Fer à Cheval a Manufacture since 1856

In 1850, a candle factory was set up in the middle of the Marseille countryside. It was around 1856 that part of the candle factory was transformed into a real soap factory. The Fer à Cheval brand was created.

In 1900, Savonnerie Fer à Cheval moved to the capital and won the gold medal for the quality of its soaps at the Paris World's Fair. In 1953, the brand merged with Huileries Antonin ROUX and Savonnerie JB Paul to become the Fer à Cheval brand: it was the beginning of a lucky adventure.

Nearly twenty years later, in 1974, the Salvador group bought the Savonnerie Marseillaise and went on to manufacture the famous Savon de Marseille Le Chat for many years.

In 2003, a new owner took over the Fer à Cheval brand: the Compagnie des Détergents et du Savon de Marseille, a group whose aim is to continue to perpetuate this ancestral soap recipe.

It was 10 years later that, bought by the Seghin family, the Fer à Cheval brand was once again unveiled to the public. It developed in France and internationally and proudly carried the colors of the emblematic product of Marseille, its authentic Soap made in cauldrons.