Herbinhb13015 Traditional Ink (For Fountain Pens, Glass Pens, and False Pens), 1.0 fl oz (30 ml), "Forgotten Grass Blue" Made in France

The quality of this ink is simply delicious. I love the color as well. It's hilarious to see "myosotis" (forget-me-not) translated as Forgettable Grass but it may be more helpful to recognize that this color is named after a lovely and very memorable spring flower!

I adore J Herbin inks and have quite a few. This ink was purchased on an impulse and I unexpectedly fell in love with it. It is a lovely soft blue when you first write with it, but as it dries for some time (at least an hour or so) it turns into a delicate blue/lavender hue. It is exquisite! This ink looks especially gorgeous on Tomoe River Paper. It writes smoothly and flows excellently in 1.5 stubs all the way to Japanese Extra Fine nibs. I highly recommend this and all other J Herbin Fountain Pen Inks. I haven't found one I don't like!

This ink is beautiful. It's definitely blue enough for business writing, but the lavender tinge gives it a little extra distinction without being distracting. It's a very wet ink, and it goes on the page really smoothly -- I enjoy watching the color shift as it dries.I've liked this ink so much that I've just ordered a couple other colors, and I'm looking forward to trying them out.

Very light shade of blue leaning towards a purple. As with all J. Herbin inks, well behaved. No feathering, or bleed-through on good quality paper. One star off because it is a little too much of a purple for me.

There’s nothing to dislike—it is exquisite! It reminds me of freshly-cut irises. Hopefully I am reviewing the correct ink—I am a collector of nice fountain pens as well as inks. If you are an inkophile, buy a colo-ring. It’s a good way to see exactly what your ink will look like when you put pen to paper. I use Q-tips to make my samples. I hope that it’s the write way!

love this color and brand of ink - it flows well with one of my "cranky" pens

A business-like blue - black (with an emphasis on blue vs the Parker and Schaeffer version), that seems to dry a little more purple than when first applied. But you really need to be "thinking" purple to see it, at least under my office flourescents. For people that care about ink, will be a somewhat individualistic, but not really whimsical choice. Most recipients will just see a mid dark blue/blacky purple (definitely not lilac or violet), that adds an elegant solidity to the message - without looking like a teen age girl's MASH note..I like the smaller size bottle (with the illusion of "fresh" ink,) with the built in horizontal pen rest.

This blue ink is lighter than say a Parker Quink blue, it does have a hint of purple in it, but not quite as dramatic as the picture on the box (depending on your monitor) might suggest. A bigger bottle would be better.