What follows is a list of essentials for any self-respecting Libertine:

1) A good quality monocle with which to a) examine the comely figure of Green Fairy and b) to scan the landscape for opportunities.

2) A Sextant, to sight the sun and find one's metaphorical latitude. Where are we? Where do we want to go? Invented by Englishman John Hadley in 1731

3) A Bathysphere, a deep sea submersible in which to plumb the depth of the human soul in the quest for the perfect answer to a brief. Invented by William Bebe in 1931

4) A gyroscope, a device is a spinning wheel or disk whose axle is free to take any orientation, not unlike the Libertine himself. Invented in 1852 by Leon Foucault.

5) A slim volume of decadent poetry, preferably by Rimbaud (1854-1891) to be used to swot the flies of ennui.

6) A barometer to predict the 'weather' of the market. Invented in 1630 by Evangelista Torricelli

7) A  dirigible with which to get a bird's eye view of the goings on the market

8) A Clockwork Butler. Well, why not?

9) A pair of seven-league Boots which will enable the Libertine to jump over any obstacle in his or her path.

10)  A Pet Monkey to buy the coffees.