If you’d told me five years ago that I would like purple inks, I would have scoffed. The older, wiser me nods agreeably. “Indeed, there are some purple inks I do quite like.” J. Herbin’s Poussière de Lune (Moon Dust Purple) is one such purple. This is another ink I purchased in the little 10ml shooter bottle ($4.75 each) which is just such fun. Any day now, I think I’ll own the whole spectrum of J. Herbin inks just because I can purchase them all in these little snack-sized bottles.
Poussière de Lune is an eggplant-y purple black. The photos show a bit more luminance and a touch more red than it appears in person. When I first touched the ink to paper, I was immediately struck with the complexity of the color and it reminded me of the original formula of Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses. When I compared the inks though, Poussière de Lune is actually closer in color to Rohrer & Klingner Scabiosa without the iron gall. This might be a plus for some people who want the color of Scabiosa but are worried about damaging their pens with an iron gall ink.
The color does dry a flat, matte color but I think that’s to be expected with any inks that aren’t in the J. Herbin 1670 line with the metallic flakes in them.
Overall, I like the performance of J. Herbin inks. They are wet enough for my fine nib pens and have a good amount of shading. Poussière de Lune is no exception and may actually be one of my favorite J. Herbin inks thus far.
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I have this ink in my Pilot Metropolitan and I love it. It shades so beautifully and it’s a gorgeous muted purple. If this takes me close to the original Noodler’s BSIAR, then I’ll take it. My favorite J. Herbin ink is Lie De The and this one comes a close second. This post is awesome and I love how you’ve showcased the ink’s beautiful characteristics!
Same here! I don’t know what it is, that makes this combination the perfect match.
btw, the Metropolitan is a super sturdy pen. Once I accidentally dropped the penon the floor, the cap went off, the nib was crooked. I gave it a try, bent the nib back in shape and the ink flows perfectly fine.
I’ve felt wary of purple inks as well but I use the Diamine Grape almost everyday.
I love purple inks, and pens, and notebooks, and I’ll spare you the rest of the categories of purple items I love. I especially like the purple-gray color family. This is a beautiful ink, definitely one I’ll want to buy.
Purple is to me as green is to you, to you an SAT-type analogy
Meant to say “to use”…someday I will learn to proofread comments.
Wow, quite lovely. May need to splurge…