Celesteau

Celesteau is the perfume house of Alexander Nemeth, an independent perfumer in Weiden am See, a village on Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland, Austria. The name joins two French words, eau and céleste, to mean heavenly water. Nemeth first worked as a chef, where he learned to read and balance flavours. During the lockdown he turned that interest to perfume, and it grew into his own fragrance studio. The business is registered as Celesteau e.U., with its seat in Weiden am See.

Nemeth composes every scent himself in his own lab in Weiden am See, and each bottle is filled by hand. The range is split into night and day. Black bottles hold the night scents Odin, Thor and Ares, which are woody, spicy and fresh. White bottles hold the day scents Aurora, Freya and Sia, which are floral, fruity and warm. Luxe, in gold, is the unisex scent between them. Ares, Sia and Luxe are parfums, and Luxe has 20 percent fragrance oil. In 2026 the house lists seven perfumes and has just added its first two candles.

It has one shop of its own: the Celesteau Boutique at Raiffeisenplatz 11, 7121 Weiden am See, open Tuesday and Wednesday from 17:00 to 20:00. There you can smell every scent and get advice in person. Ares and Aurora cost €64.90 each on its own site, which does not state the bottle size. Try Ares first: it heads the bestseller list on the house's home page and shows the night side, with saffron, incense and oud. Nemeth also teaches perfume workshops in his atelier, sold as a €179 voucher.