(Warning High Fidelity moment here!)


I was asked recently who were the gentlemen that I rank as my all time 5 decadent gents. Out of the range of history and fiction, it was difficult to make a definitive list but here they are:

1. Aleister Crowley

2. Oscar Wilde

3. Des Esseintes

4. Withnail

5. Marquis De Sade


Who are yours if indeed you have a list?

DG

What no Oliver Reed? Sir, disgraceful!

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Not to disagree with you (for you are THE Decadent Gent), but I'd just like to throw these into the pot for the top 10:

(in no particular order)

James L. Breese
Caligula
Anthony Blanche
Errol Flynn
Keith Moon

I do love Oscar but i might have been tempted to include his creation Dorian Gray in my personal top five.
As for the others i might have to think hard on that... not nearly enough decadent men pass through my personal sphere...
xxx

....ahem.

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Yann Samuell
John Walters
Tim Burton
Baz Luhrman
Paul Abbot
I treid to name burly men but just couldn't choose.

Excellent choices everyone, I can't believe I left you out of the list Lord Dashwood!

Also poor old Ollie Reed, trust me he would've been in my top ten, though Aleister for me takes the crown!

DG

Why, thank you ...... *heh!*

DG, you already know this, but for everyone else's interest, I know someone who is related to Aleister Crowley. How cool is that!

And, incidentally, Oliver Reed was realy rude to my mum once, and then offered to buy her a drink. What a gent! Haha. Cough. Splutter.