Intrinsic quality of Eastern transformation scenes (7)
I believe the answer is:
essence
'intrinsic quality' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'eastern transformation scenes' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'transformation' indicates anagramming the letters.
'scenes' anagrammed gives 'ssence'.
'e'+'ssence'='ESSENCE'
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for essence that I've seen before include "Intrinsic nature; four Dn" , "Concentrated liquid flavouring" , "Defining quality" , "Perfume or concentrate" , "one of 21 [HEARTS]" .)