Havdala Spices, Cloves and Etrog

We needed new besamim "spices" for Havdala, the ceremony that separates Shabbat from regular days.

Shabbat havdala consists of:

1. Beverage: Wine, Grape Juice, or Chamar Medina

1. Wine is always the preferred beverage for all havdalas because it is prestigious.

1. Spices

1. The extra soul we are given on Shabbat leaves after Shabbat is over, so we sniff a pleasant odor to cover for that loss.

1. Flame

1. The Shabbat havdala flame commemorates that Adam HaRishon (the first man) created fire after the first Shabbat.

The jar of "spices" had begun smelling absolutely awful, at least in my opinion. So, my husband assigned me with the job of finding a replacement.

Over the years I'd heard of using cloves and the etrog from Succot. Since we still had this year's etrog lying around, I bought some cloves and decided to make clove-etrog besamim. Of course, I hadn't the vagues idea how to do it.

Sticking the cloves into the already hardening etrog wasn't easy. I had to poke holes first. But as you can see, I did manage somehow to do it. This may not be your ideal etrog-cloves besamim,  but it's better than we had before. I do have a feeling that I need to make a box for it, to keep it fresh. That's another project... 

Suggestions and corrections very welcome, thanks.