★ SOSA for Hair Transplant and Hair Restoration Clinics
One reed on the reception desk for a month, and if that month is uncomfortable for anybody you have learned it for ₹849
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"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
★ The whole trial, on one desk, for one month
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserOne 50ml bottle, six reeds, ₹849View ₹849SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserReception desk only, nothing else movedView ₹849SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuserFlip the reeds weekly, change nothing elseView ₹849
✓ Alcohol-free and phthalate-free, on a coconut-derived base, with no machine, no power and no plumbing involved ✓ A month of information for ₹849 - and an easy stop, because removing a reed takes about four seconds ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Hair Clinics
Why a reed rather than a small machine? Three reasons. It is local by construction - a reed's reach is set by exposed reed surface area, so one bottle scents a desk and its immediate surroundings and genuinely cannot reach a corridor. It is trivial to stop: removing it takes about four seconds and leaves nothing behind. And it is cheap enough that abandoning the idea entirely costs you ₹849 rather than a machine, a mount and a decision you now feel committed to.
What do I ask at the end of the month? Your front desk, first, because they sit in that air for eight hours a day and you do not. Ask whether it was comfortable to work in, whether anyone mentioned it, and whether they ever wanted it gone. Then check the practical things: did anybody ask to sit elsewhere, did it reach anywhere it should not have, and did the level need to change. If the month was uncomfortable for anybody at all, that is your answer - and it cost ₹849 to get.
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Facts verified 5 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting 90+ days a fill depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, operation under 38dB at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification, which are electrical and compliance marks and not medical approvals. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft and is supplied with three 15ml fragrances; the water-based Hotel Collection (₹299 / ₹999 / ₹1,799) is an ultrasonic fragrance and is not a refill for a waterless cold-air machine. SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with 50ml lasting about 6-8 weeks and 130ml about 14-18 weeks. Cold-air refill oil for the Vaayu is not currently sold separately - the machine ships with 400ml included and further refills should be confirmed with SOSA. Warranty, annual maintenance, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed before ordering. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and infection control and is never a substitute for any of them, it is never used to mask another smell, and no claim is made that fragrance influences a patient's decision or any commercial outcome. Clinical areas including procedure, post-procedure and photography rooms are left unscented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations; SOSA is an independent brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel named for reference. Coverage, fragrance usage and running cost depend on the space, settings and hours of use, and are confirmed on a consultation. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.
There is a version of this that costs eight hundred and forty-nine rupees and takes a month, and it tells you almost everything a five-figure installation would have told you. I would run that version first, every time, even for a clinic that can comfortably afford the machine.
Quick answers — read this first
What is the most conservative way to start? One reed diffuser, on the reception desk, for one month, with nothing else in the building changed. No machine, no second bottle in the corridor, no reed in a consultation cabin, no adjustment to the cleaning routine while you are running it. A single SOSA Mountain Breeze 50ml at ₹849 lasts six to eight weeks, which is comfortably longer than the trial. At the end of the month, you ask your front desk and you decide.Why a reed rather than a small machine? Three reasons. It is local by construction - a reed's reach is set by exposed reed surface area, so one bottle scents a desk and its immediate surroundings and genuinely cannot reach a corridor. It is trivial to stop: removing it takes about four seconds and leaves nothing behind. And it is cheap enough that abandoning the idea entirely costs you ₹849 rather than a machine, a mount and a decision you now feel committed to.
What do I ask at the end of the month? Your front desk, first, because they sit in that air for eight hours a day and you do not. Ask whether it was comfortable to work in, whether anyone mentioned it, and whether they ever wanted it gone. Then check the practical things: did anybody ask to sit elsewhere, did it reach anywhere it should not have, and did the level need to change. If the month was uncomfortable for anybody at all, that is your answer - and it cost ₹849 to get.
The short answer
Short answer: one reed diffuser on the reception desk for one month, with nothing else in the building changed, and then a conversation with your front desk. A SOSA Mountain Breeze 50ml is ₹849 and lasts six to eight weeks. If that month is uncomfortable for anybody, you have learned it for the price of a reed rather than a machine.
The pick: one SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser (50ml, ₹849) on the reception desk and nothing else, for one month - and only then a SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) or a larger machine if the month goes well.
Next step: tell us the size of your reception and where the desk sits, and we will tell you whether one reed is enough to learn anything or whether the room is too large for the trial to be meaningful - Ask for a clinic scenting plan.
In this guide
A reed is local by construction and takes four seconds to remove, which is exactly what you want from an experiment you might abandon.
The trial - tap to see the reed diffuser
The whole first month
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849
The sensitivity protocol
How should a clinic handle clients sensitive to fragrance?
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
What is the most conservative way to introduce ambient scent into a hair transplant clinic?
One reed diffuser, on the reception desk, for one month, with nothing else in the building changed. That is the entire method and I would run it even for a clinic that could sign off a machine without thinking about it. The reason a reed is the right instrument for this is not that it is cheap, although at ₹849 for a 50ml SOSA Mountain Breeze it is. It is that a reed is local by construction. A reed's reach is set by the exposed surface area of the reeds themselves, not by the size of the bottle, so one bottle on a desk scents that desk and the air immediately around it and physically cannot reach a corridor, a cabin or a recovery area. A machine can be turned down; a reed cannot be turned up. That is precisely the property you want in an experiment. Second, it is trivially reversible. If the month goes badly you remove it in about four seconds, put it in a cupboard, and the building is back to exactly where it started - no mount on the wall, no hole, no unit you now feel obliged to justify to whoever signed for it. Run the month strictly. Change nothing else while it is running: no second bottle in the corridor because the far end felt bare, no reed in a consultation cabin, no new cleaning product, no rearranged waiting-room seating. If you change two things you learn nothing from either. Flip the reeds once a week and otherwise leave it alone. Keep at least one seating area away from the desk so anybody who would rather not sit near it does not have to ask, and if a patient objects at any point, remove the bottle immediately and without discussion. Then, at the end of the month, ask your front desk before you ask yourself. They sit in that air for eight hours a day and their nose is the only one in the building that has been properly tested. Ask whether it was comfortable to work in, whether anybody mentioned it, whether they ever wanted it gone. If the month was uncomfortable for anyone at all, that is your answer, and you have bought it for ₹849 rather than for eleven thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine. If it went well, you have earned the right to the next step: one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 for a patient-facing area under about 750 sq ft, or a larger machine only once there is a corridor and closed cabins that a reed genuinely cannot serve. The limits do not change because the trial is small: clinical rooms get nothing at any stage - not a reed either; this is an ambience decision with no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim; it works alongside cleaning and ventilation and is never a mask; and your judgement in your own rooms overrides all of it. Ask for a clinic scenting plan and we will tell you whether your reception is small enough for one reed to teach you anything.
One reed on the reception desk, one month, nothing else changed, then ask the front desk. ₹849. If it was uncomfortable for anyone, you have your answer for the price of a bottle.
The whole trial is one bottle. SOSA Mountain Breeze - Himalayan pine, sage and cedar, alcohol-free and phthalate-free, six fibre reeds, 50ml lasting 6-8 weeks at ₹849. No power, no mount, no commitment. If the month goes well, the next step is a Sukoon at ₹1,899.
See the SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849 Ask for a clinic scenting plan
The cheapest useful experiment
Local by construction, reversible in four seconds, ₹849 to be wrong
The reed, and what comes after it
The trial is one bottle. The step after the trial, if you decide to take it, is one machine sized to the patient-facing zone - and for a lot of clinics that is where the ladder stops. The images link to the product pages.
The month-long trial - the only thing you buy first
SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
Himalayan pine with sage and cedar - dry, cool and green, which is the right register for a clinic rather than a spa. Alcohol-free and phthalate-free on a coconut-derived base, six fibre reeds, flipped weekly. 50ml at ₹849 lasts six to eight weeks; 130ml at ₹1,349 lasts fourteen to eighteen.
From ₹849
Only if the month goes well, and only under about 750 sq ft
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, supplied with three 15ml hotel-inspired fragrances. This is the honest next step for a single reception, and for many clinics it is also the last step - a Vaayu at six times the price would be the wrong buy at this size.
From ₹1,899
How to run the month properly
A trial only teaches you something if it is run cleanly. Three rules, and the second is the one clinics break within the first fortnight.
1
Put it on the desk and nowhere else
One bottle, one surface, and no second one anywhere
The reception desk, or the console immediately behind it - somewhere a patient passes within a metre or two of on the way in, and somewhere your front desk sits beside all day. Not the corridor, not a consultation cabin, and absolutely not any clinical room, because the exclusions apply to a trial exactly as they apply to a machine: procedure and graft rooms, post-procedure and recovery, photography and documentation, and any consultation room where an examination happens all get nothing, including a reed. Keep one seating area well away from the desk so that anybody who would rather not sit near it can simply choose a different chair without saying anything to anyone.
Tip: If a patient objects at any point, remove the bottle immediately and without explanation. That ends the trial, and that is a result rather than a failure.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
2
Change nothing else for the whole month
Two changes at once teach you nothing about either
This is the rule that gets broken, usually around week two, when somebody decides the far end of the reception feels bare and adds a second bottle. Do not. Also do not switch cleaning products, rearrange the waiting-room seating, move the air-conditioning setting or start opening the entrance door differently while the trial is running. You are trying to learn one thing: what one reed on one desk does to this particular building over four weeks. Every additional change makes the answer less usable. If the far end genuinely feels bare, write it down as an observation for after the month rather than acting on it - that observation is exactly the sort of thing that tells you whether a machine is eventually justified.
Tip: Keep a note on the desk. One line a week from whoever is sitting there is worth more than anything you will remember at the end.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
3
Ask the people who sat in it, not yourself
Your own nose stopped registering it in week one
You cannot judge this, and neither can any founder - you are in and out of the building, and within about twenty minutes of arriving your nose has stopped noticing the fragrance entirely. Your front desk is the only properly tested instrument you have: eight hours a day, four weeks, no escape from the air. Ask them three things. Was it comfortable to work beside. Did anybody mention it, in either direction. Did you ever want it gone. If the answer to the third question is yes from anybody, the trial has told you what you needed to know, and it cost ₹849 to find out rather than the price of a machine, a mount and a year of quietly regretting it.
One Mountain Breeze reed diffuser ₹849, set once and left alone, is the whole hardware side of this.
See SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser →
The SOSA principle
The most conservative introduction is one you can end in four seconds, and being wrong about it should cost you ₹849 rather than a machine on the wall.
Most clinics that regret their scenting did not choose badly. They committed before they had run a single month of evidence.
The trial, week by week
Four weeks and a decision. Print this and put it next to the bottle, because the discipline is the whole value of the exercise.
The SOSA plan
A one-month conservative scenting trial for a hair clinic
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Week 0 - place one reed on the reception desk
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One 50ml bottle at ₹849, six reeds, on the desk or the console behind it. Nothing in any corridor, cabin or clinical room, including no reed. |
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Weeks 1 to 4 - change nothing else
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No second bottle, no new cleaning product, no rearranged seating, no AC changes. Flip the reeds weekly and leave a note on the desk. |
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Any time - a patient objects
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Remove the bottle immediately, without discussion, and keep a seating area away from the desk so nobody has to ask in the first place. |
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End of month - ask the front desk first
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Was it comfortable to work beside, did anyone mention it, did you ever want it gone. Their answer outranks yours. |
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The decision - stop, stay, or step up
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Stop and lose ₹849. Stay on reeds, which is a legitimate permanent answer. Or step up to a Sukoon at ₹1,899 if the reception is under about 750 sq ft. |
The protocol for what your staff do if somebody objects during the trial - off in seconds, no argument, no asking anyone to tolerate it - is in how should a hair transplant clinic handle clients sensitive to strong fragrance. And the mechanics of keeping a scented reception away from the medical side, once you decide to continue, are in can I scent my hair clinic reception while keeping medical areas neutral. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
₹849 and a month
One SOSA Mountain Breeze reed on the reception desk tells you most of what a five-figure installation would have told you, and it stops in four seconds.
A month with one reed on a desk has settled more of these decisions than any argument I have ever written down, and it settles them for ₹849.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why a reed is the right instrument for a trial
It cannot be turned up, it cannot travel, and it can be removed instantly
The SOSA hair-clinic specification
Three rungs, and most clinics stop on the first or second. A reed for the trial, a Sukoon if the reception is compact and the month went well, and a Vaayu only once there is a corridor and closed cabins that a small source genuinely cannot serve. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA hair-clinic specification
The ladder, starting at ₹849 rather than at the top
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Mountain Breeze reed diffuser
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The one-month trial, and a legitimate permanent answer for a small reception | 50ml ₹849 lasting 6-8 weeks, six fibre reeds, alcohol-free and phthalate-free, local by construction and removable in seconds | ₹849 View → |
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SOSA Sukoon
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A patient-facing area under about 750 sq ft, after a month that went well | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included, the honest step up from a reed | ₹1,899 View → |
 SOSA Vaayu
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Only once there is a corridor and closed cabins past about 1,500 sq ft | 1000m³ (about 2,000-3,000 sq ft), adjustable intensity, app timers, key-lock, under 38dB, waterless, wall or HVAC mountable | ₹11,999 View → |
Run one reed on one desk for one month and change nothing else while it runs. Clinical rooms get nothing at any stage of this, including no reed, and at least one seating area stays away from the bottle so nobody has to ask. Fragrance here is an ambience decision with no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim; it works alongside cleaning and ventilation, never instead of them, and is never used to mask another smell; and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any plan in their own rooms. Ask for a clinic scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
Founders often ask me for the safe way to begin, expecting me to describe a low setting on a machine. The genuinely conservative version is smaller and cheaper than that, and it is what I would do in my own building. One reed, on the reception desk, for a month, with nothing else touched. Eight hundred and forty-nine rupees, and at the end of it you know something you could not have known by reasoning about it.
The reason a reed rather than a machine at a low setting is that a reed cannot betray you. Its reach comes from the exposed surface of the reeds themselves, so a bigger bottle buys you months rather than metres - it will scent a desk and it will not reach a corridor no matter how long you leave it there. Nobody can nudge it up. And if it goes wrong you take it off the desk, which takes about four seconds and leaves nothing behind. Those are unusual properties and they are exactly what you want when you are still deciding whether you want this at all.
Then ask the front desk, not yourself. Your nose stopped noticing it in week one; theirs has been in it for eight hours a day for a month. If anybody says they wanted it gone, take that seriously and stop - ₹849 is a very cheap way to find out that your building is better without this. If the month went well, step up honestly rather than ambitiously: a Sukoon at ₹1,899 under about 750 sq ft, and a Vaayu at ₹11,999 only where there is a corridor and closed cabins to justify it. No clinical or therapeutic claim, never a substitute for cleaning and ventilation, never a mask, and nothing in the clinical rooms at any stage. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most conservative way to introduce ambient scent into a hair transplant clinic?
One reed diffuser on the reception desk for one month, with nothing else in the building changed, followed by a conversation with your front desk. A SOSA Mountain Breeze 50ml costs Rs 849 and lasts six to eight weeks, comfortably longer than the trial. If the month is uncomfortable for anybody at all, you have learned that for the price of a reed rather than the price of a machine.
Why start with a reed rather than a small machine?
Because a reed is local by construction and cannot be turned up. Its reach comes from the exposed surface area of the reeds themselves rather than the size of the bottle, so one on a desk scents that desk and cannot travel to a corridor or a cabin. It also stops instantly: removing it takes about four seconds and leaves no mount, no unit and no sense of commitment behind.
What rules apply during the trial month?
Change nothing else while it runs. No second bottle when the far end feels bare, no new cleaning product, no rearranged seating, no air-conditioning changes. Flip the reeds once a week and leave a note on the desk for whoever is sitting there. Two changes at once mean you learn nothing usable from either, and the discipline is most of the value of doing it this way.
Can a reed go in a consultation or procedure room during the trial?
No. The exclusions apply to a trial exactly as they apply to a machine. Procedure and graft rooms, post-procedure and recovery areas, photography and documentation rooms and any consultation room where an examination happens all get nothing, including no reed. A reed runs continuously with no timer and no off switch, which makes it a worse fit for those rooms rather than a gentler one.
What do I do at the end of the month?
Ask your front desk before you ask yourself, because they have been in that air for eight hours a day and your own nose stopped registering it in week one. Ask whether it was comfortable to work beside, whether anyone mentioned it, and whether they ever wanted it gone. Then stop, stay on reeds, or step up to a SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899 if the reception is under about 750 sq ft.
One reed, one desk, one month
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for hair transplant and hair restoration clinics
SOSA Mountain Breeze 50ml is ₹849 and lasts six to eight weeks - alcohol-free, phthalate-free, six fibre reeds, no power and no mount. Run it on the reception desk for a month, change nothing else, and ask your front desk at the end. Step up to a Sukoon at ₹1,899 only if it went well. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
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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 5 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting 90+ days a fill depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, operation under 38dB at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification, which are electrical and compliance marks and not medical approvals. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft and is supplied with three 15ml fragrances; the water-based Hotel Collection (₹299 / ₹999 / ₹1,799) is an ultrasonic fragrance and is not a refill for a waterless cold-air machine. SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with 50ml lasting about 6-8 weeks and 130ml about 14-18 weeks. Cold-air refill oil for the Vaayu is not currently sold separately - the machine ships with 400ml included and further refills should be confirmed with SOSA. Warranty, annual maintenance, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed before ordering. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and infection control and is never a substitute for any of them, it is never used to mask another smell, and no claim is made that fragrance influences a patient's decision or any commercial outcome. Clinical areas including procedure, post-procedure and photography rooms are left unscented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations; SOSA is an independent brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel named for reference. Coverage, fragrance usage and running cost depend on the space, settings and hours of use, and are confirmed on a consultation. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.