The funny thing is, real truffles have a bit of a gasoline smell to them. At least the black and white truffles in the PNW. I’ve never tried the ultra high end

The funny thing is, real truffles have a bit of a gasoline smell to them. At least the black and white truffles in the PNW. I’ve never tried the ultra high end Italian truffles. I did truffle hunting training with my dog when we lived in the PNW, we found truffles multiple times. Our head trainer used to give the other trainers the high end Italian truffles as a Christmas present. Personally, I don’t think truffle adds anything to a dish, the flavor is too strong.