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I wanted to like this ink, I really did. I thought "Witch Red" would be rich and gorgeous, but honestly? It's a dull, flat, lifeless, brick red, although the colour looks passable on Rhodia paper.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/De%20Atramentis/DSC09719.jpg

Also, the horrendous smell - a distressing combination of sickly sweet flowers and rubbing alcohol. Not as bad as Magic Dragon, but BAD.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/De%20Atramentis/DSC09723.jpg

I also don't like how it feathers on everything except Rhodia paper. See? It even feathers a bit on CF paper!

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/De%20Atramentis/DSC09720.jpg

 

I have LOTS more images of this ink in my photobucket review album here.

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It looked good to me, at least on the picture seen from afar... But up close... Yeah, pink. Thanks for the review!

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Perhaps the scents of the Magic Boarding School inks were inspired by the every flavour jelly beans from Harry Potter?

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I agree with Pseudo, it looked good from afar, kind of reminded me of Tiananmen or the 1670 I just bought, then you got up close and it just looks kind of garbage-y :( . Thank you for the review.

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Odd. DeAramentis must have changed things up.

 

My couple-of-year-old bottle of Witch Red - which is how my DA Halloween ink is labeled (the one with the flying witch) - is vivid orange. I never was able to identify the "witch scent", apart from smelling faintly like Renuzit®. Nonetheless, my witch red Halloween ink is an autumn staple for me.

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I wanted to like this ink, I really did. I thought "Witch Red" would be rich and gorgeous, but honestly? It's a dull, flat, lifeless, brick red, although the colour looks passable on Rhodia paper.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/De%20Atramentis/DSC09719.jpg

 

Also, the horrendous smell - a distressing combination of sickly sweet flowers and rubbing alcohol. Not as bad as Magic Dragon, but BAD.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/De%20Atramentis/DSC09723.jpg

 

I also don't like how it feathers on everything except Rhodia paper. See? It even feathers a bit on CF paper!

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/De%20Atramentis/DSC09720.jpg

 

I have LOTS more images of this ink in my photobucket review album here.

 

Do you have any more magic inks left? If you don't want them I'd be glad to try some!

I bought de atramentis tobacco recently and I hate the smell...

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Ahh... DeA Tobacco Brown... my bottle has a nice brown fair to middling hue indeed indicative of a few pipe tabacco browns (and I had a lot of them) but the scent itself is bad... just like the phoney synthetic chemical smell of the cheapest, lowsiest offers out there.

 

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Ahh... DeA Tobacco Brown... my bottle has a nice brown fair to middling hue indeed indicative of a few pipe tabacco browns (and I had a lot of them) but the scent itself is bad... just like the phoney synthetic chemical smell of the cheapest, lowsiest offers out there.

 

Mike

I'm starting to like the scent it's not as bad if smelled out of a vial. I guess in smaller quantities it's not as bad.

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