Transitioning from dilute to neat materials in the creative process - how to avoid drastic olfactory profile changes?
I have had this issue crop up a few times at this point - I take a long time getting ratios on my accords just right using dilutions following GSC recommended smelling strengths so the materials are very roughly equipotent, and the accords smell great.
Then I lock in the ratio between the accords for the final composition using these dilute blends, again smells great.
Then I rebuild the formula from neat materials (or much less diluted ones in the case of extremely potent components such as Geosmin). Same ratios, just compounded from neat materials and with the amount of alcohol necessary to bring the concentration down to EdP, EdT etc.
Completely different olfactory profile. Notes that were barely a hint in the diluted blend become incredibly intense, and vice versa.
Is this just something I have to work around by, for example, compounding using dilutions for the final product, or re-tuning all my accords when I rebuild them from neats?
Your advice is appreciated. Thank you for your time.