 In 1937, Armand Hammer’s friend Samuel Rubin, owner of the Spanish Trading Corporation, which imported soap and olive oil, closed down his company because of the Spanish civil war and established a new enterprise to manufacture perfumes and toiletries.He registered it, at Hammer’s suggestion, as Fabergé Inc. in 1937.In 1943, Samuel Rubin registered the Fabergé trademark for perfume in the United States.