Fer à Cheval a Manufacture since 1856

In 1850, a candle factory was set up in the middle of the Marseille countryside. Around 1856, part of the candle factory was transformed into a full-fledged soap factory. The Fer à Cheval brand was created.

In 1900, the Savonnerie Fer à Cheval moved to the capital and won a gold medal for the quality of its soaps at the Paris Universal Exhibition. In 1953, the brand merged with Huileries Antonin ROUX and Savonnerie J.B Paul to become the Fer à Cheval brand: the beginning of a lucky adventure.

Nearly twenty years later, in 1974, the Salvador group bought 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 perpetuating this ancestral soap recipe.

10 years later, bought out by the Seghin family, the Fer à Cheval brand was once again unveiled to the public. The company is expanding in France and abroad, and is now proudly displaying the colors of Marseille's emblematic product, its authentic soap made in cauldrons.