What Texarome does

Texarome is a vertically integrated natural essential oil producer headquartered in Leakey, Texas, founded in 1982 by Gueric and Victor Boucard to continue a family tradition of distillation dating to the 1940s. The company operates six distillation facilities and three rectification units across Texas, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti (via sister company Jacosa), processing over 50 tons of raw material per day at its Texas facility and shipping finished oils worldwide. Its core product portfolio centers on four oils — Texas Cedarwood, Virginian Cedarwood, Dominican/Haitian Amyris, and Haitian Vetiver — supplemented by wholesale sub-grades such as Cedarwood Terpenes and Cedrol Liquid, and two consumer products (Summer Series fragrance and Cedarwood-based hand sanitizer).

Production is built around proprietary continuous flash distillation technology refined through research at Texas A&M University at Kingsville, complemented by three vacuum rectification systems and Gas Chromatographic quality control. A two-unit co-generation system burns spent biomass as boiler fuel, eliminating steam production energy costs. Texarome monetizes four streams: direct B2B and retail essential oil sales, toll distillation of customer-owned raw materials (cedarwood, coriander seed, melaleuca, juniper, vetiver, amyris), expert consulting at $250+/hour, and turnkey distillation-plant fabrication including skidded pre-assembled units deployable globally in roughly four weeks. Customers are primarily quality-focused flavorists and perfumers in the global flavor and fragrance industry, with secondary reach into aromatherapy and entrepreneurial essential-oil ventures.

Name

Texarome

Legal name

Texarome

Website

https://texarome.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Texarome is a family-owned, vertically integrated producer of natural essential oils — primarily Texas and Virginian Cedarwood, Dominican Amyris, and Haitian Vetiver — serving global flavor, fragrance, and aromatherapy customers via proprietary distillation, toll services, and turnkey plant construction.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Leakey

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Essential Oils Sales: Sale of 100% pure and natural essential oils including Texas Cedarwood Oil, Virginian Cedarwood Oil, Amyris Oil, and Haitian Vetiver Oil. Products are sold in various grades and quantities ranging from small retail sizes to wholesale volumes. Products are shipped worldwide to customers in the flavor and fragrance industry.
2. Toll Distillation Services: Contract distillation services where Texarome processes customer-owned raw materials using their specialized equipment. The fee depends on cooking time, oil value, yield, and transportation costs. Due to free steam from their co-generation system and economies of scale, final oil cost is typically lower than market price.
3. Consulting Services: Expert consulting services for people and companies wishing to engage in essential oil production and marketing. Services cover three areas: agriculture of unusual crops, distillation technology, and worldwide marketing. Fee schedule starts at $250/hr.
4. Plant Construction: Design and construction of complete essential oil distillation plants, including turnkey plants for sale. Special expertise in clean and efficient use of waste biomass as boiler fuel. Small to medium size plants can be built on skids and pre-assembled for easy transport worldwide.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Texarome is a vertically integrated manufacturer of 100% pure and natural essential oils including Texas Cedarwood Oil, Virginian Cedarwood Oil, Amyris Oil, and Haitian Vetiver Oil. The company operates six distillation facilities and three rectification units across Texas, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti (via sister company Jacosa), processing over 50 tons of raw material per day using proprietary continuous flash distillation technology. Beyond oils, Texarome offers toll distillation contract services, turnkey plant design and construction, and expert consulting for essential oil production.

Product overview

Texarome is an essential oil production company founded in 1982, operating as a vertically integrated producer with six distillation facilities and three rectification units. The core product portfolio centers on four main essential oils—Texas Cedarwood Oil (flagship product), Virginian Cedarwood Oil, Amyris Oil, and Haitian Vetiver Oil—each available in multiple grades and specifications. Beyond raw essential oils, Texarome offers specialized sub-products including Cedarwood Oil fractions (Terpenes, Cedrol Liquid), redistilled grades, and custom blends developed through proprietary continuous flash distillation and vacuum rectification technology. The company also provides industrial services including toll distillation, plant construction, and expert consulting. A consumer-facing fragrance line (Summer Series) and hand sanitizer product round out the offering. All products are 100% pure and natural, processed without additives, solvents, or chemicals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Texas Cedarwood Oil Flagship pure and natural essential oil steam distilled from native Texas Cedar (Juniperus mexicana/Juniperus ashei) trees, sourced within 60-100 miles of the Leakey, Texas facility. Processed at over 50 tons per day of raw material, rectified and packaged for shipment to flavor and fragrance industry customers worldwide. Used in soaps, lotions, perfumery, room sprays, household products, and as a fixative.
• Virginian Cedarwood Oil Pure and natural essential oil steam distilled from Juniperus virginiana wood sourced in East Texas as a by-product from local sawmills. Features a rich, dry, woody aroma and is used in soaps, lotions, and perfumery as a fixative. Raw material is delivered from over 200 miles away, supporting year-round production.
• Amyris Oil Pure and natural essential oil distilled from Amyris balsamifera wood sourced from the Baharuco Forest in the Dominican Republic (and candle wood/bois chandelle from Haiti). Dead, dry wood is harvested by farmers in the mountains and processed in Texarome's Dominican facility before being shipped to Texas for final processing and quality control.
• Haitian Vetiver Oil Pure and natural essential oil distilled from the roots of Vetiveria zizanoides plants in Haiti, produced by sister company Jacosa. Haitian farmers collect roots and bring them to the distillation facility in small quantities, often using donkeys. Known as one of the finest natural essential oils in fine perfumery, with deep earthy, smoky aroma and excellent fixative properties.
• Cedarwood Oil Crude (Redistilled) Dark red semi-solid redistilled wholesale Cedarwood oil with composition: alpha and beta cedrene 4-6%, Thujopsene 24-26%, Cedrol 34-39%. Sold to wholesale customers.
• Cedarwood Oil Perfumer Grade Steam-distilled pale yellow liquid wholesale Cedarwood oil with sum of alpha and beta Cedrenes ±10%, Thujopsene ±35%, Cedrol by GLC ±30%. Known balance of alphacedrene and thujopsene tailored to the fine fragrance industry.
• Cedarwood Oil Light Grade (Redistilled) Pale yellow liquid wholesale Cedarwood oil produced via 24-hour batch distillation at atmospheric pressure, rich in natural sesquiterpenes with woody alcohol notes. Composition: Cedrenes ±11%, Thujopsene ±35%, Cedrol 24-26%.
• Cedarwood Terpenes Straw-colored wholesale liquid with concentrated sesquiterpene components separated using heat and vacuum. Available as Alphacedrene and Thujopsene concentrates over 70% or custom blends. Composition: Cedrenes ±30%, Thujopsene ±40%, Cedrol 4-8%.
• Cedrol Liquid (Cedrenol) Pale yellow semi-solid wholesale Cedrol concentrate containing Cedrol by GLC 60-65%. Cedrol is the primary alcohol in Cedarwood oil responsible for deep woody character and fixative properties in fragrance formulations.
• Amyris Oil Dominican Republic (+25 Rotation) Wholesale Amyris oil from the Dominican Republic with optical rotation specification of +25 degrees, offered as a distinct specification SKU for buyers requiring this grade.
• Amyris Oil Dominican Republic (+30 Rotation) Wholesale Amyris oil from the Dominican Republic with optical rotation specification of +30 degrees, offered as a distinct specification SKU for buyers requiring this grade.
• Juniper Leaf Oil Essential oil distilled from juniper leaves, offered as a wholesale product processed through Texarome's toll distillation services.
• Toll Distillation Services Contract distillation services in which Texarome processes customer-owned raw materials using its specialized equipment, including a continuous distillation plant for Texas Cedar and a battery of five 300 cu.ft. batch stills. Materials processed include cedarwood Virginiana, coriander seeds, melaleuca leaves, juniper leaves, vetiver roots, and Amyris wood. Service fees depend on cooking time, oil value, yield, and transportation costs; co-generation steam yields final oil cost typically below market price.
• Plant Construction Services Design and construction of complete turnkey essential oil distillation plants for global sale and deployment, including skidded pre-assembled small-to-medium units transportable to any country and operational within approximately 4 weeks. Specializes in clean and efficient use of waste biomass as boiler fuel and innovative designs such as continuous steam distillation. Services leverage the company's in-house fabrication shop.
• Consulting Services Expert consulting for companies and individuals entering the essential oil industry, covering three areas: agriculture of unusual crops, distillation technology, and worldwide marketing. Fee schedule starts at $250/hour. Consultants are Texarome principals with three generations of expertise in farming, plant construction, and global marketing.
• Summer Series Fragrance Unisex fragrance showcasing Texarome's flagship essential oils including Cedarwood Oil, Amyris Oil, and Vetiver Oil. Fresh, light, clean scent with citrus top notes suitable for day or night wear. Retail unit price of $20.00.
• Hand Sanitizer Hand sanitizer containing 100% pure and natural Texas Cedarwood Essential Oil, developed during the COVID-19 crisis for the local community. Available for local pickup only at $5.00 per unit (no shipping).

Quantifiable outcome

• Processing capacity of over 50 tons per day of raw material
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Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• JacosacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJacosa is Texarome's sister company operating in Haiti that produces Vetiver and Amyris raw material. For Vetiver, Haitian farmers collect roots and bring them to the Jacosa distillation facility in small quantities often using donkeys. For Amyris, the raw material is produced in Haiti where the tree is known as 'candle wood' (bois chandelle), arriving at the distillation facility as dry tree trunks, branches and roots. This vertical integration ensures consistent supply of high-quality raw materials for Texarome's operations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Robertet: French-headquartered flavor and fragrance company with a long history of natural ingredient sourcing, including essential oils for perfumery. Directly comparable in serving quality-conscious perfumers and flavorists with naturally sourced materials.
• Vigon International: US-based manufacturer and distributor of flavors, fragrances, and natural essential oils. Comparable as a B2B supplier serving the F&F industry with a comparable product mix and customer profile.
• Albert Vieille: France-based specialist producer of essential oils and aromatic raw materials for the perfumery, cosmetics, and aromatherapy markets. Closely comparable in product portfolio (niche natural essential oils) and target customers (fine fragrance houses).
• Biolandes: French producer of natural aromatic raw materials, including essential oils from cedar, vetiver, and amyris-type feedstocks. Comparable in vertically integrated natural ingredient supply and serving global F&F customers.
• Berjé Inc: US-based essential oils and aromatic chemicals distributor serving the flavor and fragrance industry. Comparable in B2B sales of essential oils to perfumers and flavorists, with overlap in cedarwood, vetiver, and amyris product lines.

Broad incumbents

• MANE: French-headquartered family-owned F&F company with a strong natural ingredients platform serving perfumery, flavors, and ingredients customers. Comparable in customer base and family-business orientation, though larger and more diversified than Texarome.
• Symrise: Major global F&F company with a significant naturals segment including essential oils for perfumery and flavors. Comparable in customer base and product category, though a diversified incumbent versus Texarome's specialized natural-only focus.
• International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF): Large global F&F company with broad natural and synthetic ingredient offerings. Comparable in serving the same perfumery and flavor customers, though a broad incumbent rather than a specialized natural essential oil producer.
• Givaudan: World's largest flavor and fragrance company with extensive natural ingredient sourcing. Comparable in serving the same end-customers in fine fragrance and flavors, though operating at far greater scale and with broader synthetic and natural portfolios.
• Firmenich (dsm-firmenich): One of the world's largest flavor and fragrance houses, with a substantial natural ingredients portfolio including essential oils. Comparable in customer overlap (perfumers and flavorists), though vastly larger and broader in scope than Texarome.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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