Amethyst - Pelikan Edelstein

January 7, 2019

Ok folks, I have a chance to grab a bottle of this but already own Diamine Tyrian Purple, MB Lavender Purple and Herbin Poussiere deLune. Is Pelikan Amethyst really different enough from these other three to justify paying a premium price for it?

I have all of the above and a few more similar inks. Amethyst is closest to MB Lavender; a little lighter and a lot shadier. It's a bright and vibrant ink that pops beautifully without being tiring. Lavender on the other hand is more reserved (in a wet pen it looks almost black). TP and PdL are dusty and IMO pretty meh...

For me, if you have to choose, Amethyst easily takes the win (I have about 4,5 bottles and would buy more if I could), but I can't say that you need to have both that and Lavender. Unless you really love that kind of color and can see yourself going through 2 bottles of it...

Edited January 7, 2019 by inotrym

January 8, 2019

I didn't much care for Poussiere de Lune. The other three (plus Dark Lilac, 4001 Violet, and several other purples -- most recently MB Beatles Psychedelic Purple and De Atramentis Aubergine) are all ones I thought worth the price of a full bottle. I don't have as many purple/violet/lavender inks as blue ones, but I do still have a fair number....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstaineedruth