Yeah IT is intensely customer focused, either via direct support or project planning and coordination with execs/etc at the higher levels.
You have to have deeply arcane technical knowledge, but also at least passable social skills and patience to do the work well.
Rose water is meh, but the worst part of turkish delights is the gelatin style chew. I also have a mild walnut allergy which makes them taste “scratchy” to me, so i doubt that helped when I tried it.