{"id":199,"date":"2023-09-20T12:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marvis.com\/uk\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:06:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marvis.com\/uk\/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. Back then, Italians used to gesticulate even more than they do now, as a way to make up for the terrible breath \r\ncoming out of their mouths. It\u2019s with the goal of preserving the Italian language that our Marquis started developing a paste for dental hygiene. Italians still gesticulate a lot. But their breath smells 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 become the first Oral Care influencer in history. And, like 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 may not actually be Marvis\u2019 original founder. Not many people know this, but in the early 1900s, before the invention of milk cartons, they used \r\ntoothpaste tubes to distribute images of missing people. Therefore, the man on the tube was a missing person. So, if 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 is known about his poetry, except for his only surviving manuscript, a poem probably \r\ndedicated to a lover. It reads: \u201cRoses are red, violets are blue, don\u2019t forget to floss and your smile will be true!\u201d We wonder why his Marvis toothpaste became famous and his poems didn\u2019t. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n CONVINCED? NEITHER ARE WE. <\/div>\n