In 1872, Samuel introduced Cashmere Bouquet, the world’s first milled perfumed toilet soap.

In 1896, the company sold its first toothpaste in a collapsible tube (which had recently been invented by dentist Washington Sheffield), named Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream.

Also in 1896, Colgate hired Martin Ittner and under his direction founded one of the first applied research labs.

The manufactory he built in Jersey City developed into one of the largest establishments of its kind in the world and is now part of Colgate-Palmolive.

[1] Colgate built a home in Orange, New Jersey, where he died on April 23, 1897, due to heart issues.