Morgan's pomade

The company was founded in 1873 by Robert Martin, who started out in the kitchen of the family home. Manufacturing, labelling, packaging and distribution were all done by hand by Robert himself. Robert first started to produce a shampoo known as the ‘Marie Antoinette Eucalyptus Egg Julep Shampoo’. This was followed a year or two later by Morgan’s Pomade.

At first, as Robert was working alone there was little time available to devote to sales, but as the products sold, the good news travelled fast. Fashion and style conscious men began to try Morgan’s and quickly discovered how effective it was. The first stockists of the Pomade were the fashionable gentlemen’s hairdressers in London’s west end, the popularity soon grew and the distribution of this new ‘must have’ product expanded.