An aromatic alcohol compound extracted from champac flowers, used in perfumery and cosmetics.
From champaca (the plant) plus '-ol,' a chemistry suffix denoting alcohol compounds. This technical term emerged in 19th-20th century chemistry as scientists began isolating fragrant compounds from plants.
Champacol is one reason synthetic fragrances were developed—extracting enough natural champacol from flowers to make perfume would require harvesting thousands of trees, so chemists learned to synthesize it in labs instead!
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