Diamine Inkvent 2023 Day 7

This is the Diamine Inkvent 2023 day 7 door:

Day 7’s ink is Diamine Sweet Dreams. It’s a scented ink.

Oh no, it’s a scented ink! I loath scented inks, and this one is particularly bad. Diamine Sweet Dreams is day 7’s ink, and it’s a bubblegum pink ink that smells of bathroom potpourri. It also has flow issues like all the scented inks I tried so far – you can see it in the writing on the col-o-ring swab below:

Col-o-Ring swab of Diamine Sweet Dreams

There’s relatively little shading in this ink, which is surprising as it’s not a super saturated ink. There is way too much scent. No idea why anyone would want this in their lives.

Writing sample of Diamine Sweet Dreams

This tiny bear is called Mervin (not Marvin) and he’s a very unusual bear: short dual tone “fur”, donkey ears, strangely shaped eyes and nose. He adds interest to my collection, and he’s adorable.

Here’s Mervin:

I don’t like this ink, and I don’t like scented inks. If you do, you might like its sickly sweet smell. I personally am going to dump it out and thoroughly clean out the pen now.

8 thoughts on “Diamine Inkvent 2023 Day 7”

  1. Chris Bruner's avatar

    Chris Bruner

    I saw similar extreme flow issues with last year’s scented inks. However, I’ve since tried both Spruce and Pick Me UP with a Conklin EF and Pilot steel F nib, and they behave well in these pens. I tried Sweet Dreams in a Jinhao F and it also behaved well for me in that pen.

    Since they tend to be so wet, I suggest sampling the next scented ink in this year’s Inkvent using an F or EF nib.

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  3. Jean Wilcox's avatar

    Jean Wilcox

    I didn’t realize that it was a scented ink until I read your blog and then went back and smelled the bottle. Sure enough, a sickly bubble gummy smell, but after it dried in my journal and on my Inkvent calendar sheet, it no longer smelled. Good thing. I’m not a big fan of pink inks but I thought this one had better color saturation than most I’ve seen and I had no problems with it skipping.

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