Ink Review: J. Herbin “les Subtiles” Rouge

[Danisidhe]

Short story: Very much like Mont Blanc je t'aime but doesn't dry as brown. Magnificent true rose scent - not powdery, soapy or fake in any way.

 

Full Review: Ink Review: J Herbin "Les Subtiles" Rouge - Narrative Disorder

 

Here is the page sample of Herbin's Les Subtiles - Rouge (Rose scented) Apologies for the photo quality, it's my first attempt, I'll be working on that!

 

 

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[desertsquid]

It looks like a nice colour. How strong is the rose scent? I don't know if I could handle that.

[Danisidhe]

It looks like a nice colour. How strong is the rose scent? I don't know if I could handle that.

 

It's strong enough to be very aware of it while writing, but it doesn't really stay after it is dry (which is a pity if you are using it for love letters!) But the scent is truly like having a bunch of roses nearby, it's not powdery or too sweet in any way. If you like the scent of real roses, if you can find them around these days then you will enjoy the mood it sets.

 

I've rectified the image problem and scanned them in instead. Should have thought of that at the outset, really, got carried away with the tripod set up from the bottle shot, I think lol.

 

 

http://www.narrativedisorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/JHerbinLesSubtilesRouge.jpg

[mandarintje]

Thanks! a lovely colour.

The lavender one also has a really natural scent, like a good (absolute) essential oil of lavender. Also very subtle and doesn't leave a scent when dry (unfortunately).

 

Love the glass dip pen =)

[Danisidhe]

Thanks! a lovely colour.

The lavender one also has a really natural scent, like a good (absolute) essential oil of lavender. Also very subtle and doesn't leave a scent when dry (unfortunately).

 

Love the glass dip pen =)

 

Interesting, I think there may be some consistency issues with these inks because, as you can see from my Bleue review, the bottle I got was nothing like Lavender, and I'm pretty sure there's no lavender oil in it because I'm allergic to it and I can sense it from a mile away!

[joeyrhett]

J. Herbin Opera seems to be the unscented version of this ink, watching the color samples in the sampler ink Clark. It could also simply be the bottle of Red Opera version, which has fragrant when they are bought by the cartridge.