Louis Vuitton Bleu Rêveur

[Veltri]

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[agchristie]

Thank you for your review! The colour looks nice though not worth the price of the bottle for me! There are many similar which dry faster.

[Veltri]

Yes, I looked at some samples of other colours I have and it was very similar to De Atramentis Cobalt Blue, but more purple, and Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite but more blue.

 

On cheap paper it already shades better than these so I'm curious how it would look on better paper. I have some different quality papers on their way and will update the review when they come in.

[sarahfar]

Like it a lot. I have 4 of the colors, and have to say the Breum and Gold are my favorites.....

[Bookman]

I'll wait for Levis Indigo Blue. It'll look and smell the way brand-new Levis looked and smelled in the good old days.

[Veltri]

Louis Vuitton did open up a temporary store in Paris dedicated to writing, the Cabinet d'Écriture in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

These inks were developed for that purpose.

So as funny as it may seem, there is validity to their selling inks.

[Veltri]

sarahfar, on 23 Feb 2014 - 17:33, said:

Like it a lot. I have 4 of the colors, and have to say the Breum and Gold are my favorites.....

I just picked up the Brun and really like the colour. Now you have me thinking about the Gold...

[sarahfar]

It is a gorgeous color, darker and very different for example from Iro Ina Ho.....

 

Are they worth the money? Who knows, I think they are a lot like Herbin with more intensity.....

 

Best,

[bleair]

I wonder if these inks are only available in France?

 

I'm in the united states and the fancy Vuitton store in San Francisco gave me a very odd look and after a lengthy delay told me cheerful "no" when I asked if they sold the ink.

 

The flash-heavy website reports the ink as "sold out" when I tried to buy it online... though I'm not sure how keen I am to spend 50$ for 50ml of (luxury, high fashion) ink.

 

May ask where you purchased your bottle?

[Veltri]

I got it from the online store, but the Canadian one. Although it did ship from the US. It seems to be sold out for now but it says call for availability when you click the item details.

 

It came with free shipping, the US price at par with the Canadian dollar and no customs broker fees so that eased the cost as shipping is usually $15-20 and the exchange difference is $7.

I'm usually looking at $35-40 just to get a regular priced bottle shipped here.

Edited February 25, 2014 by Veltri

[swanjun]

That ink is seriously pretty. But I don't know that it's $50 pretty.

[Veltri]

My papers came in today, so as promised, here is a scan on Clairefontaine, Rhodia, Tomoe River Japan Cream and G. Lalo Verge de France Ivory.

It has some serious shading!

I've been using this ink for a week now and I really enjoy the texture and look of it.

 

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[bleair]

Uuuu, thank you for posting those different paper + ink samples. This inks looks nice..

 

 

Regarding the cost.. I do occasionally wonder how the fine hockey fans north of me (I'm in the united states) get their inks without having to overpay... my second thought is that, well maybe / hopefully the french historical influences results in certain french ink makers making their inks available without the gouging on price... There are a lot of really nice french inks out there.

 

 

Out of curiousity, do we know if Vuitton makes ink themselves, or maybe they have someone in their keiritsu make it for them? It doesn't look exactly like any blue ink made by the other major companies that I know of.

[PDW]

Nice colour, shame about the price - is anything from Diamine close enough to go for?

 

I'll wait for Levis Indigo Blue. It'll look and smell the way brand-new Levis looked and smelled in the good old days.

 

Now I'm waiting for The Good Captain to demand an ink that looks and smells like Levis that have been worn for a month without being washed.

[sarahfar]

Uuuu, thank you for posting those different paper + ink samples. This inks looks nice..

 

 

Regarding the cost.. I do occasionally wonder how the fine hockey fans north of me (I'm in the united states) get their inks without having to overpay... my second thought is that, well maybe / hopefully the french historical influences results in certain french ink makers making their inks available without the gouging on price... There are a lot of really nice french inks out there.

 

 

Out of curiousity, do we know if Vuitton makes ink themselves, or maybe they have someone in their keiritsu make it for them? It doesn't look exactly like any blue ink made by the other major companies that I know of.

It is made in France and they don't make it, so that limits it. It would appear to me to be Herbin, but who knows. It is more saturated than their standard line, but similar to the 1670 inks. In fact the blues are exceptionally close. I really like the Brun and Gold a lot. There is something distinct in the gold, more flecky and more intense than Ina Ho. I have the Blue, Gray, Gold and Brun....

[rudyhou]

a soft blue-black like ink. easy on the eyes. thanks for sharing.

Edited March 3, 2014 by rudyhou

[Sblakers]

It is made in France and they don't make it, so that limits it. It would appear to me to be Herbin, but who knows. It is more saturated than their standard line, but similar to the 1670 inks. In fact the blues are exceptionally close. I really like the Brun and Gold a lot. There is something distinct in the gold, more flecky and more intense than Ina Ho. I have the Blue, Gray, Gold and Brun....

 

Hi Sarahfar. I just ordered the gold and tried to get the grey but they were sold out. How is the grey? Do you happen to have a writing sample you'd be willing to post pictures of? I would much appreciate anything you could tell me about the grey- from the swab it looks very interesting.

[sarahfar]

I had my ink cabinet collapse. I will try to dig it out in the next couple of days.

[jmccarty3]

An update--LV now is offering ink in 12 colors on its US web site. The price is now $52 per bottle. When you see that they are charging $120 for a converter, that doesn't seem like so much .

[amberleadavis]

Thank you for the review!