★ SOSA for Hyderabad Businesses
Three reasons, and the second is the one nobody says out loud - masking does not work chemically, it destroys the only instrument you have for knowing when the building has finished off-gassing, and it puts fragrance where ventilation is the actual answer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"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
What is the second reason? The smell is the only instrument you have. It is how you know off-gassing is still happening, so masking it means you can no longer tell when the building has finished.
And the third? Off-gassing is a ventilation and time problem. Fragrance adds to what is in the air rather than reducing it, and it is never a substitute for air exchange.
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.
Three reasons. It does not work. It destroys your only instrument - the smell is how you know the building is still emitting. And off-gassing is a ventilation matter that fragrance must never be positioned against.
Quick answers — read this first
Does strong fragrance cover construction odour? No. The two are present together rather than one hiding the other, and visitors describe the result as chemical perfume, which reads worse than the building alone.What is the second reason? The smell is the only instrument you have. It is how you know off-gassing is still happening, so masking it means you can no longer tell when the building has finished.
And the third? Off-gassing is a ventilation and time problem. Fragrance adds to what is in the air rather than reducing it, and it is never a substitute for air exchange.
The short answer
Short answer: because it does not work, it destroys the only instrument telling you the building is still emitting, and off-gassing is a ventilation problem fragrance must never be positioned against.
The pick: air change and time. A SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser (₹849) or a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) only once the building has gone quiet.
Next step: stop masking and start measuring with a closed-night walk-in. Or ask for a scenting plan for your space.
In this guide
You are not covering a nuisance. You are switching off the instrument that tells you when it is over.
Sized to the visitor zone - tap to see each
Do this first
Find the source before adding fragrance
Afterwards, for the visitor zone
SOSA Vaayu · ₹11,999
Send the floor plan
Free scenting plan for your space
Straight answer
Why should a newly built Kokapet commercial space not use strong fragrance to cover construction odours?
There are three reasons, and the middle one is the one almost nobody says out loud. The first is that it does not work, and this is a matter of how smell behaves rather than of taste. Fragrance does not cancel another smell. Both are present, both reach the nose, and what a person perceives is the combination - which in this particular pairing is unusually unpleasant, because a solvent-and-adhesive background under a sweet or woody register produces something visitors consistently describe as chemical perfume. It is more noticeable than the building was on its own, and it is noticeable to exactly the people whose opinion the business was trying to manage. Worse, your own team will not tell you, because they have been in the unit through the fit-out and adapted to it. The second reason is the important one. The smell is not the problem. It is the instrument. The only practical way a business owner knows that paint, foam and board adhesive are still emitting is that the building still smells of itself - and the closed-night walk-in is the whole diagnostic. Put a register into that room and you have switched the gauge off. You can no longer tell whether the building has finished, whether a long locked weekend has set it back, or whether one particular cabinet run is the source - and you will not get the instrument back until you remove the fragrance and wait several days for the room to clear. A business that masks early typically finds this out in month four, when a visitor mentions it and nobody can say how long it has been like that. The third reason is the one that matters most and gets said least. Off-gassing from a new fit-out is a ventilation and time problem. The correct response is air change: open it up, run the extract, flush it daily, and let warmth accelerate what is left. Fragrance does the opposite of reducing what is in the air - it adds to it. It does not remove, reduce, neutralise or purify anything, and SOSA makes no claim that it does. And the people who carry the consequences of that decision are not the visitors, who are there for twenty minutes. They are the staff, who are in that air for eight or nine hours a day, five or six days a week, through the entire period the building is still emitting. A business that reaches for fragrance instead of ventilation has quietly made a decision about their working conditions rather than about its own presentation. The same principle governs dust, damp and drainage: fragrance is an ambience decision like lighting or seating, it works alongside ventilation, cleaning and housekeeping, never instead of them, and a building with a source has a source to find and fix first. So the sequence is air change, time, warmth, the closed-night test, and only then a register - a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser at ₹849 or a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999. 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. The visitor's preference overrides any plan. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Because masking produces two smells rather than one, because the building's smell is the only instrument telling you it is still emitting, and because off-gassing is a ventilation problem that fragrance adds to rather than reduces.
Only after the building is quiet: SOSA Mountain Breeze at ₹849, or a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999.
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
Three reasons, in order of how much they cost you
The first is obvious, the second is expensive, and the third is the one a business should not get wrong.
1
It fails
Two smells, not one covered
Fragrance does not cancel another smell. Both reach the nose and the perception is the combination, which in this pairing reads as chemical perfume and is more noticeable than the building alone.
Rule: and your own team will not tell you.
2
The gauge
The smell is the instrument
It is the only practical way to know that paint, foam and board adhesive are still emitting. Mask it and you cannot tell whether the building has finished or gone backwards.
Test: you lose it until you remove the register.
3
Diagnosis
You also lose the source hunt
Without a readable background you cannot walk the unit and find which cabinet run or which set of new chairs is doing most of the emitting.
Test: most owners discover this in month four.
4
The real fix
Ventilation, time and warmth
Off-gassing clears with air change and accelerates with temperature. Fragrance adds to what is in the air rather than reducing it, and never substitutes for air exchange.
Rule: flush it daily; do not dress it.
5
Who pays
Staff, not visitors
A visitor is in it for twenty minutes. The team is in it for eight or nine hours a day through the whole emitting period, which makes this a working-conditions decision rather than a presentation one.
Rule: that is the reason that settles it.
The SOSA principle
You are not covering a nuisance. You are switching off the only instrument that tells you when the nuisance is over - and you do not get it back until you take the fragrance out and wait several days.
Which is why masking early is not a shortcut with a small cost. It is a decision to stop being able to read your own building for as long as it lasts.
Masking construction odour, question by question
Why it fails, what it costs you diagnostically, and whose air it actually is.
The SOSA Hyderabad table
Why not to cover a new building's smell
| The question | The answer |
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Does a strong register cover it?
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No. Both smells reach the nose and the perception is the combination, which in this pairing reads as chemical perfume. |
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Why will nobody in my team mention it?
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Because they were in the unit through the fit-out and have adapted. The description comes from a visitor, usually months later. |
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What do I lose by masking?
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The instrument. The building's own smell is how you know it is still emitting, and masking removes your ability to test or to hunt the source. |
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What is the correct response?
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Air change, time and warmth. Off-gassing clears with ventilation, and fragrance adds to what is in the air rather than reducing it. |
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When can a register go in?
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After a closed-night walk-in smells of nothing. Then a Mountain Breeze reed (₹849) or a Vaayu (₹11,999). |
The timing version is when fragrance comes in, the live-site version is a premium arrival inside a construction site, and the dust version is street dust and what to fix first. SOSA makes no claim that fragrance removes, reduces, neutralises or purifies 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.
A visitor is in that air for twenty minutes. Your team is in it for nine hours a day, right through the months the building is still emitting - which makes this a decision about their conditions, not your presentation.
— 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
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A note from Sonal
There are three reasons, and the middle one is the one almost nobody says out loud. The first is that it does not work, and this is about how smell behaves rather than about taste. Fragrance does not cancel another smell. Both are present, both reach the nose, and what a person perceives is the combination - which in this pairing is unusually unpleasant, because a solvent-and-adhesive background under a sweet or woody register produces something visitors consistently describe as chemical perfume. It is more noticeable than the building was on its own, and it is noticeable to exactly the people whose opinion the business was trying to manage. Your own team will not tell you, because they were in the unit through the fit-out and have adapted.
The second reason is the important one. The smell is not the problem; it is the instrument. The only practical way an owner knows that paint, foam and board adhesive are still emitting is that the building still smells of itself, and the closed-night walk-in is the whole diagnostic. Put a register into that room and you have switched the gauge off. You can no longer tell whether the building has finished, whether a long locked weekend set it back, or which cabinet run is doing most of the emitting - and you do not get the instrument back until you remove the fragrance and wait several days for the room to clear. A business that masks early usually finds this out in month four, when a visitor mentions it and nobody can say how long it has been like that.
The third reason matters most and gets said least. Off-gassing from a new fit-out is a ventilation and time problem, and the correct response is air change: open it up, run the extract, flush it daily, and let warmth accelerate what is left. Fragrance does the opposite of reducing what is in the air - it adds to it. It does not remove, reduce, neutralise or purify anything, and I make no claim that it does. And the people who carry the consequences are not the visitors, who are there for twenty minutes. They are the staff, in that air for eight or nine hours a day through the entire period the building is still emitting. A business that reaches for fragrance instead of ventilation has quietly made a decision about their working conditions rather than about its own presentation. So the sequence is air change, time, warmth, the closed-night test, and only then a register - a SOSA Mountain Breeze Reed Diffuser at ₹849 or a SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999. 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
Can a strong fragrance cover construction and paint odours?
No. Both smells reach the nose together and the perception is the combination, which visitors consistently describe as chemical perfume.
Why is masking a new building's smell a diagnostic problem?
Because that smell is the only instrument telling you the building is still emitting. Masking removes your ability to test it or to find the source.
How long before I get the instrument back?
Only after the fragrance is removed and the room has had several days to clear, which is why masking early is not a small or easily reversed decision.
What is the correct response to off-gassing?
Air change, time and warmth. Off-gassing clears with ventilation and accelerates with temperature, and fragrance adds to the air rather than reducing it.
Who is most affected by masking rather than ventilating?
Staff. A visitor is in that air for twenty minutes; the team is in it for eight or nine hours a day throughout the emitting period.
Stop masking, start measuring
SOSA — Studio Scenting the smell is the gauge
Masking fails chemically, because both smells reach the nose and the combination reads as chemical perfume. It fails diagnostically, because the building's own smell is the only instrument telling you whether paint, foam and board adhesive are still emitting. And it fails on principle, because off-gassing is a ventilation and time problem that fragrance adds to rather than reduces - in air that staff breathe for nine hours a day, not twenty minutes. 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)
- Paint and laminate: when fragrance comes in
- A premium arrival inside a construction site
- Street dust: fix this first
- Kokapet: plan scenting before the interior closes
- Drainage and HVAC come first
- Three separate smells, three separate fixes
- Older building: the source list
- 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.