I watched this mini movie before the movie Promised Land started, in cinema. At first, I wasn't paying attention to it until my friend asked me to. He said he couldn't understand this mini movie. So here I am to give my own interpretation about it. First time watching it, it may seem like a total nonsense. In cinema, what I watched is actually one of the whole three-part movie. The full version can be found on Youtube.
First of all, it reminds me of one particular episode of HIMYM, episode 13, Drumroll, Please. Victoria suggested that the magical moment before the first kiss, is the best part of kissing. Warm breathe from two lovers touching gently on each other's cheek, closer and closer, but never touch each other. The anticipation and all. The Drumroll.
The movie may seem like about a love triangle, but my guess is more about the moment of falling in love itself, the moment before the cruel reality kicks in and before the responsibility of engaging in a relationship with another person. Until the end of the mini movie, Léa stays in a indeterminably vague relationship with two charming guys. I had a very beautiful word in Chinese to describe this moment, 暧昧. It means a special state in between men and women, between friends but slightly more than friendship. Too bad I can't find a proper English translation of it.
I personally haven't smell that perfume yet. But I guess it would smell joyful and sweet, like the unreal yet simple sweetness of pure affection regardless the responsibility and the reality of a relationship. The perfume would be a bit sour too, because of the jealousy between the two guys trying to win over the girl.
暧昧 is hard to maintain in our real world, but the perfume would keep the moment, forever.
I am scientifically educated, so I can't help myself from finding scientific analogy to this situation. All above, kinda reminds me of Schrodinger's Cat, the state superposition. Before opening the box, before knowing the cat is dead or alive, all the possible outcomes stay in superposition. So, the cat is both dead and alive. It contradicts the reality, but this is exactly the magical state, of superposition, which is attempted to be preserved in this perfume.
Anyway, another interpretation as well can be made, which is, the girl is a total bitch, playing with the feelings of two best friends. But if watched closely, in the end, both guys are OK with the situation. If they are OK, then I guess there is no problem at all. If they are happy about it, then we shouldn't bother them.
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