Jacques Herbin is a consistently wonderful ink. The Bouquet D’antan pale pink is a lovely color and flows beautifully. I’m using it in a Benu fountain pen with a medium nib to show off the delicate pink color.

I am still using the sample of this ink. I like the color

It doesn’t show much color up to fine nib. You want to pair this ink with broader nibs.

personally i like a wetter ink but the color is just stunning. just make sure to put it in your wettest pen!

I got my package quickly and received a couple extra goodies along with the ink I had ordered. The ink is a little light for what I needed it for, so I emailed Goulet Pens, and they were very prompt in recommending some alternatives. I didn't realize that the samples were an option, but now I'm very excited to make another purchase with some samples of the inks that were recommended to me!

I love this color! It's like a light pink carnation or peony. It flows beautifully with my Lamy fine nib. It's become one of my essential inks.

The color is exactly what I want.

Herbin inks are always good. I love this color!

This is my first full bottle of ink and I love it!

I purchased samples of this to use in a Platinum Preppy to do some drawing and lettering. I liked the ink so well I returned and bought a bottle. With a medium-fine nib, I'm finding that my writing samples are a lot darker than the ones illustrated. The ink is an attractive shade that I would call mauve, It is a little dry, but not enough to be annoying, and it dries very quickly, a point in its favor. While I wouldn't choose it for business use, it will be fine for personal letters.

I have been using this ink for a few weeks in my journal and I LOVE it. I am using a Lamy broad nib and I find it perfect for me. It appears that it dries the same color as it goes on and once in a while it gives just a hint of shading. I would not recommend it for daily use or work, but for a subtle, quiet change, this might be for you.

Wow, this ink is gorgeous! It is light but still legible and it has so much shading! It may not be so practical for everyday use (although I used it for that) but it's great for drawing!

I am very happy I purchased this ink and didn't listen to a few negative reviews. It is exactly what I thought it was going to be..a soft, delicate, highly shading old fashioned pink like the sample photo. It is pale and looks almost powdery which I've never seen before. My handwriting is completely legible with it and would not use this expensive ink for highlighter. It also produces halo where the ink pools in the shading, like there's an outline of faintly darker pink. Just beautiful!I use it on my journal with Tomoe River paper. I don't use my fountain pens on cheap paper. I have my gel pens for that.

My favorite inks are the translucent ones because they aren't heavy, are generally quickest to dry and they shade beautifully. I had bought a bottle of this color along with about a dozen others last fall and it got pushed to the back of my ink drawer to be saved for spring. I was amazed at the beauty of this color -it quickly has become my very favorite pink ink! The color is very soft but don't be deterred, as I believe I was initially, by the swab above. Bouquet looks beautiful on ivory papers and shows even brighter on white ones. I have a journal with ivory paper and the color is so soft and pretty, the shading fantastic and dry time is fast, which is great when I want to write quickly. I used it too, believe it or not, in a Pilot Metal Falcon with an extra fine nib! I've always been impressed the quality of J. Herbin inks and they continue to delight and surprise. I am keeping the Burgundy Falcon for only this ink, since I've got a few other Falcons. Also, I've come back to check for a pink pen that I can keep this ink in all the time as well. Does this portray how much I liked this ink? Thanks Goulet, but one stock request - the light blue Bleu Azur from J. Herbin. It is among my favorite light blues inks.

I really love this shade of pink. It isn't shocking to the eyes like some shades of pink. It makes for a very feminine letter. I am all about beautiful hand written letters :o)

J. Herbin makes amazing ink, and their colours quickly made their way onto my list of favourite inks. Vert Empire and Rouille D'ancre are beautiful, unique colours. J. Herbin's brown inks are some of the best shades out there, and I have a lot of brown inks in my collection! You can't go wrong with these inks, I just wish it didn't take me so long to try them.

I am surprised by how much I like this ink. If it came in 100ml I would buy it.

A very pretty color that reminds me of Victorian roses. It looks brighter on paper when used with a fine or medium nib. All in all, highly recommended!

A very pale, soft pink with some rebellious behavior in flex pens.

I love how watery this rose-ish color is, though I think it'd be more fun to paint with than write anything of significance. The shading is out of this world, and has an antique look to it. It's very pretty.

This delicate pink ink is beautiful! It is soft, gentle, and oh so pretty!I prefer this ink in a wet flowing pen with a broad nib. I currently have it loaded in an Ahab with a Goulet 1.5 nib. If you are looking for a pastel ballet pink try a sample of this!

A very nice antiqued pink that shines on ivory paper. I keep an apica cd-10 daily ink diary that makes the ink pallid and rather weak in color. Try it on Midori or Tomoe River and the ink shows excellent color depth and shading--almost an antithesis to what it looks like on white/off-white paper. I've tried in with a fine, wet nib and it still looks good. A wetter or thicker nib will only improve its looks. As noted by previous reviewers, lubrication is nonexistent, but makes up for it in flow (some noted watery).On quality paper even scratchy nibs perform above par. I've loaded a Noodler's eyedropper and a Noodler's Ahab and can't stop writing in my Midori notebook--such a visually pleasing result. For a real treat try in on some G. Lalo Verge de France paper!This is the antique rose color I've been searching for.

This ink is sort of a dark pastel, but it's definitely got a presence. It's a blue-tinged ashy pink, with very good shading. I'm ordering a bottle.

that you want to fade away. This elegant, pale rose ink is just too light for most writing purposes. It is a lovely color, just not strong enough. Works well in the pen and I would love to find some ink hue I could mix with it to give it more readability.

I guess I've simply struck out on J. Herbin. My daughter wanted a pink ink for her first fountain pen and journal, so I selected this for her. Big mistake. The ink is so pale as to be fundamentally useless in an actual writing-more-than-curlicues application. I wish it wasn't so. Like its brown cousin, this ink is also scratchy/dry in a variety of different pens and on a variety of different papers and doesn't like to flow very well.Maybe you'll have better luck than I.On the other hand, the fine folks at Goulet Pens are a joy to work with, and I'll be trying some other inks till I find a workable pink for my daughter.