Among the scented De Atramentis inks I really wanted to try was Coffee. A rich dark brown with a hint of black in it, this straight from the bottle does smell like a very dark Jamaican or Kenyan roast--something full-bodied, not Starbucks at all. You do feel like taking a swig from the bottle it's so strong, or maybe adding cream and sugar. The faint black makes the color true to its name. No feathering that I could tell, but it's not a quick dry ink so you'll be waiting quite a few seconds. And the coffee smell doesn't last more than five or ten minutes, which is probably good.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
De Atramentis Coffee Ink
Among the scented De Atramentis inks I really wanted to try was Coffee. A rich dark brown with a hint of black in it, this straight from the bottle does smell like a very dark Jamaican or Kenyan roast--something full-bodied, not Starbucks at all. You do feel like taking a swig from the bottle it's so strong, or maybe adding cream and sugar. The faint black makes the color true to its name. No feathering that I could tell, but it's not a quick dry ink so you'll be waiting quite a few seconds. And the coffee smell doesn't last more than five or ten minutes, which is probably good.
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I got to try the DeA orange and nougat when I was last in NYC. I was suprised that they smelled rather good. Not overly strong or chemically. I prefered them to some of the perfumier scented inks I've smelled.
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