Hans Schwarzkopf

Hans Schwarzkopf (* 1874 in Danzig ; † February 12, 1921 in Berlin ) was a German chemist , pharmacist , entrepreneur and inventor . The Schwarzkopf brand goes back to him.

Life

Hans Schwarzkopf studied chemistry and in 1898 opened the "paint, drug and perfume store" on Passauer Strasse in Berlin-Charlottenburg .

A customer in England had met a powder shampoo and wanted him to order it for her. Schwarzkopf put her off several times until one day she stopped appearing. Instead, he got the idea to develop such a product himself. After several years of development, Schwarzkopf launched a powdered shampoo on the market in 1904. It cost 20 pfennigs per bag (for one treatment), was dissolved in water and proved to be superior to all hair-washing soaps available at the time in terms of convenience. The "shampoo with the black head" became the first branded hair cosmetic item in Germany. Due to the success, Schwarzkopf gave up his drugstore in the same year and concentrated on production and marketing.

In 1927, the Schwarzkopf company developed the first liquid shampoo.

literature

German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd edition, Volume 9, KG Saur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-25039-2 (Volume 9), ISBN 978-3-598-25030-9 (complete works), p. 333

Web links

An overview of 111 years of successful innovations. henkel.de, January 22, 2009
Schwarzkopf - Henkel's largest brand as a growth engine. henkel.de, January 22, 2009

Individual evidence

↑ Trademark register
↑ The first powder shampoo went like hot cakes in 1903. Schwarzkopf has been washing Germans' heads for 100 years. In: handelsblatt .de , September 2, 2003
↑ Erik Schulze to Wiesche: Modern hair care products. In: Practice of the natural sciences - chemistry in school. Volume 55, Issue 6, 2006, ISSN 0177-9516 , pp. 14-17

personal data
SURNAME	Schwarzkopf, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pharmacist and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	1874
PLACE OF BIRTH	Danzig
DATE OF DEATH	February 12, 1921
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Trademark register

[2] The first powder shampoo went like hot cakes in 1903. Schwarzkopf has been washing Germans' heads for 100 years. In: handelsblatt .de , September 2, 2003

[Schulze-3] Erik Schulze to Wiesche: Modern hair care products. In: Practice of the natural sciences - chemistry in school. Volume 55, Issue 6, 2006, ISSN 0177-9516 , pp. 14-17