u/LeansGrumpy

Not trying to promote my own pen, brand, or website but I’m looking for advice.

I’m designing a collection of pens for watch enthusiast. Based on everyone’s depth of knowledge about pens here, Its not designed for pen enthusiasts but I still want to make it nice and luxurious but for the person who wants a nice ballpoint pen for their daily life. It will a have a Schmidt P900 M refill, polished stainless barrel, and acrylic cap for color. A lot of it is aesthetics but I still want the main point of it, which is being easy to use and smooth to write, the focus.

Watch enthusiasts mostly love both form and function so it can’t just write well, it has to look good but also not just be a cheap product with a nice refill; it has to look good and be something you want to enjoy picking up and maybe simply staring at.

Any general advice about what makes a pen really good other than the refill? Is the P900M good enough or is there another better refill for ballpoint. It will be a twist-style pen.

Any advice is greatly appreciated and I thank you all in advance for your help. Your depth of knowledge is recognized and appreciated.

Whisper it to us, we won’t tell anybody.

For me it’s Valentino Coral Fantasy. It’s not bad, it just lacks any kind of highs or lows or a distinct note of something. Maybe I’m just getting older and my olfactory system is slowly fading.

Just got some today after smelling the sample. I cannot get over how good this smells and their website sells it for $154 for 5.1oz.

I own probably a dozen colognes and they’re all garbage now compared to how good this smells. I’m sniffing my own shirt throughout the day. Anyone else just crazy about this cologne?

I know you can get it cheaper elsewhere but with all the fakes/reps going on, and considering it’s such an already low price for 5.1oz of it, I got it straight from their website. I also like getting the fancy box, the receipt in the thick Cartier envelope and the maroon Cartier bag haha.