Description
The inspiration for the new perfume collection ‘The Four Corners of the Earth’ came from the indigenous flora of different parts of the world Linda Pilkington has visited on her travels.
‘Qi (pronounced “key” or “chi”) means Breath of Life. It’s an ancient word that permeates the Chinese language and everyday life. This perfume is inspired by the Chinese people’s love for the lightest and most delicate scents. Qi is constructed to make no great statement thus offending no one, it does not tear down any great walls but is rather something more spectacular, like an amazing dawn, a softly-scented fragile breeze, Qi is an honest, open and natural perfume, it makes its mark for those who don’t want to be too obvious but may feel unfinished without it.
Top: green lemon blossom, neroli, freesia. Heart:
tea notes, osmanthus, violet, hedione, rose. Base:
mate, benzoin, musk, moss, myrrh.
The fragrance is available as Eau de Parfum.
Qi was launched in 2012. The nose behind this fragrance is Geza Schoen.
ushym – :
Would love it as a room spray or candle, but not as something to put on my skin
vadim_m09 – :
Sorry, can’t say I like it. The topnotes are kind of nice: clean and refreshing (a bit boring, though), but the heart is really synthetic and unpleasant.
Tea and citrus. Qi reminds me of Cartier’s Declaration Cologne, which is somewhat sharper and more gingery but in the same style.
5/10
mihai112 – :
Smells like an high quality oolong tea with fresh jasmine and a splash of citrus. Yes, it is on the feminin side, but as a man I have no problem wearing this in the right context. Its so light (which I like) which make it quite unisex imo. Very happy summer vibes frim this one, it really gets your qi flowing in your body.
Lenedurinef – :
Reviews for this fall in 2 camps, people who get a fleeting tea and citrussy osmanthus and others like me who get a major, long-lasting scent with a deep, glowing core that lasts and lasts and continues to puff out recurring, haunting, drifts of tea, mate, and osmanthus.
If you are lucky enough to ‘get’ this base effect then Qi is flat-out sniff your arm wonderful and the whole effect is very far from low-key. Presumably all the mentioned base notes contribute to this effect but sadly I’m not good enough at picking notes out to say.
The other weird thing about this perfume is that it manages to convey the effect of not wearing a perfume at all. It is just as if a perfect summer’s day – with a picnic in a flowery meadow (with tea, of course) – has just mysteriously assembled itself around you. This effect is especially marked with the more intense version of QI as this lacks the initial ‘just put on a light cologne’ effect that the lower concentration version has (names of the 2 versions are confusing with edp and parfum and intensivo all used as descriptions in different versions of the bottles in a way that currently seems to vary between the UK and the US). However, both have that deep lasting inner glow effect – an effect probably best summed up in the review by thecandyperfumeboy.
den030 – :
Beautiful light tea scent with decent lasting power but very weak sillage. So if you do not mind to sniff it here and there on yourself, when you come close with your nose and love tea, this is your scent.
+ very work / office appropriate especially iin summer
+ refreshing but not sharp citrusy
+ gorgeous tea scent, very light and feminine
– rather weak musk scent, which is good, if you do not like musk. for my personal taste it could have been slightly muskier.
– sillage is weak. this is nice, if want others to think you do not wear perfume
– therefore, too expensive for what it is
another nice option would be Nishane Wulong Cha. It only comes in 50ml für roughly 200 CHF / 160 EUR / 200 Dollars. bit more musk and more special opening (fruitier without being sweet)
pypeerold – :
This a lovely fresh yet sweetish tea based fragrance. The lemon blossom, bright neroli and fruity osmanthus is very noticeable along with tea at first but the osmanthus is sadly fleeting. The pepperiness of the freesia is barely detectable. The blossom is fleeting and quickly you are just left with mate, tea and musk. Nice but thats about it. weak sillage and longevity.
димедрол – :
You essentially get a light apricot smell from Osmanthus, mixed with natural green tea smell and some white floral, with some resin from the myrhh and a tiny hint of musk..
100% is a woman’s perfume even though it’s listed as unisex
After 1 hour has passed, the above notes have disapeared and you’re left with a very soft green tea note.
Quite soft and delicate, slightly sweet… lasts about 3 to 4 hours, very soft with weak sillage
Vopallole – :
Very beautiful Osmanthus perfume and it’s long lasting. Qi opens with fresh green notes like green tean and turns creamy apricot smell. I’m pretry sure it is one of the most realistic osmanthus perfume i have ever seen but only problem is price tag. Its price too much in my opion.
gizborn – :
A bone china cup of delicately scented black unsweetened tea, refined and elegant (not your breakfast cuppa!)
ANENERBE – :
Sprayed a couple of bursts on my wrists from a sample spray from OJ an hour after my shower this morning, this is now almost twelve hours later and the scent is still lingering. I love it, its been a soft delicate cloud of fragrance which has enveloped and followed me about all day whilst I’ve been in the garden, weeding, hanging out washing and even survived the washing up. It’s a very inviting fragrance, not at all in your face or loud, but most definitely there. Soft, fresh and gentle, with a good sillage, and definitely long lasting on my skin. I will definitely be saving for a full sized bottle. A sample is definitely worth a try to see if it suits you chemistry. Understated and classy, you could wear it with anything, anywhere. It’s really special.
frofAxort – :
Smells between osmanthe yunnan and osmanthe interdite; strong than yunnan but tender than interdite(ps,i didnt sense osmanthus from TDC’s).
After 4 hours, i can only sense tea, longevity is so so, sillage is so so(and what i have is an intenso perfume version >_<)….
If i have to pick 1 osmanthus perfume, i would like yunan more…..
jxz214Unlogrere – :
This one is so much more about osmanthus that the actual OJ’s Osmanthus. Smells exactly like dried osmanthus flowers mixed into oolong tea before you brew the leaves.