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J Herbin Vert Réséda Review #177 From Herbin website: Vert Réséda (Green reseda or Green mignonette): réséda is a plant famous for its delightful fragrance. I honestly don't get the name of this one. I checked some of the photos online and couldn't see the relevance (Reseda Odorata) Photo Credit: Native Plant Trust: Go Botany This is a cheery neon green, somewhere between Bleu Calanque and Diabolo Menthe. It’s a greenish turquoise / malachite. Ink is wet, with below average lubrication. There’s some shading, with a B nib. Ink has little to no water resistance. While the colour is bright and lovely in some Caribbean resort, I found the colour too harsh on paper. However, it’s fun for doing ink washes. Dry time was confusing. I wonder if my pen was primed in the beginning to get such inconsistent results. Cleaning was easy. Colour is impossible to scan or photograph. Chroma: Writing Samples: Colour is somewhere between these different scans. Photo: I tried to colour correct this one. It is quite close. Comparison: The scanner could not capture any of the colours right. You can check these three on the Herbin website to get a close idea https://www.jherbin.com/fountain_pen_inks.html Water test: Left side (10 seconds under running water. After 24 hours) Art Work: Hiding from Love The colour is quite close here. De Atramentis Document Brown. Paper is Talens mixed media square pocketbook. A Star is Born You can see the nuance between Vert Réséda and Bleu Calanque. Note the green colour has darkened because the grey mixed with it. J Herbin Vert Réséda (dress) J Herbin Bleu Calanque (background) KWZ orange Kala Moonlight Tide (Grey) · Pens used: Pilot F3A soft EF, Lamy (EF/F/M/B/ Stub 1.1) · What I liked: I’m thinking about it…washes · What I did not like: Doesn’t have nuance. · What some might not like: Low lubrication, · Shading: With a B nib. The ink is too harsh to discern shading. · Ghosting: Yes, on cheap paper. · Bleed through: A bit, but not much. · Flow Rate: Wet · Lubrication: Below average but acceptable. · Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. · Start-up: Ok · Saturation: Nope. · Shading Potential: Good luck with that. · Sheen: No. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: I didn’t look for it, but there might be if you look under a magnifying glass. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice. · Staining (pen): No. · Clogging: Did not notice. · Cleaning: Very Easy. · Water resistance: Nope · Availability: 10/ 30ml bottles, cartridges. Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

Organics Studio isn't making inks anymore, but back when they did I was a big fan. Nickel was the first ink of theirs I purchased, and after some time I started getting more. The creative inks were my favorite, like the iron gall Aristotle and the chlorophyl-pigmented Mendel. When I heard OS was stopping ink production I bought almost $100 worth of OS ink from the Goulets. Imagine my surprise when half of them developed SITB a few months later… So far the bottles lost to SITB are Neon, Nickel, and two others that are at the bottom of a shame pile I don't care to dig through. Luckily I'd written this review already, so while reading it just remember that when I wrote the review it was a currently produced ink and also didn't have a colony growing in it. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/6AdqZc.jpg