Author: Alexander Bulaev

Review Title: Dark Lilac Review

I had no possibility to try the original Dark Lilac from 2016; however, the modern reissued Dark Lilac is great in my opinion. It has LOTS of nice green to gold sheen and is best in very fine nibs. It is very saturated and has a bit of "nib creep", though I think it is expected with such saturated formulations.

Author: Mark Driver

Review Title: Reliable & practical

LAMY inks are always reliable & good value, but rarely exciting. The sturdy & very practical ink bottle is what you would expect from their bauhaus aesthetic. No sheen or shimmer here, but I like rather than love, the Petrol colour.

Author: Rebecca

Review Title: Lamy Petrol - more teal than blue

The Lamy Petrol, to my eye, is more teal than blue, a dark teal.
It's a color I like, so I have some teal colored pens to use it with. I think it will also look lovely in transparent pens.
Since the color is quite dark, I think that it can also fit as a conservative color (for work, if there are stringent rules).
The bottle is unique, it has a plastic cylinder around the bottom with paper for cleaning the nib. For me the paper is too narrow, so I don't use it, but this allows the glass bottle to be deeper in the middle - good for bigger nibs and also for collecting the last drops of ink.

Author: Daniduc

I have a few cartridges of the original Dark Lilac (2016) and this is a different ink. That doesn't mean it's worse, however. It's a nice ink, with a heavy green sheen. On Tomoe River paper t's almost as if the ink is green with a purple sheen, not the other way around. If you're looking for a pure purple, maybe this is not for you. If you enjoy sheen, green and purple, you found a good one.

Author: Mert Kaya

Review Title: Lamy T52 Dark Lilac Ink

Wonderful ink! Highly recommended!