[Help] Magical inkmaking: the scent

[AlfrunGrima]

For a big personal and magical project I seek reccommendations how to put a scent in ink that I want to use with a fountain pen. It would be ideal if I get the scents of patchouli, sandalwood and sage in a ink. I tried to add essential oil to store bought ink, but it blocked the fountain pen and on some paper the ink starts to bleed through the paper.

Thanks in advance for advice! If people have other ideas about making ink, have book reccommendations or actually experiences, feel free to share also.

 

[Aldebaran]

wow that is a tough one and interesting!

What about using fountain ink (the kind that needs dipped into) and an old school feather quill pen. That would be incredibly neat to write in your grimoire with a quill feather pen and annointed ink. Good luck and please tell us how it goes.

 

[AlfrunGrima]

Thank you very much for responding! I want to use the ink in a serie of detailed magical drawings, drawing is not so easy with a quill feather pen. Tried it once when I was in high school... if I would make a grimoire, I never would use it either. The idea is romantic but not so practical. I am a lot more in love with the Metallic and Stardust Sakura pens. One can make really cool calligraphy and illuminated projects with it

There are scented inks online in webshops, but I like the idea of a ink that I customize myself a lot more. -->scents can annoy me when not exactly right.

 

[Aldebaran]

I think youre onto something. There is no reason you cant annoit your ink in the same way you charge anything else. There might be some weird environmental factors with your ink, but I doubt it.

I looked up 'Dip Pens' and found some. Not sure if that helps you.

You've got some real possibilities here with annoited ink and sigil or art magick! I'm excited for your possibilities. If you go down that road i hope you maintain a journal here.