Magic Rosin - 3 grams Purple Sparkle

Just a couple of quick notes up top that may or may not be important to you. I don't know if this is hypoallergenic, but it has absolutely no smell upon first opening it. After I roughed it up a bit rosining my bow, I could very, very faintly smell just the tiniest hint of tree resin, but I have an extremely sensitive nose (for better and for worse) so YMMV. If you're not allergic, but looking for an odorless, or near odorless option, this is it. Second, they're not kidding when they say this is crystal clear. At first, I wasn't sure if they were referring to the physical appearance or the tone, and uneasy about the thought of pink rosin shedding all over the place. It turned out to be both. I am in LOVE with the tone I'm getting, but more on that in my actual review below. I bought this rosin on a whim while picking up a new CF student bow to trial since my current bow is a couple of years old, and rehairing it would cost more than a new one. This arrived first, so I cleaned the old rosin off my current bow, rosined up with the Magic 3G, and... Wow. I honestly did not expect this much of a difference, especially on the A and E strings. II typically use D'iadario Kaplain dark rosin because I only practice indoorsin a climate controlled, low humidity environment which is what attracted me to 3G (besides the beautiful cases!). Yet somehow, when I glide my bow across the A and E strings no matter where on the violin I am, it just sounds sweeter andclearer. Now this could easily just be my imagination, or the fact that my current rosins are both about 2 1/2 years old. I did order some fresh Kap dark, that I'll rerosin with once the Magic 3G wears off. But, between that clearer, sweeter tone at the higher end, and it just FEELING really good under my fingertips to play with, I think I just became a repeat customer.