I have never seen the Johnny Depp movie “The Libertine”, nor have I eaten at a restaurant named “The Libertine” (real), or had drinks at a bar (real) or pub (real) named “Libertine”, or enjoyed the taste of a “Libertine Ale” (real), or, to the best of my knowledge, inhaled the fragrance of White Musk Libertine (real) perfume.

But I do remember, when first stumbling across the word in my late teens, having an idea for a man who during the day pretended to be a conservative but at night donned a mask and costume to become “The Libertine”, scourge of the straight-laced.

Libertine

lib·er·tine

ˈlibərˌtēn/

noun

1. a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters.
2. philanderer, playboy, rake, roué, Don Juan, Lothario, Casanova,Romeo;
3. a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker.
4. characterized by a disregard of morality, especially in sexual matters.
5. “his more libertine impulses”
6. freethinking in matters of religion.