{"id":199,"date":"2023-09-20T12:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marvis.com\/en\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:10:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marvis.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n \n
\n\n \n The story of Marvis <\/span>\n\n
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\n THE story<\/em> OF MARVIS STARTED MANY YEARS AGO WITH OUR FOUNDING MARQUIS, THE ONE YOU SEE ON EVERY MARVIS TUBE.
\r\nBUT DO WE REALLY KNOW who<\/em> HE WAS? <\/h1>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n The legend of the Marquis is deeply intertwined with Italian history. More specifically, it started in the early XIX century: before the invention of toothpaste.\u00a0Back then, Italians used to gesticulate even more than they do now, as a way to make up for the terrible breath coming out of their mouth.\u00a0It\u2019s with the goal of preserving the Italian language that our Marquis started developing a paste for dental hygiene. Unfortunately, Italians still gesticulate a lot. But their breaths are undoubtedly amazing. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n The history of the Marquis starts in 1455, when he made his first headline just minutes after he was born. In fact, he came into the world smiling with a full set of bright, strong teeth. And he never lost any of them. It didn\u2019t take long for him to became the first Oral Care Influencer in history. And, as any respectable influencer, it took him even less to launch his own brand. Exactly, you\u2019re looking at it. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Legend has it that the Marquis portrayed on every Marvis tube actually may not be Marvis\u2019 original founder. Not many people know this, but in the early 1900s, before the invention of milk cartons, they used toothpaste tubes to spread images of missing people.\r\nTherefore the man on the tube was a missing person.\r\nSo, in case you see him, contact us. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n We discovered that the Marquis devoted his whole life to his two passions: poetry and toothpaste. Not much more is known about his poetry, except for his only retrieved manuscript, a poem probably dedicated to a lover. It reads: “Roses are red, violets are blue, don’t forget to floss and your smile will be true!”\r\nWe wonder why his toothpaste Marvis became famous\r\nand his poetries didn\u2019t. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n CONVINCED? NEITHER ARE WE. <\/div>\n