When Symine Salimpour, an Israeli/French perfume-maker decided to give her perfume a Hebrew word Shiloh meaning “his gift”, little did she know that the famous Brad couple would have any objections.
Jolie had filed a note with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in January this year after discovering that Salimpour was naming her scent ‘Shiloh’, the same as her youngest daughter.
Part of the confusion over the name existed because though Salimpour began development of the fragrance two years ago, her application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office did not occur until June 19, 2006, nearly a month after Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s daughter Shiloh was born on May 27.
All along the perfume-maker had insisted that she was not inspired by the celebrity baby, but by the Hebrew meaning.
And now, The Washington Post reveals that Jolie has called off her legal eagles, and that Salimpour now has the go ahead to market the product with the name.
In accordance with the name five percent of the perfume’s profits will be going to an Israeli non profit organisation Beit Issie Shapiro that provides medical and educational services for disabled children.
With the charity part of the perfume now known, Jolie should be happy that her daughter’s name is well-used for a cause.
