{"product_id":"leonardo-noce-moscata-brown","title":"Leonardo Noce Moscata - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A deep cherry-red with a warm brown undertone. Leonardo sell this as a brown — the bottle label reads \"Brown Ink\" and retailers describe it as a medium red-brown or nutmeg brown. My swatches sit redder than that suggests: the handwriting sample is a true red-brown, but the swab bar and pooled areas go a rich oxblood-cherry red with only the edges resolving to a dark, almost black-brown. If you are buying it expecting a brown, expect a red one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Strong. The swab bar runs from a light brick red in the thin drag-out to a deep saturated red where the ink sits, and the writing sample shows clear light-to-dark variation within single strokes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None visible on my swatches. The dark bands around the edges of the drops are chromatic separation — the brown component pulling away from the red — rather than a metallic sheen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow: \u003c\/strong\u003eMedium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Leonardo Officina Italiana is a Neapolitan family firm founded in 2017 by Salvatore and Mariafrancesca Matrone, whose father Ciro was one of the founders of Delta. The ink line began as seven plainly-named colours — blue, black, red, green, purple, turquoise, sepia — and was later joined by four with proper Italian names instead: Arancio Tarocco after the Sicilian blood orange, Taurasi after the Campanian red wine, Smeraldo, and this one, Noce Moscata, Italian for nutmeg. A spice that shows up in Neapolitan kitchens far more than it does in British ones, and a colour named for the deep red-brown of the whole nut rather than the pale powder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leonardo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266213650758,"sku":"INK-084","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/Leonardo-nocemoscato3.jpg?v=1789504291","url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/products\/leonardo-noce-moscata-brown","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}