This was the most popular answer, and one I fully agree with. An actual truffle would be an incredible gift, but truffle oil, truffle salt, and every other truffle-flavored item you see on specialty grocery store shelves are almost never made with real truffle. According to Tasting Table, the truffle-infused oil of yesteryear is not what populates the shelves today:
Originally, truffle oil was high-quality olive oil infused with black or white truffles, but today, most of the stuff is made synthetically with ingredients like 2,4-dithiapentane, an aromatic molecule that gives truffles their distinctive smell.
Chemically speaking, there’s a lot going on in a truffle, and a single, isolated molecule does not a truffle make, and the synthesized flavor tastes overbearingly pungent in a way that reminds me of body odor. Do not buy it. Do not gift it.
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