Ink Fix
Ink Fix #17 Revealed
Ink Fix #17 marks a milestone for us here at Fountain Pen Supplies— 17 consecutive months of sending out Ink Fix boxes, and the last before we take a long-needed break. We wanted to go out with a bang, so we purchased the most expensive ink we’d seen yet. And that ink was scented, so we thought a good theme might be smell you later!
Featured inks in Ink Fix #17 were (from top to bottom in the above picture):
Blackstone Australia Wild Orange
A dark, burnt orange
Scent: Australian Wild Orange
Tono & Lims Afternoon Tea
Shady olive green
Scent: Earl Grey tea
Montblanc Elixir Parfumeur Wood & Tobacco Grey
A wet dark grey
Scent: Agarwood
Herbin Encre Parfumée Lavande
A slightly-purple blue
Scent: Lavender
Ancient Song Incense
Red-sheening teal with gold shimmer
Scent: None
Sailor Jentle Tokiwa-matsu
Pine green that sheens brown
Scent: None
The Montblanc Elixir Parfumeur ink in this box is the most expensive ink we’ve ever featured, at $100/bottle! Hopefully you like the scent as much as we do: Max has spent much time sniffing the bottle and the swatches of ink that retained the perfume for a few days! There is a small amount of it available for purchase in the shop (it was forcibly wrestled from Max’s grip).
And, to keep with the scented theme, each box this month contained a sample bon-bon of Bond No 9 fragrance. Someone got West Side, which is Max’s favourite!
Would you mind sharing a comment on the Montblanc Elixir Parfumeur? Have you tried using this ink on a montblanc 149? I tried it on a fine nib MB 149 and it was so, so wet that it would build up a lot of ink in the feed. So much that it left drops of it within the cap. Would you say this ink is almost too wet to be usable? I kind if regret buying the ink. 🙁 Maybe I got a deflective batch?
Hi Walter! I’m afraid I’ve not tried it in a Montblanc 149 specifically, but I did find the Elixir Parfumeur to be an especially wet ink. Though I’m not certain of the method Montblanc use to perfume their ink, I am assuming an oil-based carrier liquid which would make even a dry nib gush. If you want to persist with it, I would recommend decanting a little into a sample vial and adding a drop of water to dry the ink out (ironic that water makes ink LESS wet, isn’t it?) and increasing the amount of water until you find a happy level for your pen.