Here is the fourth ink of the J.Herbin "Les Subtiles" Series. I apologize for the messy review as I was a bit rushed (It's painfully clear that margins and straight lines are not my strong points ).

Disclaimer: Any feathering in this review is caused by the sharp tines of the dip nib digging into the paper.

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Thanks for the review! The last thing I need is another bottle of ink -- but I like the looks of this one. It could work as an editing ink, though I mainly use brown and orange to edit. The subtlety of the rose scent, as an editing ink, will be a bonus. A strong rosy scent, coupled with the colour, would likely send the wrong message...


P.S. Have you tried it in a regular fountain pen to see if its lubricating properties improve?

Lovely!. Both the color and the review!. I heard a few months back that Herbin had started producing scented inks also. Is nice, I have always missed the scent of the old inks my aunts used to write their notes with. I wonder how would tha ink behave in a regular Fp in the long run, though. Great, now I want to have it.

Girlieg33k & Ondina, thank you for the kind words! When I have the time, I'll test the ink in my other flex/italic pens.

Very nice work! ;-)

Here is a scan of the ink used in different pens. For some reason the flow was inconsistent in the Sheaffer school pen, but it does exhibit the best shading out of the group. Fortunately, lubrication properties did improve with fountain pens (but not much, since this ink is better suited for wet writers).

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