Jacques Herbin 13777T - ''Les subtiles'' scented ink bottle for fountain pens and roller pens 30 ml, Violette ink and Violette fragrance. Made in France

Great ink recommend

Lovely intense colour, however the scent appears very transient.

Herbin's range of scented inks has intrigued me for quite a time so in the end I bit the bullet and bought a bottle of this, their apple-scented version. It comes in a nice, part-frosted 30ml glass bottle with a metal screw-cap, and a product info label looped around the neck.The Herbin is fairly light green in colour, with some of the most watery consistency I've seen of any bottled ink. A pen with a medium nib is probably the ideal here as this will apply it thickly enough for you to appreciate the colour fully without going overboard; anything larger may have it seeping through the page unless you use heavy-weighted paper. The ink darkens somewhat as it dries so don't be too hard on it if it looks overly light and washed-out as you write. Overall, though, this isn't an ink for signing formal letters or papers, more for taking occasional notes or jotting down reminders.The apple scent is fairly noticeable when concentrated in the bottle, but virtually non-existent when applied to paper. You have to put your nose right up to the page to get any sense of the aroma and even then you may need to be in possession of a good sniffer to tell what the smell is. I gave my bottle a good shake before testing it so I can only assume that the scent either dissipated in the bottle over time, or wasn't very strong to begin with.I tried the Herbin in my medium-nib Parker jotter pen and my broad-nib Pelikan and I wasn't overly keen on the results from either - using the Parker it looked okay when properly dried but in the Pelikan it seeped through the paper straight away, and I couldn't detect the apple scent with either. I had this grand idea of signing my letters at work with the ink, giving them not only a distinct look but also a distinct aroma as well. Unfortunately, things didn't go quite as I'd hoped and I'm left with an ink that's really no different from many others out there. If you only want a light green ink, then you could do worse than this. If you want an ink that's actually smells of apples, then this isn't it.

Illustrate write or colour with fragrance to match the tint, another dimension for my cards

Reminded me of Parma Violets pastilles from childhood. Fragrance of sweet violet with writing colour to match. Handwritten cards never so romantic as with this.

Wanted a quality ink to create cards with fragrance hand drawn. Really natural floral fragrance and subtle colour to match the fragrance. Another dimension and wonderful