Camphor & Allied Products

What Camphor & Allied Products does

Oriental Aromatics Limited, formerly Camphor and Allied Products Limited, is an Indian B2B manufacturer and exporter of fragrance, flavour, aroma chemicals, and camphor, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The company traces its origin to 1955 when it was founded by Keshavlal Bodani and is publicly listed on the NSE and BSE under corporate identification number L17299MH1972PLC285731.

The firm operates an integrated platform spanning four product divisions — Fragrance, Flavour, Aroma Chemicals, and Camphor. Manufacturing combines natural extraction (from Karpur, Camphor Basil, and Camphor Laurel botanical sources) with synthetic production (notably camphor derived from oil of turpentine), giving the company flexibility to serve multiple downstream end-markets such as personal care, home care, food and beverage, and industrial applications from a single asset base.

Commercially, Oriental Aromatics functions as a business-to-business specialty chemicals supplier, generating revenue through the manufacture and export of its branded and customer-specified product portfolio. The company has signalled intent to reposition itself beyond its legacy camphor heritage through a corporate rebranding to 'Oriental Aromatics,' though the supplied source material does not disclose revenue figures, customer concentration, headcount, or specific geographic sales mix.

Name

Camphor & Allied Products

Legal name

Oriental Aromatics Ltd

Website

https://camphor-allied.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Oriental Aromatics Limited (formerly Camphor and Allied Products) is an Indian B2B manufacturer and exporter of fragrance, flavour, aroma chemicals, and camphor, combining natural extraction with synthetic routes to serve personal care, food, and industrial end-markets globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Chemicals (Fragrances and Flavours)

NAICS

Spice and Extract Manufacturing (311942), Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing (325194), Chemical Manufacturing (325)

SIC

Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics (2840), Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860), Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890)

akta.pro primary industry

Flavors, Fragrances & Aroma Chemicals (IMAEABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aroma Chemicals & Synthetic Flavor Ingredients (e.g., Vanillin, Esters, Aldehydes) (AFAJADAC), Aromatic & Essential Oil Crop Farming (Lavender, Lemongrass, Rosemary) (AFAGAGAF), Natural Extracts & Botanical Concentrates for Beverages (herbal, spice, aromatic extracts) (AFAFAGAJ)

Keywords

• Fragrance manufacturing
• Flavour manufacturing
• Aroma chemicals
• Camphor production
• Specialty chemicals

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fragrance Products: Development and supply of fragrance ingredients and products for consumer goods, cosmetics, and personal care applications.
2. Flavour Products: Flavour solutions for food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. The company influences eating, drinking behaviour, and health/nutrition applications.
3. Aroma Chemicals: Supply of aroma chemical molecules at sustainable price points, providing differentiation for customers in various industries.
4. Camphor Products: Natural camphor extracted from plants (Karpur, Camphor Basil, Camphor Laurel) and synthetic camphor produced from oil of turpentine. Applications include pest/insect deterrent and medical properties.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Oriental Aromatics Ltd (formerly Camphor and Allied Products Limited) manufactures and supplies fragrances, flavours, aroma chemicals, and camphor products. The company produces natural camphor via extraction from plants such as Karpur, Camphor Basil, and Camphor Laurel, as well as synthetic camphor from oil of turpentine, serving enterprise customers in the consumer goods, cosmetics, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, and specialty chemical industries.

Product overview

Oriental Aromatics Ltd (formerly Camphor and Allied Products Limited) is an integrated company specializing in four core product divisions: Fragrance, Flavour, Aroma Chemicals, and Camphor. Founded in 1955 by Keshavlal Bodani, the company bridges the gap between consumer awareness and product acquisition through scent and taste solutions. Their fragrance division targets the sense of smell for perfumes and consumer products, their flavour division addresses taste for food, beverages, medicine, and nutrition, their aroma chemicals division provides unique molecular building blocks at sustainable prices, and their camphor division offers both naturally extracted and synthetically produced camphor for pest deterrence and medicinal applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fragrance Fragrance products and solutions targeting the sense of smell, creating distinctive scents for consumer products, perfumes, cosmetics, and personal care. The division leverages fragrance as the 'quintessential wow factor' to influence consumer perception and product acquisition.
• Flavour Flavour products and solutions targeting the sense of taste for food, beverages, and ingestible products. Flavour potency influences eating, drinking behaviour, health, medicine, and nutrition applications for enterprise customers in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and nutrition industries.
• Aroma Chemicals Aroma chemical molecules supplied at sustainable price points, providing unique molecular characteristics that differentiate downstream products. These molecules serve as building blocks for creating distinctive aromas without ingredient or cost constraints for customers across the flavours, fragrances, and specialty chemicals industries.
• Camphor Camphor products available in natural form (extracted from Karpur, Camphor Basil, Camphor Laurel, and other plants) and synthetic form (produced from oil of turpentine). Applications include pest and insect deterrent uses and medical/therapeutic properties for enterprise customers.

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Direct peers

• International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF): US-listed global leader in flavors, fragrances, and aroma chemicals following its DuPont N&B merger. Directly comparable across all four of Oriental Aromatics' divisions and represents the most direct global competitive benchmark.
• Givaudan: World's largest flavors and fragrances house, headquartered in Switzerland. Directly competes with Oriental Aromatics across fragrance compounds, flavor systems, and aroma chemicals for global CPG and F&B customers, though at vastly greater scale and R&D intensity.
• Mane: French privately-held F&F house with integrated aroma chemical and natural ingredient capabilities. Closest peer to Oriental Aromatics in terms of family-owned heritage, integrated platform structure, and mid-sized competitive positioning versus the global majors.
• Takasago International Corporation: Japanese global F&F house with integrated aroma chemical manufacturing. Comparable across fragrance, flavor, and aroma chemical divisions, and serves as the Asian regional benchmark for Oriental Aromatics' product portfolio.
• Sensient Technologies: US-listed flavors, fragrances, and natural color company with comparable product mix across flavors and aroma chemicals. Mid-sized publicly-listed competitor that benchmarks Oriental Aromatics' positioning in food, beverage, and personal care ingredients.
• DSM-Firmenich: Swiss flavors and fragrances leader (Firmenich) now merged with DSM's nutrition business. Comparable across fragrance, flavor, and aroma chemical offerings, particularly in perfumery ingredients where Oriental Aromatics also participates.
• Robertet: France-based natural ingredients and F&F specialist with strong naturals and aroma chemical platform. Comparable to Oriental Aromatics' natural extraction (Karpur/Camphor Basil) and synthetic aroma chemical capabilities, particularly in fine fragrance and natural ingredient segments.
• Privi Speciality Chemicals: India-listed specialty chemicals manufacturer with strong aroma chemicals platform serving global F&F customers. Comparable to Oriental Aromatics' Aroma Chemicals division in particular, and competes for similar Indian and export customers.
• S H Kelkar (Keva): India-based, publicly-listed F&F and aroma chemical company and the most direct domestic peer to Oriental Aromatics. Competes head-to-head in Indian fragrance compounds, flavors, and aroma chemicals for CPG, F&B, and personal care customers.
• Symrise: German-based global F&F player with strong aroma chemicals and fragrance platforms. Comparable to Oriental Aromatics in product mix (especially aroma chemicals and fragrance) and customer base across food, beverage, and personal care.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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