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I believe Montblanc company doesn't need introduction here. Each year Montblanc offers few LE inks. Their evil-minded marketing team creates interesting colors that soon become unavailable. Not all of them are great but almost all of LE ink become sought after after they're gone and are sold for outrageous prices. Personally I have mixed feelings about idea of LE inks but I enjoy some of them a lot. Some Montblanc LE red inks were great (Winter Glow can easily concur with Maruzen Nihombashi Akane; it's not the same and but still amazing). Newest one is quite nice. I have to confess I never liked Antoine de Saint-Exupéry books. Even as a child. When an ink dedicated to him was announced I wasn't impressed. On the other hand I wanted to try new Montblanc bottle. Finally I got the ink. The bottle is nice, the packaging is great. Price not so much. Montblanc changed volume of their inks and made a bold move: while increasing ink volume by 66,7 % they increased the price by 37 % (price per 1 ml - prices from La Couronne du Comte). I can't say I'm thrilled by MB move. Encre du Desert behaves well. It has good flow, with no feathering or bleedthrough. It’s quite saturated ink. Dry times vary depending on the paper, but can reach even 25-30 seconds on some papers. Shading is moderate and clean up is easy and fast. While this isn’t waterproof, it was easy to read the writing ever after the water test. Drops of ink on kitchen towel Software ID Color range Tomoe River, Caran d'Ache 849, medium nib Leuchtturm 1917, Caran d'Ache 849, medium nib Rhodia, Caran d'Ache 849, medium nib Maruman, Lamy Al-Star, broad nib Mini-Comparison on Tomoe River paper Water resistance

I stumbled upon this fortuitously on Rakuten. Since i don't read japanese i can't tell il they are LE for Youstyle or not. This is good and bad news. It depends.

Scriptus is the name of the Toronto’s Pen Show and Writing Show. Since 2017 Scriptus organizers together with KWZI create a LE ink for the show. For Scriptus 2017, show participants will be able to get “150 Confederation Brown”,crafted to celebrate the 150 years of Canada becoming a Confederation (proclaimed on July 1, 1867). I received a sample of the ink and since Claudia revealed the name of the ink and it's no longer top secret I'll share my scans and thoughts. The ink is saturated and it has interesting hue that's highly paper dependent. On some papers it's more brownish while on others greener. Nib width and the pen influence color as well. I would say that the flow is nice. Lubrication is satisfying. Drying time, especially on absorbent papers is very good (less than 5 seconds). Of course on Rhodia it'll take longer to dry. It's not water resistant. Drops of ink on kitchen towel Software ID Color range Tomoe River, Faber-Castell Ambition, broad nib Tomoe River, Hero 5028, stub 1.9 Maruman, Hero 5028, stub 1.9 Midori, Hero 5028, tub 1.9 Midori, Faber-Castell Ambition, broad nib Discovery copy paper, Faber-Castell Ambition, broad nib Water resistance