Hosia Ink Studio Gardenia — Ink Review #201
Hosia Ink Studio - Gardenia Ink Review # 201 Originally posted on FPN: Sep 04, 2025 --- 🧾 Description Ink: Gardenia Brand: Hosia Ink Studio Country: China Available: Soe & Soe and AliExpress; 5 ml and 30 ml bottles. Pens Used: Pilot F3A/ EF, semi-flex, Lamy (EF/F/M/B), Jinhao 450 fude. This is a unique chameleon of an ink by Hosia Ink Studio. The colour is difficult to describe: at times it’s beige with a hint of pink; at other times, lavender with a hint of beige. Here is the description from the Soe & Soe website: "Gardenia is a light purple to pink base chromoshading ink which can also show wheat-beige secondary shading. The Gardenia flower is native to tropical southern China, and gardenia seeds contain a powerful yellow pigment called crocin, used as a natural dye for centuries in China. Hosia Ink Studio specialises in extremely high shading dye based inks recommended for use wi...