Scott Schimmel and Lisa Sorensen opened the first of the Bliss stores in 2003 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Since then, the company has grown into a downtown Knoxville mainstay. In 2017, Bliss & Tori Mason Shoes relocated into one Downtown Knoxville location, where they offer an alternative to the standard retail experience with clothing, shoes and gifts. Bliss Home opened in west Knoxville in 2008. The entrepreneurs expanded in 2014 by opening Bliss Home near downtown Nashville. The third Bliss Home, and first out-of-state location, opened in Louisville, KY in August 2017

