Not that long ago and it didn’t necessarily skyrocket - (this has been said a few times) - when it was released it had an ‘introductory price’ while it was in a more ‘testing’ phase. Now that it is a regularly stocked product it was returned to its originally intended price. Basically, it was being under-priced when it was new to encourage testing and now its been returned to its value.
Your answer to #2 is on the product pages all you have to do is read the very first few sentences, but I’ll tell you here to save you the time. The answer is that A is the equivalent to 1.5 drops of oil, B is equivalent to 1 drop.