Feels so obscure to abuse, but I've been binging it for a good year now, though have known of its recreational potential for longer than a year (2-3 years).
It's an allylbenzene, related to myristicin, elemicin, safrole, etc. It has gabaergic and NDMA antagonistic activity, as well as acting on histamine receptors as an antagonist at higher doses (making it a deliriant at mega doses).
It's a really interesting drug, sure even anything like DXM would be better but I think I like cloves more than nicotine or kratom, it's actually pretty good.

I'd even say I crave cloves more than I crave nicotine, except nicotine cravings last longer and are present within your dreams. Clove cravings have a stronger pull than nicotine, but isn't as persistent.
I've just started getting the strong cravings, so can't say much about wds, but there is a few spare cases / studies where people have gotten cravings and wd from eugenol / cloves, although lightly.

There's also studies where narcan reversed the analgesic effects, leading me to believe that cloves might work on the kappa receptors specifically, in a light way similar to kratom. It would especially make sense because kratom also numbs locally and cloves feels REALLY similar to kratom ime/imo.