Pierre Cardin - Exotic Shorthair Amber

Ink ReviewPierre CardinColours of CatasyYellowGoldDark YellowShimmerShimmering

Aug 3

Pierre Cardin Exotic Shorthair Amber Fountain Pen Ink Splash — **Pierre Cardin Exotic Shorthair Amber Ink drop**

The Colours of Catasy series is one of the most popular of the four “Colours of” series from Pierre Cardin Writing Instruments. This is a six-ink series with bottles available individually or in a beautiful box set. All six are shimmer inks, and Pierre Cardin consistently make some of the most trouble-free shimmer inks on the market. The beauty we’re looking at today is Exotic Shorthair Amber.

Pierre Cardin Exotic Shorthair Amber swatches on Cosmo Air Light and Tomoe River papers — **Ink Swatches on Cosmo Air Light and Tomoe River**

The base color of Exotic Shorthair Amber is a warm, golden yellow. This is a nice shading ink that deepens to an amber in saturated areas and lightens to a sunnier, summer yellow on stroke ends. The shimmer is a soft, pale gold. Pierre Cardin is always very generous with the amount of shimmer in their inks. I wanted to show the ink naturally, so for these images I filled the pen as I think most people do. However, my tip is to fill the pen 75% without agitating the shimmer at all, and then giving the bottle just a slow, gentle twist before filling the remaining 25%. In either case, the shimmer is of an extremely fine particle and didn’t cause me any additional concerns.

Pierre Cardin Exotic Shorthair Amber swatches on Iroful and Takasago Bank papers — **Ink Swatches on Cosmo Iroful and Takasago Bank Papers**

Writing performance is consistently very good with the Pierre Cardin inks that I’ve tried. On all papers tested, strokes are clean and crisp with no spreading or feathering. I haven’t found anything negative to say in terms of writing performance or writing experience.

Pierre Cardin Exotic Shorthair Amber fountain pen ink writing sample — **Writing sample on Cosmo Air Snow paper**

Exotic Shorthair Amber is a gorgeous ink. Individually, the Colours of Catasy inks come in the octagonal, 30 ml bottles (US$13). In the boxed set (US$68), they come the taller, thinner, 25 ml bottles, that I’ve shown here.

I’ve said it before, but it’s still true today; this brand deserves more attention! Based in Hong Kong, Pierre Cardin does a great job of promoting their wide range of products in Asia. They are very active in the fountain pen and creative arts communities throughout the region, and I hope they take that next global step.

Special thanks to @imokyoung at Pierre Cardin in Korea for gifting me this ink! She’s an absolute superstar!