argan limited was formed in august 2010 soon after one of its founders, mr darren smith, had returned from a holiday to marrakesh. darren had been asked by a friend, mr ken ward, to bring back some argan oil for his partner, as it was difficult, at the time, to source in the uk. whilst on holiday darren’s wife, jane, was bitten by mosquitoes and the bites had blistered badly. locals suggested using argan oil to treat the bites and, to jane and darren’s surprise, the oil seemed to work extremely well at healing the bites within a few days.