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The format makes colour-switching straightforward: pop one out, seal the used cartridge if it's only partly spent, load the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe House\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFounded in Paris in 1670, Jacques Herbin is the oldest ink manufacturer in the world. Over the centuries, the house earned the patronage of Louis XIV and Napoleon Bonaparte - not through novelty, but through consistency of quality. The 1798 marker in the brand's history notes the moment Jacques Herbin, the fourth-generation family member, formalised the house's commitment to writing ink as the steel nib began to replace the quill. That same seriousness about craft runs through the Essential Inks range today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eViolet Boreal\u003c\/em\u003e suits correspondence, journaling, annotation, and drawing alike. 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Jacques Herbin, the oldest name in fine pen inks in the world, continues that tradition with rare seriousness. Founded in Paris in 1700, the house has been making inks for over three centuries, and this Cocoa Brown belongs to their scented range - a quiet but considered pleasure for anyone who writes by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scent is warm and grounded: a soft cocoa with the faint edge of coffee, drawn not from synthetic fragrance but from natural floral waters (hydrosols) sourced from Grasse, the Provençal town that has been the heart of French perfumery for centuries. The fragrance is subtle rather than assertive - present on the page for several days after writing, but never overpowering. It is the kind of detail that the recipient of a handwritten letter notices without quite knowing why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ink itself is a rich, warm brown with good depth on the page. 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