Mood Indigo

The film begins with light and jazz, and then something much darker opens up beneath its feet. MOTH AND RABBIT Mood Indigo follows the same descent: flowers briefly float, while wood and incense slowly extinguish the space.

Red pepper and Roman chamomile open the composition rhythmically and unusually. The pepper tingles, the chamomile brings a bitter sunny warmth, and the geranium between them provides a green, somewhat metallic floral cut.

Water lily creates an airy, watery floral moment — a brief passage where light is still felt. It does not last as a cheerful theme; musk and sandalwood soon bring it down to a softer, shadier surface.

Mark Buxton finds inspiration in the film atmosphere carried by jazz. Dark woody notes and a lot of incense represent music for him, while chamomile and red pepper provide rhythm and short accents within the accord.

Incense, amber, cedarwood, and patchouli later take over the composition. The flowers remain present only as a reflection, and the wood becomes deeper and more serious, like a film that has imperceptibly changed genres.

Mood Indigo is not a melancholic blue floral perfume. It is a water lily disappearing into incense smoke, to the rhythm of red pepper, chamomile, and jazz — a bright beginning whose end is already playing in a minor key.