What should you do after Havdalah?

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After the you finish saying Havdalah what should you do? some examples.

Dipping your pinkies into the wine and rubbing it on yourself. Where are supposed to do it? etc.
Pouring the wine over the candle
And one time I saw someone smelling the Havdalah candle after Havdalah?

If you have sources that would be the best.

Partial duplicate: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/12055/dipping-fingers-in-havdalah-wine — Yishai, Aug 01 '14 at 14:00
Another partial duplicate: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/17405/why-extinguish-the-havdala-candle-in-wine — Yishai, Aug 01 '14 at 14:12
@Danf there are a few reasons why it is not (in my opinion) 1. I am asking a more general question 2. It does not say where you should rub it. — user6781, Aug 01 '14 at 14:35
@user6781 - Ah yes, I didn't consider #3, which isn't addressed in any of the other questions. — DanF, Aug 01 '14 at 14:39
@user6781 - I saw #3 done too by one of my Yekke friends. He was the only one I saw do it, many years ago. If my memory is correct, when I asked him why he does that, he said, "because burning alcohol smells good!" — DanF, Aug 01 '14 at 15:41
@user6781 - It was a refernce to YOUR memory ... the person I asked was male :-) — DanF, Aug 01 '14 at 16:01
@DanF Lets redo this. Your post is funny, a similar thing happened to me when I asked a girl why she was smelling the candle and she said something about memory — user6781, Aug 01 '14 at 16:05

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '14 at 16:25

1 - Most customs I've seen put wine on their eye lids or over the eyes in keeping with the verse "Mitvat Hashem Barah Me'irat enayim" - "G-d's commandments enlighten the eyes". They also rub it in their pockets as a sign of parnassa.

2 - Done as a sign of a good omen for parnassah that the wine should be poured like water.

Sources for 1 & 2 are in the links mentioned in above comments.

3 - For what it's worth, see 2nd comment in this blog that says it's an omen for courage. I don't quite get the idea. As I stated in my comments, I've seen only 1 person do this. Let's just say that he WAS a good friend. Now, you know why...

What should you do after Havdalah?

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