Will anything cut patchouli?

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Hi...I'm experimenting with a men's citrus blend for an EDP with

citrus top notes, neroli and orange blossom in the heart, and another

major note is litsea (May Chang), but I've added a drop or 2 too much

of patchouli. Sniffing the bottle, the lemony and orangy citrus and

floral notes do come through, but there's just a little too much

patchouli for what I'm really after, even though the patchouli does

make it smell sexy!

Does anyone know what note or notes might push the patchouli more into

the background? Or is my citrus blend now a patchouli-based scent for

good?! I'm assuming the patchouli won't calm down as the blend

matures. (Incidentally, I also have tiny amounts of balsam peru and

musk ambrette in it.)

I've made a second blend that's similar to that one, except I added

vetiver, and just doing the sniff test, I think I really prefer

vetiver with citrus over patchouli with citrus.