Maria Christofilis is a Seattle, Washington native with deep European roots. Spending childhood summers abroad with her family, she became fluent in Greek and Italian while absorbing European cultures and lifestyles. Since childhood she has studied, lived and worked in the most romantic cities of Europe and has traveled the globe extensively for both business and pleasure.Maria’s lifestyle, aesthetics and creations reflect a curious and creative nature grounded by years of experience in the fashion and fragrance worlds. Her inception of several successful brands in both fields over the past twenty years has been the fulfillment of Maria’s drive to share her personal vision and style.Her creation of the Anthousa home fragrance collection virtually invented the now-world-wide market for home fragrance diffusers. Launched in 2004 by trendsetting retailers, Anthousa quickly became an international home fragrance enterprise.After accepting an offer to become marketing director for the fragrance division of a prominent menswear design house in 2009, Maria moved to New York City, continuing to run the Anthousa brand from there. While living in New York, she had the opportunity to meet and work with some of the most celebrated perfumers in the world. Her welcome by this inner circle of distinguished perfumers was highlighted by a personal gift from master perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux of Givaudan®. Named Fleur09, it immediately became Maria’s coveted scent and a personal treasure and the more she wore it, the more she realized it was a treasure to be shared. Maria Christofilis is a new fragrance brand. Designer Maria Christofilis has 4 perfumes in our fragrance base all launched in 2017. The nose who worked on the fragrances is Rodrigo Flores-Roux. more...
