Qi is part of the Four Corners of the Earth collection and represents Cathay, the legendary land where people for millennia believed in the concept of energy flows. Qi is the flow of life running through everything, invisible but essential.
It’s in the blooming flowers, the zing of spices, the tonic properties of green tea, and beyond. Qi the perfume has symbolic references to both the land and the notion of qi: Chinese osmanthus, green tea, zesty citruses, and a barely detectable to our noses molecule, hedione, which amplifies the aroma of blossoming florals. This molecule propels the blend of Qi in a gentle but confident way.
Qi has a stong green facette that comes from the tea leaves note. The house invites you to travel back in time to ancient Cathay and tea merchants' caravans making their way through vast verdant tea plantations.
The elixir is also exceptionally concentrated, at 42%. Hence the 'intensivo' in the title.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Qi suits close, unhurried company: a quiet room, a crisp shirt, a conversation that stays low and thoughtful. Its tea-and-neroli brightness feels composed rather than loud, with a green, slightly leathery trace that reads as polished and self-possessed.
How to wear
Best in mild to warm weather, Qi wears well when applied sparingly, especially as an extrait. One or two sprays are enough to let the tea, citrus and moss unfold with clarity; in heat it stays airy and tonic, while on skin it settles into a soft, green, lightly musky trail.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like tea fragrances with structure, green clarity and a refined floral lift. It will appeal to those who prefer subtle complexity over sweetness, and who enjoy scents that feel polished, meditative and a little unusual.
Release year
2012
The nose
Geza Schoen is known for precise, modern compositions that often play with transparency, texture and a clean sense of structure. He has worked across niche and designer perfumery, and his style frequently uses a few well-judged materials to create a fragrance that feels lucid rather than crowded. For Qi, Schoen shapes the tea-and-floral accord with a restrained hand, allowing hedione, osmanthus and moss to read as a gentle, breathing green veil rather than a heavy statement. The result fits his reputation for elegant minimalism with a contemporary edge.
Collaborators
Linda Pilkington, Ormonde Jayne’s founder, collaborated on the concept and creative direction, shaping Qi as part of the Four Corners of the Earth collection and its tribute to the idea of Chinese qi and delicate scent traditions. Geza Schoen translated that brief into the finished formula.
Ormonde Jayne’s story
Ormonde Jayne builds its identity around British craftsmanship, global ingredients and a distinctly polished niche sensibility. The house often treats perfume as travel and cultural memory, combining refined structure with unusual materials and a clear, handcrafted finish.
QI’s concept
Qi was created for the Four Corners of the Earth collection and takes its name and inspiration from the Chinese concept of qi, the life force or breath of life. The fragrance evokes ancient Cathay, tea merchants’ caravans and the idea of scent as something light, vital and almost invisible, with hedione used to suggest a soft floral radiance.
Extra info
Qi is part of Ormonde Jayne’s Four Corners of the Earth collection and is also known as Qi Intensivo in extrait concentration. The formula is unusually concentrated at 42%, which helps explain its more enveloping, long-wearing character.
Qi is part of the Four Corners of the Earth collection and represents Cathay, the legendary land where people for millennia believed in the concept of energy flows. Qi is the flow of life running through everything, invisible but essential.
It’s in the blooming flowers, the zing of spices, the tonic properties of green tea, and beyond. Qi the perfume has symbolic references to both the land and the notion of qi: Chinese osmanthus, green tea, zesty citruses, and a barely detectable to our noses molecule, hedione, which amplifies the aroma of blossoming florals. This molecule propels the blend of Qi in a gentle but confident way.
Qi has a stong green facette that comes from the tea leaves note. The house invites you to travel back in time to ancient Cathay and tea merchants' caravans making their way through vast verdant tea plantations.
The elixir is also exceptionally concentrated, at 42%. Hence the 'intensivo' in the title.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Qi suits close, unhurried company: a quiet room, a crisp shirt, a conversation that stays low and thoughtful. Its tea-and-neroli brightness feels composed rather than loud, with a green, slightly leathery trace that reads as polished and self-possessed.
How to wear
Best in mild to warm weather, Qi wears well when applied sparingly, especially as an extrait. One or two sprays are enough to let the tea, citrus and moss unfold with clarity; in heat it stays airy and tonic, while on skin it settles into a soft, green, lightly musky trail.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like tea fragrances with structure, green clarity and a refined floral lift. It will appeal to those who prefer subtle complexity over sweetness, and who enjoy scents that feel polished, meditative and a little unusual.
Release year
2012
The nose
Geza Schoen is known for precise, modern compositions that often play with transparency, texture and a clean sense of structure. He has worked across niche and designer perfumery, and his style frequently uses a few well-judged materials to create a fragrance that feels lucid rather than crowded. For Qi, Schoen shapes the tea-and-floral accord with a restrained hand, allowing hedione, osmanthus and moss to read as a gentle, breathing green veil rather than a heavy statement. The result fits his reputation for elegant minimalism with a contemporary edge.
Collaborators
Linda Pilkington, Ormonde Jayne’s founder, collaborated on the concept and creative direction, shaping Qi as part of the Four Corners of the Earth collection and its tribute to the idea of Chinese qi and delicate scent traditions. Geza Schoen translated that brief into the finished formula.
Ormonde Jayne’s story
Ormonde Jayne builds its identity around British craftsmanship, global ingredients and a distinctly polished niche sensibility. The house often treats perfume as travel and cultural memory, combining refined structure with unusual materials and a clear, handcrafted finish.
QI’s concept
Qi was created for the Four Corners of the Earth collection and takes its name and inspiration from the Chinese concept of qi, the life force or breath of life. The fragrance evokes ancient Cathay, tea merchants’ caravans and the idea of scent as something light, vital and almost invisible, with hedione used to suggest a soft floral radiance.
Extra info
Qi is part of Ormonde Jayne’s Four Corners of the Earth collection and is also known as Qi Intensivo in extrait concentration. The formula is unusually concentrated at 42%, which helps explain its more enveloping, long-wearing character.