover a whole store. SOSA is an independent brand and is not affiliated with any hotel or footwear brand named for reference.
Measure the height first
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 - 1000m³, wall or HVAC mountable, under 38dB, key-locked so a low setting stays low.
A hard room does not absorb your mistakes. Everything you put into the air stays there, which is why the setting goes down and the placement gets better.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Quiet, waterless, mounted
Three things that matter more in a hard shell than anywhere else
The SOSA specification for hard rooms
Specified by enclosed volume rather than floor area, and set lower than the same job in a soft room. A reed for a compact hard space, one Sukoon zone in a mid-size room, a Vaayu where the volume is genuinely large. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA hard-room specification
The specification, by enclosed volume
| Product | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Vaayu
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Large connected volumes, including double-height | 1000m³, wall or HVAC mountable, adjustable intensity, trading-hour timers, key-lock, under 38dB, 5W and waterless | ₹11,999 View → |
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SOSA Sukoon
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One zone in a mid-size hard room | 270-320 sq ft, 16-18 hours on low, three 15ml fragrances. Water-based, so keep it clear of display glass and cardboard | ₹1,899 View → |
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SOSA Morning Freshness Reed Diffuser
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Compact concrete-and-steel rooms | A light, dry register carries further in a hard room than a soft one - passive and silent is often enough | ₹749 View → |
Measure the ceiling height before anyone quotes you a machine, and treat a coverage figure in square feet as a rough guide only. A second unit belongs to a second volume of air, never a second corner of the same room. Fragrance here is a brand and interior decision, and we make no claim that it affects sales, conversion, footfall, browsing time or what anybody buys. It is never used to mask a smell that has a source. Ask for a store scenting plan.
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A note from Sonal
The first industrial sneaker shell I worked on had a five-metre ceiling, a polished concrete floor and a supplier's proposal for a machine set to its highest intensity, on the grounds that the room was large. We halved the setting, moved the unit into the air-conditioning supply path, and the room finally read as even rather than as strong at the door and empty at the back. Nothing about that was clever. It was just the right way round.
So my rule for hard rooms is: register from the materials, level down, placement up. Cool and dry to match concrete and steel - a Morning Freshness reed at ₹749 in a compact space. And where the volume is genuinely large, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, wall or HVAC mounted, key-locked, and run quietly. Waterless matters too, because nothing damp should be arriving near display glass and stacked boxes.
The limits, plainly. This is an ambience and interior decision with no therapeutic, medical or wellbeing claim of any kind, and we make no claim that it affects sales, footfall, browsing time or what a customer buys. It never masks a smell that has a source, and it works alongside ventilation, stock rotation and cleaning rather than instead of them. Staff must be able to switch it off in seconds and their judgement outranks mine. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
What fragrance works with concrete, metal and LED sneaker-store interiors?
A cool, dry, technical register - Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus. It belongs with a hard, plain material palette in the way a warm amber belongs with carpet and timber, and it contrasts with the rubber and EVA foam in the stock rather than blurring into them. Warm opulent registers read as borrowed from a different kind of shop.
Do hard industrial rooms need a stronger setting?
No, usually a lower one. Carpet, curtain and upholstery absorb fragrance and damp it down, so soft rooms swallow a good deal of what you release. Concrete, steel and glass absorb nothing, so more of it stays in the air and travels further across smooth floors. Start low, live with it for a fortnight, then adjust - most often downward again.
Why is my industrial store strong at the door and flat at the back?
Because hard rooms fail by gradient rather than by weakness. Smooth floors, open sightlines and high ceilings create fast air paths, and a free-standing unit in one corner produces a slope rather than a level. The fix is placement - into the air-conditioning supply path, or wall mounted where the room's air starts its journey - not a higher intensity, which only makes the strong end stronger.
How do I size a machine for a double-height store?
By volume rather than floor area. A 1,200 sq ft unit with a six-metre ceiling holds roughly twice the air of the same footprint at three metres, so square-foot figures will mislead you. The SOSA Vaayu is rated to 1000 cubic metres, about 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft at ordinary ceiling heights and correspondingly less floor area in a tall shell. Measure the height first.
Can I put two machines in one big open industrial room?
No. A second unit belongs to a second volume of air - a closed mezzanine, a wing behind a door, a floor on its own air conditioning - never a second corner of the same space. Two units in one connected volume make competing gradients rather than combined coverage. One correctly placed and mounted unit is the right answer for a single room.
Register from the materials, level from the volume
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for industrial, concrete and warehouse-shell sneaker retail
One SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 for a genuinely large connected volume - 1000m³, wall or HVAC mountable, under 38dB, key-locked. A Sukoon at ₹1,899 for one zone in a mid-size hard room, or a Morning Freshness reed from ₹749 in a compact one. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Send the floor area and the ceiling height together.
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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 planning advice applies to any brand.Facts verified 7 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 up to about 75 days depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and onboard button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, 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. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. the SOSA Morning Freshness reed diffuser (Malabar lemon, peppermint and eucalyptus) is ₹749 in 50ml and ₹1,249 in 130ml. the SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is a 500ml ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, running 16-18 hours on its low setting and supplied with three 15ml water-based Hotel Collection fragrances; being ultrasonic it adds a little humidity to the room. Ambient fragrance is an interior and brand decision only. SOSA makes no claim that scent influences a purchase decision, sales, conversion, footfall, browsing time or basket size, and no claim that any product removes, neutralises, eliminates or absorbs an odour, or that it cleans, purifies or disinfects air. Scent works alongside proper ventilation, stock rotation and cleaning and is never a substitute for any of them, and is never used to mask a smell that has a source. Customer and staff fragrance sensitivity is real and should never be minimised; no SOSA product is described as hypoallergenic or as safe for sensitive individuals, and staff must be able to switch the system off in seconds. 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 or footwear brand 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.